What do the new changes to the ESRS mean for EU corporates? Listen to Simon Braaksma, Global Head of Sustainability Reporting at Philips and Filip Gregor, Frank Bold’s Head of Responsible Companies Section

Just last week, the European Commission published its draft Delegated Regulation on the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards. What does this mean for EU business?
In this episode of Frankly Speaking, Richard Howitt was joined by Simon Braaksma, Global Head of Sustainability Reporting at Philips and Filip Gregor, Frank Bold’s own Head of Responsible Companies Section, both of whom are members of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board and TEG.
Together they discussed the overview of the changes, including their overarching assessment of the revised standards. You’ll hear about:

Is it really is possible for companies to "do the right thing"?

There's very little pressure being applied to companies by investors looking at how they're actually behaving and treating human rights as a core business priority. This needs to change.

Investors shouldn't just take companies' word for what they're doing; they should investigate what the companies are actually doing regarding human rights.