ESG Ecosystem: Macro Perspectives Conference

Earn Up To 7 CPE Credits

ESG Ecosystem is a conference series designed to deliver high-value insights for finance professionals as they work to increase Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) integration into financial reporting. ESG Ecosystem: Macro Perspectives Conference, held virtually on September 21 and 23 will feature high-level insights from across the ESG Ecosystem; namely those from leading standard setters, investors, rating agencies, and regulators. These insights will be followed closely by answers to the most top-of-mind question for finance professionals right now including how to get started, how to work with ESG data, and more. After focusing on the macro perspectives, ESG Ecosystem: Micro Perspectives Conference, scheduled in Spring 2022, will advance the conversation from Macro Perspectives and feature in-depth conversations designed to provide finance professionals with the deeper insights as they advance in their ESG reporting journey.

ESG Ecosystem: Macro Perspectives

Investors, regulators, customers, and other relevant stakeholders have increased the urgency in their calls for increased ESG reporting in recent months. With signals that increased ESG integration into financial reporting is on the horizon, finance professionals are working to increase their acumen to help accelerate ESG reporting efforts in order to effectively tell their organizational ESG story. The ESG Ecosystem: Macro Perspectives Conference, held virtually on September 21 and 23, will answer top-of-mind questions that finance professionals are having:

  • Where to start;
  • How to capture, collate, analyze, and control ESG data;
  • Effective methods for approaching the frameworks;
  • How investors and ratings agencies use ESG information, and;
  • How to work with other professionals to quantify and communicate an organization’s exposure to climate risk.

ESG Ecosystem: Macro Perspectives will feature in-depth discussions from leading ESG standard-setters, investors, ratings agencies, experts in ESG integration with financial reporting, and other notable thought leaders.

 
Registration for this event is closed.

Speakers

Ravi Abeywardana

Technical Director
Climate Disclosures Standards Board (CDSB)

Jonathan Bailey

Managing Director, Head of ESG Investing
Neuberger Berman

Anand Bala

Director of Product Marketing
Workiva

Todd Castagno

Head of Global Valuation, Accounting & Tax (GVAT)
Morgan Stanley

Richard Clark

Chief Transformation Officer
Accenture LLP

Robert Eccles

Founding Chairman
Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

Jeffrey Hales

Chair
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

Casey Herman

ESG Leader
PwC US

Bob Hirth

Senior Managing Director
Protiviti

Maura Hodge

Audit Partner and National ESG Assurance Leader
KPMG

Jackie Klos

Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP

Judy Kuszewski

Chair, Global Sustainability Standards Board
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

Gregg Lemos-Stein

Head of Analytics and Research, Global Corporates
S&P Global Ratings

Michel Madelain

Trustee
IFRS Foundation

Emilie Mazzacurati

Global Head, Climate Solutions
Moody's Corporation

Michelle McCulloch

Director of ESG Research
Sustainalytics

Maura McGuigan

Director, Credit Rating Criteria
AM Best

Mandi McReynolds

VP, Global Environment, Social, and Governance
Workiva

Leslie Seidman

Chair of Governance and Nominating Committee
Moody's Corporation

Steve Soter

Vice President & Industry Principal
Workiva LLC

Brad Sparks

US Director
A4S

Kristen Sullivan

Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Andrej Suskavcevic, CAE

President & CEO
Financial Executives International

John Truzzolino

Director, Business Development
DFIN

Swami Venkataraman

Senior Vice President, Manager - ESG Analytics and Integration Environmental, Social and Governance
Moody's Corporation

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Accounting, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

0.50 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Accounting, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

0.50 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Accounting, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

Credits

1.00 CPE
Basic

Method

group-internet-based

Field

Specialized Knowledge, Technical

Prerequisites

None

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