EFRAG releases its summary report on the conference „Where is Corporate Reporting heading?“

The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has released a summary report on the conference titled „Where is Corporate Reporting heading?“ that was held on December 7, 2022 in Brussels. The event focused on discussing „new trends in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting and the growing importance of the connectivity between sustainability and financial reporting“. The report summarises the key points presented by the speakers and during three panel sessions. Additionally, recordings and pictures of the conference are available for those who missed it. The report includes insights from industry experts on the new developments in sustainability reporting, financial reporting, and their connectivity. Panellists from various backgrounds also participated in the discussions, including representatives from the WWF, Handelsbanken, and PwC, among others.
Panellists:
Panel 1 – Sustainability reporting: a new area
• Emmanuel Faber, Chair ISSB
• Sébastien Godinot, Economist, WWF
• Eelco van der Enden, GRI CEO
• Kerstin Lopatta, EFRAG SRB member and former Acting EFRAG SRB Chair
Panel 2 – Looking back and forward at EFRAG
• Françoise Flores, former EFRAG TEG Chair and CEO 2010-2016
• Stig Enevoldsen, former EFRAG TEG Chair and CEO 2004-2010
• Chiara Del Prete, EFRAG FR TEG Chair since 2019 and Acting EFRAG SR TEG Chairwoman
Panel 3 – Financial reporting and connectivity (introduced by Verena Ross, ESMA Chair)
• Serge Pattyn, EFRAG FRB member and former Acting EFRAG FRB Chair
• Nicklas Grip, Handelsbanken, former EFRAG TEG Vice-Chair 2016 – 2022
• Ann Jorissen, University of Antwerp, Chair of the EAA Financial Reporting Standards Committee
• Nadja Picard, Partner, Global Reporting Leader, PwC
• Verena Ross, ESMA Chair
Furthermore, the keynote speeches are also provided:
1. Commissioner Mairead McGuinness – Speech
2. Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair – Speech
3. Jean-Paul Gauzès, former EFRAG Board President (2016-2022) – Speech
4. Patrick de Cambourg, Sustainability Reporting Board Chair – Speech
5. Sven Gentner, Head Corporate reporting, audit and credit rating agencies unit, DG FISMA, EC – Speech
6. Pascal Durand, Member of European Parliament & Rapporteur CSRD – Speech
7. Verena Ross, ESMA Chair – Speech