7th Colloquium: Connectivity

Overview

Connecting financial and sustainability reports
This colloquium will focus on the approaches taken by the various global standard setters to link financial reports with “non-financial” / sustainability reports.

Intended Audience

This event is important for roles in every industry, including: 

• Directors, trustees, council and other governing body members – as report signatories;
• CEOs and other top management roles – as report authorities;
• Accounting, environmental, reputation, social and stakeholder professionals – as report contributors;
• Audit, risk and compliance professionals – as report assurers;
• and of course all involved in preparing financial and sustainability reports.

Speakers

As has become a core advantage of our events, we are honoured to announce, again, an unprecedented panel of global thought leaders who include:

• Professor Mervyn King, Good Governance Academy Patron
• Veronica Poole, Deloitte Global IFRS and corporate reporting leader
• Alan Johnson, International Federation of Accountants President
• Eelco van der Enden, Global Reporting Initiative Chief Executive Officer
• Kris Nathanail-Brighton, IOSCO Senior Policy Advisor
• Suresh Gooneratne, Director and CFO of Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC
• Yasu Kawasugi, Director of Investor Relations, Konica Minolta, Inc.

Outcomes

Attendees will be equipped to: 

• Understand the changing demands of corporate reports
• Describe how standard setters are approaching financial and sustainability reporting
• Interpret the various approaches posed to “connect” financial and sustainability reports

Benefits of Attending

Benefits of attending this event include

• Exposure to current, global thinking – be able to promote innovation
• Understanding of global corporate reporting shifts – be able to remain competitive
• Learn from the experts – be able to have questions answered by the global experts
• Recognition of learning – be able to evidence professional learning (certificate of attendance)

The videos of the event will be available on the community portal after the event.