Sustainability Reporting Webinar Series

Wed 3rd July, 10:30 - 12:00 BST

Investors and large, multi-national companies are increasingly seeking high quality sustainability information to ensure their partners and investments align with their goals. The final webinar of the Sustainability Reporting Series explored how sustainability reporting can be a tool to inform strategy and investment, and ultimately drive value for internal and external stakeholders. Experts, investors, and business leaders discussed how sustainability data is key to future business decision-making and value creation with sustainability at its core.

SPEAKERS:

• Caroline Haycock, Group Head of Sustainability, Ricardo (Moderator)
• Simon Rawson, Director of Corporate Engagement & Deputy CEO, ShareAction
• David Harris, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, London Stock Exchange Groups
• Lucy Bond, Global Head of Sustainability, Man Group

Wed June 26^th, 10:30-11:45 BST

With so many legislative changes around sustainability reporting, companies can easily get lost in data and lose sight of the bigger picture. It is crucial that sustainability reporting is decision-useful internally, and responsive to increasing stakeholder demands for companies to demonstrate tangible sustainability efforts. Businesses need to understand what metrics matter to key stakeholder groups and communicate their sustainable impacts while avoiding greenwashing claims. In this webinar, we heard from experts and world-leading companies how to develop engaging reporting that is both compliant and effectively demonstrates business value.

SPEAKERS

• Richard Howitt, Moderator
• Patrick Linighan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Clyde & Co
• Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder & Chief Solutionist, Futerra
• Melanie Plank, Director of Content and Planning, Common Objective

Wed June 19th, 10:30-12:00 BST

To ensure compliance with emerging reporting regulation and to plan for future needs, companies must have strong internal organisation in place. This webinar provided practical insights on how organisations can ensure readiness for the rapidly evolving reporting landscape. Drawing on case studies, we dove into the specifics of how companies of various sizes and sectors are preparing processes and governance routes, from building an implementation roadmap and gathering data from complex supply chains, to upskilling finance and sustainability functions.

SPEAKERS:

• Tim Dee-McCullough, Sustainability & ESG Technical Director, MHA
• Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, Partner and Head of ESG, MHA
• Jennifer Creek, Head of ESG, Ricardo Plc
• Victoria Smith, Group External Reporting Director, Aviva

Wed June 12th, 10:30-12:00 BST

A common challenge for companies when complying with new reporting frameworks is deciding on a materiality approach and quantifying this. This webinar compared the global ISSB standards single materiality framework with the European ESFS double materiality framework and discussed how the double materiality assessment can help companies define a forward-looking sustainability strategy. Experts and advanced companies shared practical advice on how companies of various sizes and sectors can approach their materiality assessment, gap analysis and maturity map.

SPEAKERS:

Wed June 5th 10-30 - 12:00 BST

The first webinar in the series provided an overview of legislative and regulatory developments across the globe in recent years, then focused on the UK and EU picture. Expert speakers discussed how relevant regulatory frameworks including ESRS, TNFD CSRD, and upcoming UK SDS will impact businesses, and companies already scoped into CSRD for 2024 shared learnings thus far. We also discussed interoperability between existing and new standards, and how companies can maximise efficiency if they are scoped into more than one mandatory framework.

SPEAKERS:

• Richard Howitt, Former CEO, International Sustainability Standards Board
• Hilary Eastman, ESG Reporting Partner, KPMG
• Richard Barker, Board Member
  International Sustainability Standards
• Harriet Cullum,Global Head of ESG Insights, Diageo