ESG Think Tank

Successful ESG Strategy and Operations is not about financials, disclosures, climate change and diversity alone. Identifying the right frameworks, material issues and the key metrics to focus on must be an organizational priority to create value through your ESG principles.

Join us in this interactive session as we discuss key considerations for developing an effective ESG strategy, such as:

• Tying all three elements of ESG into consolidated reporting to showcase viability and profitability
• Collaborating and gaining insight throughout the entire organization to determine and act on common ESG goals

We will gain insight from the panel, and open the floor for our faculty members and attendees to benchmark with other companies and discuss strategies for implementing a viable ESG program, such as:

• Using ESG criteria to evaluate the environmental and social impacts of a business
• Identifying key internal partners to aid in developing a program that aligns with business priorities and organizational culture
• Evaluating Risk Controls
• Identifying and expanding the key metrics in your organization to address emerging and urgent issues that may not be well-represented in formal reporting standards
• Centralizing the data to deliver actionable intelligence and consistency
• Collecting, digesting and disclosing data to the Board, C-suite and key stakeholders

In this session we will take a deep dive into fully implementing targeted ESG principles into the organization, by:

• Benchmarking corporate governance practices
• Educating leadership into the new frameworks and developments

ESG reporting typically included “non-financial” data, and varied significantly between different industry verticals. This in turn presents unique challenges as to what type of information to collect, and how to identify where that data lives – particularly since there is no single framework that works for all industries.

Regardless of industry, the focus on ESG ratings is driven largely by investor demand for ESG data. Lacking definitive ESG regulations, investors rely on ESG ratings to pressure companies to disclose corporate data, with the intention of standardizing criteria and providing that information to investors.

In this session speakers and participants from a variety of different industries will have the opportunity to share how they navigate the grey areas of reporting. We will examine the need to closely and continually monitor evolving disclosure requirements and guidance, to assess whether business activities require reporting under evolving state, federal, and global standards.

This session will address how to communicate with and secure the buy-in of your C-suite and Board of Directors.

We will discuss best practices for highlighting the necessity, value, and ROI of ESG initiatives and reporting by: Showcasing environmental protection; social responsibility and treatment of employees; respect for human rights; anti-corruption and bribery; and diversity on corporate boards

The clarion call for greater corporate accountability on the ESG human rights front is accelerating concerns about new legal and reputational liabilities for business. It also raises urgent, practical questions about how human rights due diligence is scoped, evaluated, and integrated into existing risk management processes.

What constitutes rigorous care in this new era of enhanced scrutiny of enterprises’ efforts to mitigate human rights abuse risks? Join us for takeaway tips and informed insights designed to:

• Help ensure enterprises are aware of their blind spots
• Determine how to take practical steps to address them
• Adhere to defensible standards of care when it comes to human rights due diligence

ESG is no longer a siloed concept but is something that needs to be embedded in a company’s entire strategy and operations. Companies are facing growing pressure from investors, regulators, shareholders, customers and employees to transform their business with an ESG lens in everything they do. To embed ESG into the operating model, it’s necessary to understand requirements for workforce, supply chain, operations, controls, technology, infrastructure, and governance.

In this session our faculty members will discuss all aspects of reporting in the ESG spectrum, with real world examples of the metrics and key data points that are needed for your reporting to satisfy investors, regulators, board members and talent.