Description of session: 

There is no doubt, the ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) landscape is becoming increasingly complex with shifting regulation, high stakeholder expectations and the need for consistent reporting.

During this session, we want to tackle three challenges companies face:

Finding a way in multiple reporting frameworks: Today’s challenge is that there are no unified standards or structure for reporting. This becomes a significant challenge for organisations, as they may have to adhere to multiple reporting frameworks. With the CSRD and ESRS, we see an important new evolution.

Understanding the impact of ESG initiatives: Beyond reporting requirements, ESG performance data is useful for improving the impact and outcomes of ESG strategies and plans. However, for many organisations, ESG data is siloed, which makes it difficult to connect the impact from ESG activity to the financial impact.

Identifying and quantifying ESG risks: Even though many organisations have discussions about ESG risk, not all have formal definitions, identified KPIs or systems in place to monitor them. This is especially challenging, as many are not quantifiable, and cannot be defined in terms of currency calculations.

Who should attend this session?:

Sustainability/ESG managers, financial managers, HR, …

 what can participants except as key learnings of this session

Knowing what needs to be collected on ESG criteria

Knowing who needs to be involved in the ESG process

Knowing where the ESG data is in the business

Short bio about the lecturer(s)

Jan Beyne holds a PhD in Sustainability Management, a Master's degree in Social Economic Science and an Advanced Master's degree in Diplomacy and International Relations from the University of Antwerp. Jan is a sustainability expert with experience in corporate social responsibility, sustainability management and the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. As assistant Professor and Sustainable Transformation Competence Center Lead at Antwerp Management School, he specializes in sustainability integration in organizations, companies and local authorities. In addition, Jan provides sustainability training within the full-time master and postgraduate courses of Antwerp Management School. Jan combines theoretical knowledge in the field of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development with a wide range of practical experience.

As Sustainability Manager Dries Vanneste is globally responsible for the sustainability program of Barco. The Go for Sustainable Impact Strategy of Barco is one of the three strategic pillars of Barco’s corporate strategy.  Dries coaches teams cross-divisions and business units on sustainability, engages with stakeholders on sustainability related matters and is responsible for sustainability reporting and communications. Before Barco, he worked amongst others as Sustainability Manager at KBC and Expert Sustainability & Circular economy at Agoria (Belgian technology industry association).

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