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ESG REGULATORY REPORTING VIRTUAL CONFERENCE: HOW TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AND
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ESG Regulatory Reporting Virtual Conference: How to Comply With Regulations and
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 * Overview
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 * Speakers
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OVERVIEW

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles and criteria continue to
be emphasized more and more as they become increasingly important in terms of
meeting regulators’ reporting requirements as well as attracting the desired
investors, suppliers, and potential workforce. ESG is not only becoming
mandatory, it is now a popular way for companies to enhance their image and to
demonstrate their commitment to being a reliable business that holds themselves
to a high standard of accountability.

This conference will focus on how to go about meeting those expectations set by
regulators and investors. During this practical and up-to-date conference, you
will hear from experts from Big 4 accounting firms and other industry
specialists who will show you how to comply with ESG standards, how to collect
data, and how to enhance ESG reporting.

 

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

•  Overall ESG Reporting Landscape

•  SEC Rules Update

•  CSRD: Present Reality

•  COSO Guidance on ESG Reporting

•  ESG Assurance Considerations Including Third Party Assurance on Greenhouse
Gas Emissions

•  ESG Data Collection Aggregation & Technology Applications Considerations

•  Company & Board Member Liability in ESG Reporting

•  Industry Panel Discussion on Complying with ESG Reporting

•  Role of ESG Controller


AGENDA

CONFERENCE AGENDA

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Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:45 – 9:00 AM

Overall ESG Reporting Landscape
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Voluntary ESG reporting has become commonplace with a majority of S&P 500
companies now issuing some form of ESG, Sustainability, or Impact report.
Smaller companies are beginning to participate as well, and stakeholder interest
remains high for this type of information to aid in decision making. This
session will answer the following questions:  
• Why does ESG reporting matter?
• What are companies actually reporting in terms of frameworks and standards?
• What types of goals and targets are being set?
• What percentage of reporting companies are obtaining voluntary third-party
assurance?
• How are private company suppliers being impacted?

Break
9:45 – 9:50 AM

SEC Rules Update
9:50 – 10:45 AM
The most recent SEC proposal has come under significant debate, including the
threat of litigation and several postponements of approval. This session will
discuss: climate related matters and risks; reporting of greenhouse gas
emissions; third-party assurance requirements; establishing footnotes in
financial statements and requirements of any approved final rules.  

Break
10:45 – 10:50 AM

CSRD: Present Reality
10:50 – 11:30 AM
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is clearly the most
comprehensive, detailed, and challenging sustainability reporting legislation
that is now EU law. It is anticipated to ultimately apply to an estimated 50,000
companies. Not only will it be applicable to EU listed companies, it will
require any organization operating in the EU meeting certain size thresholds to
report under this regime. This includes US stock exchange and even private US
organizations if they meet certain criteria. In the very first year of
reporting, limited third-party assurance is required. This session will cover:  
• How the EU Green Deal created CSRD
• Structure of the CSRD requirements under the European Sustainability Reporting
Standards (ESRS)
  that serve as the specific reporting criteria
• Implementation timetable sizing thresholds
• How US based organizations are impacted

Break
11:30 – 11:35 AM

COSO Guidance on ESG Reporting
11:35 AM – 12:10 PM
In March 2023, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission, (COSO) issued new supplemental guidance entitled: Achieving
Effective Internal Control Over Sustainability Reporting (ICSR). Using the
globally recognized 2013 COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework (ICIF),
the intended outcome according to COSO is “to build trust and confidence in ESG
reporting, public disclosures and enterprise decision-making.” We will discuss
the following issues:
• Why was the guidance issued now?
• Structure of the guidance and relationship to the 2013 ICIF
• What does the guidance say and how should it be applied?
• Top ten takeaways from the authors

Lunch
12:10 – 12:55 PM

ESG Assurance Considerations Including Third Party Assurance on Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
12:55 – 1:55 PM
Assurance ranges from management controls through internal audit and up to
external assurance opinions. The most widely used external assurance standard
for non-financial information is ISAE 3000 (UK), ISAE 3410, and AICPA
attestation standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) KPIs. In this session,
participants will understand:   
• How GHG is part of a regulatory disclosure regime
• SEC proposal on GHG Scope 1, 2, and 3 emission reporting
• Standards of reporting
• Non-financial reporting auditing standards

