Corporate disclosure of sustainability risks: reconciling international and EU approaches
With parallel standards being developed in Europe and internationally, how can these approaches to sustainability reporting work together?
Speakers
John Berrigan
Director-General, European Commission, DG FISMA,
Emmanuel Faber
Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
Lucrezia Reichlin
Non-resident Fellow
Massimo Romano
Head of Group Integrated Reporting, Generali
Agenda
Check-in and lunch
12.45PM-1.15PMAgenda
Conversation
1.15PM-2.15PM- Chair: Lucrezia Reichlin, Non-resident Fellow
- John Berrigan, Director-General, European Commission, DG FISMA
- Emmanuel Faber, Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
- Massimo Romano, Head of Group Integrated Reporting, Generali
Agenda
Q&A with the on-site and online audiences
2.15PM-2.30PMAsk questions on Sli.do using code #sustainability
The last few years have seen several initiatives aimed at developing reporting standards on sustainability related information. Although sustainability information is broader, disclosure standards on climate risks and opportunities have been the special focus of investors, regulators and standard setters.
In November 2021, the International Sustainability Standard Board has been established under the umbrella of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) Foundation.
The ISSB is now finalising requirements on disclosure on climate-related risks and opportunities and a general sustainability disclosure standard and it is expected to issue those two IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards around the end of Q2 2023.
In parallel, the European Commission has been working on standards for companies operating and trading in the EU. In April 2021, it adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and it is expected to finalize the associated reporting standards around the same time as the ISSB.
The IFRS Foundation is a global organization issuing standards to provide the information necessary to inform investment decisions while the EC sees legislation on disclosure requirements on climate as part of a broad set of public policies under the umbrella of the Green Deal.
The panel, chaired by IFRS trustee and Bruegel fellow Lucrezia Reichlin, is a conversation between Emmanuel Faber, Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board, John Berrigan, Director General, DG ECFIN and Massimo Romano, responsible for integrating reporting at Generali.
The conversation will focus on the interoperability of the EU requirements and the ISSB’s global standards, the design of an architecture in which companies will be able to navigate the ISSB’s standards and the European requirements using a common baseline of disclosures. It will also be an opportunity to explain to a broader audience the direction of the technical work which has been done in collaboration between the ISSB and EFRAG and progress on working towards interoperable disclosures to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of reporting.
Public | Livestreamed