15/02/2023 - EFRAG releases its summary report on the conference "Where is Corporate Reporting heading?"

EFRAG is pleased to publish its summary report on the conference "Where is Corporate Reporting heading?" that took place on 7 December 2022, in Brussels. At the event, key corporate reporting stakeholders discussed the new trends in the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) revolution and the growing emphasis on the connectivity between sustainability and financial reporting. Read the report here.

Also, relive the great moments of the conference by watching the recordings and the pictures here:

Recording Part 1 - Keynote speeches, Panel 1 Sustainability reporting: a new area & Panel 2 Looking back and forward at EFRAG
Recording Part 2 - Keynote speeches, Panel 3 Financial reporting and connectivity
Pictures

The report summarises the key points presented by the speakers and during the three panel sessions.

Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, was the keynote speaker. Pascal Durand, MEP (France) and CSRD rapporteur, and Andreas Barckow, IASB Chair, also delivered speeches on the respective developments in sustainability reporting and financial reporting.

Jean-Paul Gauzès, former EFRAG Board President, also delivered a message for EFRAG and welcomed the new Chairs.

A presentation on "Where is sustainability reporting heading in Europe and internationally" was also given by Sven Gentner, Head Corporate reporting, audit and credit rating agencies unit, DG FISMA, EC, Patrick de Cambourg, Emmanuel Faber and Eelco van der Ender.

The discussions were moderated by Patrick de Cambourg, EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board Chair, Saskia Slomp, EFRAG CEO and Wolf Klinz, EFRAG Financial Reporting Board Chair. Panellists included:

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

Access the report here.

Rewatch the conference here and have a look at the pictures here:

Related meeting: EFRAG Conference 2022 "WHERE IS CORPORATE REPORTING HEADING?"