State of Sustainability reporting in the EU and Visegrad region

Presentation of the analysis of 1000 corporate non-financial reports (95 from V4) ), pursuant to the requirements of the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive, alongside the Role of the National Contact Point for the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises.

Organisers: Frank Bold and Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, National Contact Point for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Where: Online webinar

When: 15th May 2020, from 9.30 to 11.00

Registrations: The webinar is open to the public and free of charge. If you want to join the webinar, please kindly confirm your participation to hyklova@mpo.cz and kristyna.vejvodova@frankbold.org.

Audience: Companies preparing non-financial and sustainability reports, investors, public authorities responsible for corporate reporting, NGOs and academics.

The Webinar will be held in English language.

 

Agenda:

  • Ludmila Hyklová, Secretariat of Czech National Contact Point :

The role of the National Contact Point for the implementation of the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises and importance of due diligence for reporting

  • Michael Zimonyi, Policy and External Affairs Director, Climate Disclosure Standards Board:     

Bringing climate-related matters into mainstream financial decisions, As central banks in Europe and beyond highlight the impact of climate risks to financial stability, it is crucial to ensure that corporate disclosures present a clear picture of climate-related financial risks through implementing the recommendations of the G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  •  Filip Gregor, Head of Responsible Companies Section at Frank Bold, and Kristýna Vejvodová, CEE Research Coordinator at Frank Bold:

The state of sustainability reporting in the EU and Visegrad region, Presentation of the research on the quality of the disclosures of 1000 European companies (95 from V4), pursuant to the requirements of the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive - the largest study to date on corporate sustainability reporting carried out by the Alliance for Corporate Transparency, a collaborative initiative led by Frank Bold

  • Filip Gregor, Head of Responsible Companies Section at Frank Bold:
European Commission plans for the expansion of the scope of the EU NFR Directive and development of the EU reporting standard in 2020-2021

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