Companies that already report on their sustainability performance in accordance with the Non-financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) will have to report in accordance with the CSRD from the 2024 reporting year. However, there are still many companies that are not sufficiently prepared for the new reporting requirements. This is partly because they have assumed that they already meet many of the future ESRS requirements with their established sustainability reporting.

So how can companies best prepare for the CSRD? What role does materiality analysis play in this? What is the best way to structure the various ESRS requirements? And specifically: Which ESRS requirements are already covered by GRI - and where do companies need to close gaps?

Our speakers Vincent Furnari and Julian von Pressentin will take a look at the CSRD readiness of companies, but above all they will explain how it is possible to reduce the complexity of reporting and still meet the requirements of the capital market.

Be part of it. We look forward to your questions and the exchange!

Speakers

Vincent Furnari

Vincent Furnari is Managing Partner at Kirchhoff Consult and spent three decades in management positions at well-known companies, including as CEO of SGS Group Germany and CFO of TÜV Rheinland AG. He was subsequently a partner in a strategy consultancy specializing in capital markets and corporate governance. With his extensive expertise and experience, he has successfully implemented complex projects in the areas of finance, strategy and digitalization for various companies with up to 20,000 employees and a turnover of € 2 billion. His successes include the placement of a € 200 million ESG-linked promissory bill as part of the Green Finance strategy.

Julian von Pressentin

Julian von Pressentin is a Senior Consultant at Kirchhoff Consult and an expert in sustainable finance and sustainability reporting. He is currently working intensively on CSRD and the associated ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards). Julian von Pressentin is a member of an EFRAG expert community that is developing the LSME ESRS. In his Master of Science in Business Administration, he studied the impact of ESG on capital markets. After graduating from university, he worked for several years as a portfolio manager in ESG investing and implemented the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) at a large German asset manager. Julian von Pressentin has an ESG Investing Certificate of the CFA institute.

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