Registration: Towards sustainable business - Assessing and tackling ethical gaps in the new EU sustainability ecosystem

Most companies in the EU do not disclose relevant sustainability information, covering environmental impacts, social and human rights and other ethical issues. Given the urgency to address global challenges and the increasing interest in companies’ sustainability performance, there is an urgent need to significantly extend reporting obligations in addition to due diligence requirements Especially the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which significantly revises and expands on the existing Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) disclosure rules for corporates, could have groundbreaking effects. However, many gaps and weaknesses remain in the current proposal and, if unamended, may not lead to the significant change that society needs.

The event will provide an overview of the most contentious points in the CSRD proposal and give suggestions to strengthen the legislation. It will examine how EU policymakers, member states as well as NGO representatives can support the EU sustainability initiatives, with a focus on how to provide more pertinent, reliable, and comparable data. It will also explore the interlinkages between the proposal and the Commission’s set of instruments to increase corporate transparency and accountability.

Confirmed speakers include:

Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament (EPP)

Pascal Durand, Member of the European Parliament (Renew)

Tom Dodd, European Commission, DG FISMA

Antje von Dewitz, CEO of VAUDE

Christian Felber, Founder of the Economy for the Common Good

Caroline Avan, Oxfam Corporate Governance Advocacy Officer

Martin Rich, Co-founder & Executive Director Future-Fit Foundation

Antje Schneeweiß, Managing Director of Arbeitskreis Kirchlicher Investoren (AKI)

Susanna Arus, Frank Bold/Alliance for Corporate Transparency

Download the full agenda and information (PDF) here.