Although the CSRD-requirements are changing because of the EU's Omnibus Proposal, sustainability reporting is here to stay. Is your company relatively new to making a sustainability statement? And are you still expected to be in scope of CSRD, or you may be in the future? Then this training is perfect for you!
In this training, we will provide you with a broad background in sustainability reporting: from the history of disclosure frameworks to performing a double materiality assessment and from structuring your new sustainability statement to reporting material information based on CSRD-disclosures, we will cover all of it.
We aim to prepare you for setting up your sustainability statement for the first time and collecting the information you need, providing you with the elements crucial for making your project successful.
What you will learn
- How has sustainability reporting evolved over time and why has a good sustainability statement added value for stakeholders?
- How can you set up your first sustainability statement and what information do you have to include?
- What elements are needed to make your sustainability reporting project successful?
Programme
- Background sustainability reporting (history of reporting frameworks and intro CSRD)
- Double materiality as the basis for reporting: material information to include
- ‘Rules’ and guidelines for setting up a sustainability statement
- Considerations, tips and tricks to keep in mind while preparing for a sustainability statement (based on material topics, previous reports, material disclosures, linkages between sustainability report and management review, collection and availability of information)
- Writing textual disclosures and developing visual disclosures
- Examples from annual reports 2024
- Exercises to write/design own disclosures
- Structuring your own (client's) sustainability report – bigger exercise to close off the training
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