Arina Kok
Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS), Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd

 

Arina is a Director in Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd and the EY Asean Integrated Reporting subject matter expert.

She specialises in integrated sustainability reporting and the incorporation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) into financial decision-making. Her experience is primarily in sustainability consulting, ESG strategy, due diligence, benchmarking, framework development and stakeholder management.

Arina has facilitated numerous ESG workshops and discussions for corporates and government agencies on behalf of Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia. She has also been involved in discussions with the Ministry of Environment and Water, Bursa Malaysia and the Securities Commission on green and social policies and standards for Malaysia.

Arina recently led the analysis of Malaysia’s top 100 public-listed companies’ reporting disclosures against the global Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations and the issuance of the inaugural EY Climate Risk Disclosure Barometer (CRDB) 2020 Malaysia.

Under the UK Prosperity Fund’s ASEAN Low Carbon Energy Programme, Arina supported Bank Negara Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia Joint Committee for Climate Change (JC3) to facilitate capability-building workshops in 2020 and 2021. The workshops benefitted over 320 participants from financial institutions, offering them a deeper dive into climate- related disclosures, climate risk management and climate scenario analysis.