Walsh SRA advises financial institutions on governance, oversight, and risk frameworks for climate and sustainability-related financial risk.
Walsh SRA advisory services are built around the ARCHITECT™ Governance System, a structured methodology for evaluating governance maturity for climate and sustainability-related financial risk within financial institutions.
Engagements typically begin with the ARCHITECT™ Governance Maturity Assessment and progress to deeper governance diagnostics, oversight design, and implementation support.
A structured evaluation of governance maturity for climate and sustainability-related financial risk using the ARCHITECT™ Governance System.
Deliverables include governance maturity scoring, gap analysis across the ARCHITECT™ pillars, and an executive briefing for senior management or the board.
Typical engagement: 2–3 weeks.
A detailed evaluation of governance structures and climate and sustainability-risk integration across enterprise risk management.
Deliverables include governance framework recommendations, board and committee oversight enhancements, and a climate and sustainability-risk integration roadmap.
Typical engagement: 4–6 weeks.
A short engagement that evaluates your institution's AI governance across the six ARCHITECT™ pillars: named ownership, ERM integration, financial exposure translation, horizon scanning, board reporting, and decision traceability. Delivers a clear, prioritized picture of where AI governance is strong, where it's exposed, and what a supervisor, conformity assessor, or investor would find if they asked today.
Typical engagement: 2–3 weeks.
Ongoing advisory support for institutions building out AI governance infrastructure: board and committee reporting design, model inventory and risk classification frameworks, vendor AI risk oversight, and preparation for EU AI Act conformity review or US supervisory examination.
Typical engagement: quarterly or annual advisory retainers.
Ongoing advisory support for boards, CEOs, CROs, and risk leaders as they strengthen governance, oversight, and climate and sustainability-risk management.
Typical engagement: quarterly or annual advisory retainers.
Climate and sustainability-risk analysis for acquisition targets and portfolio companies.
Focus areas include exposure mapping, governance gaps, valuation considerations, and post-acquisition governance and integration risk.
The ARCHITECT™ Governance Maturity Assessment provides a structured evaluation of governance readiness for climate and sustainability-related financial risk within financial institutions.
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