Break
1:55 – 2:00 PM

ESG Data Collection Aggregation & Technology Applications Considerations
2:00 – 2:40 PM
In order for ESG reporting to be fully effective, businesses need to increase
the focus on quality of data collection. But this also requires adapting to the
differences in which data collection is handled considering that traditional
data collection methods may not apply to the types of data needed for sustained
ESG growth. Both existing and new pieces of data and automation must be
considered. In this session, participants will get insights on:  
• Identification of opportunities to transition from conventional methods of
data collection to
  automatically collect and transform the data, and then store it in cloud
servers
• Establishing a process of collection of ESG data, transformation, and storage
in the repository or
  database
• Key challenges, best practices, tools, and assessments related to aggregation
and reporting

Break
2:40 – 2:45 PM

Company & Board Member Liability in ESG Reporting
2:45 – 3:15 PM
Under US securities laws, all public company disclosures must be accurate and
complete in all material respects and not materially misleading. Materially
misleading or false statements or omissions may subject the company to private
securities lawsuits as well as to SEC enforcement actions under various
provisions of US securities law. As a result, ESG disclosures, whether in SEC
filings or other reports or on a company website, can create significant
litigation and enforcement risks if not carefully prepared and reviewed. This
session will present the views of lawyers and board members on this subject
including several enforcement examples.  

Break
3:15 – 3:20 PM

Industry Panel Discussion on Complying with ESG Reporting
3:20 – 4:30 PM
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has become a permanent addition to
public company corporate reporting and performance measurement. It is also
creating additional customer reporting mandates for private companies.
Stakeholders, such as investors, regulators, employees, and customers are
requesting, and even demanding, greater transparency. Accuracy and completeness
are expected now at the same level of maturity as financial disclosure and
performance. In this session, a panel of industry practitioners moderated by a
Big 4 accounting leader will discuss:   
• Making ESG an integral part of strategy and governance
• The transition from voluntary to regulated reporting under three regimes—US
SEC, ISSB and CSRD
• Global convergence of ESG standards and regional requirements
• Integrating ESG into Enterprise Risk management
• Internal Control over Sustainability Reporting (ICSR)
• Assurance requirements and standards for assurers

Break
4:30 – 4:35 PM

Role of ESG Controller
4:35 – 5:05 PM
As companies continue to adjust to the growing need for ESG reporting and
transparency, the new and evolving role of the ESG controller must become firmly
established and understood. This vital leadership position will certainly be
experiencing some inconsistent and unpredictable challenges. This session will
help ease the potential uncertainty in how to establish and support this new
role by discussing the ESG controller’s expected duties and how a company should
go about making sure this position is efficiently set up for success. We will
discuss:  
• The specific duties of the ESG controller
• How a company should approach the creation of the position
• Necessary traits vital to the future success of the role
• Key activities that will fall under the jurisdiction of the controller
• Who the ESG controller will report to and where he/she falls within the
overall organizational structure
  of the company

Closing Remarks
5:05 – 5:15 PM

Conference Ends
5:15 PM


SPEAKERS

CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

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Brad Aiello, Senior Manager, EY

Lauren Assaf-Holmes, Senior Associate, Gibson Dunn

Thomas Choquette, Finance Executive, Advisory, KPMG

Tori Hack, Senior Manager, EY

Stefan Hirschi, Partner, Sustainability, EY

Robert Hirth, Senior Managing Director, Protiviti, Member, PCAOB & AICPA

Liora Hostyk, Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Marie Johnson, Partner, Business Consulting, EY

Denise Lucas, Director of Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting, IBM

Brian Mace, Managing Director, Finance Transformation, KPMG

Dan Morrin, Director, KPMG ESG Center of Excellence

Anne Munaretto, Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Lindsey Panzer, Associate Director, Protiviti

Susan Resley, Partner, Morgan Lewis

Shannon Roberts, Principal, EHS, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, EY

Cara Samz, Senior Manager, EY

Mark Siegel, Corporate & ESG Reporting Thought Leader, PwC

Jana Utter, Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management, Centene Corporation

Steve Wang, Managing Director and US ESG Engagement Leader, Protiviti

Sara Watson, Global Leader of ESG Policy, Controls, and Assurance, Amazon

Margaret Weidner, Senior Manager, ESG Reporting and Climate Change and
Sustainability, EY

Simon Wong, Senior Consulting Manager, EY

Chris Wright, Managing Director, Protiviti




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