EY Sustainability Café: Impact of the CSRD adoption and release of the (draft) ESRS standards

The EY Sustainability Café is a series of round table discussions where stakeholders from different perspectives discuss current developments in the field of sustainability.

Related topics Sustainability Assurance

During this fourth session, we will discuss the impact of the recent adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the release of the first set of 12 (draft) ESRS standards.

We gladly introduce our guests for this Sustainability Café:

Pauline van der Meer Mohr

Pauline van der Meer Mohr

Chair and member of the supervisory boards of Ahold, ASM, Viatris and the Dutch Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee

Simon Braaksma

Simon Braaksma

Member of EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board and Senior Director Corporate Sustainability at Royal Philips

Daniëlle van der Sluijs

Daniëlle van der Sluijs

Chief Financial Officer at Nedap

Auke de Bos

Auke de Bos

Board member EY Accountants and professor Business Economics Erasmus Universiteit

We provide answers to the following questions:

  • CSRD: strategic business opportunity or compliance exercise?
  • What are the main focus areas of the CSRD and 12 (draft) ESRS standards?
  • What are the main changes in the (draft) standards compared to the exposure drafts?
  • How are companies preparing themselves for these new requirements?
  • What will be the impact on the internal organisation for companies (e.g. resources, processes and internal controls, data and IT)?
  • How do companies ensure proper governance and to what extent will governance be affected by the new standards?
  • How can companies be compliant and manage risk at fair costs?

Presenters

Anke Laan
EY Netherlands, Lead Partner Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Sustainability Leader The Netherlands

Organizers

EY Netherlands
Multidisciplinary professional services organization

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