Synopsis
City & Financial Global’s 3rd Annual Sustainability Reporting Summit on 31 January will take a deep dive into the first two ISSB standards, which are a major step towards establishing a global ESG reporting baseline. While the standards build on the foundations and structure of the TCFD voluntary framework, they go much further in that they focus on all ESG-related matters, not just climate. They will also become mandatory as national authorities adopt them for reporting in their markets.
The programme brings together an exceptional cast of speakers to consider the key issues in the round for companies as they prepare to implement the standards and for investors who will need to analyse reports from investee companies produced under the standards. It will also review broader developments in sustainability reporting internationally.
For companies, the challenge is to identify where the standards apply across their organisational structure and most importantly, how the ISSB standards tie in with the incoming EU standards and the U.S. climate rule. They also need to understand materiality in terms of their sustainability agenda, their organisation and their suppliers (the last because Scope 3 emissions are included under the standards). Finally, they need to undertake a gap or readiness assessment to work out what needs to be done from where they are now to where they need to be in order to be compliant.

Board Member
International Sustainability Standards Board

Deputy Secretary General
IOSCO

Executive Director, Regulatory Standards
Financial Reporting Council

Partner
K&L Gates

Vice Chair of Deloitte UK and Deloitte Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader

Group Head of Risk
Nestle

Head of Risk, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
UNEP-FI

CEO
Planet Tracker

Co-Founder and Chief Executive
Bankers for Net Zero

Chief Economist
WWF-UK

Environment, Social and Governance Partner
Linklaters

CEO
Capitals Coalition

Chief Operational Officer
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Global Director for Climate Change
CDP

Director, Operational Risk & Environment
Travers Smith

Chief Executive Officer
GIST Impact

CEO and Co-Founder
Earth Knowledge

President, CTO and Co-Founder
Earth Knowledge

Deputy CEO and Director of Corporate Engagement
ShareAction

Senior Advisor to the Co-Chairs & Vice Chair
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Senior Consultant, Sustainable Finance
EcoAct

Director of Guidance
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Managing Consultant
EcoAct

Co-Chair, Smart Data Council, Department for Business and Trade, Founder & CEO
Icebreaker One

Head of Financial Institutions Engagement
Science Based Targets initiative

Senior Vice President
GARP Risk Institute

Communications & Partnerships Lead and Co-lead of the UK Chapter
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

Partner - Financial Services Sustainability Leader
PwC