The Future of ESG & Sustainability Reporting
Overview
No longer just ‘nice to have’.
Increasingly, stakeholders are demanding that entities provide greater transparency about their long-term sustainability (i.e. ESG impact). Questions are being asked about an organisation’s social licence to operate, ESG performance and comparison to peers.
In this session, we will outline the business imperative for ESG and sustainability reporting and discuss the following topics:
- what is ESG and sustainability?
- an explanation of the various ESG factors
- the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals
- the World Economic Forum’s Four Pillars
- the future of communication to stakeholders
- what are the standard setters doing?
- materiality assessments
- a review of governance frameworks
- ESG measuring and reporting
Webinar Learning Outcomes:
Attendees will learn to consider and appropriately account for ESG and sustainability through an understanding of the relevant factors, frameworks and stakeholder objectives.
Suited to:
Auditors, CFOs, Board Members, Financial Controllers, Finance Teams, Accountants involved in the preparation of financial reports.
You will also be provided with:
- PowerPoint Slide Deck
- Searchable Transcript
- Any Supporting Documentation
- Webinar Recording to view multiple times for up to 6 months
- Q&A Session & follow up contact details
- CPD Quiz & Certificate
Course syllabus
3 lessons
- Video – The Future of ESG & Sustainability ReportingVideo
- FeedbackSurvey
- Knowledge QuizTest
Your presenter
Aletta Boshoff,BDO Australia
Aletta Boshoff, Partner & National Leader, IFRS Advisory, BDO Australia.
Aletta is an IFRS advisory specialist with over 25 years’ experience in financial reporting and accounting, including IFRS. Aletta has lectured on financial accounting and reporting, auditing and assurance and taxation at various Australian and South African universities. As an Associate Professor, she authored various financial reporting and accounting textbooks. Aletta also spent a number of years as a Project Manager at the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).
In particular, Aletta takes great pride in her ability to apply a wealth of technical expertise to real-world business situations. She works hard to ensure she is working with her clients, involving them at every step of the journey. She helps them to understand how she came to a recommendation, so that they can test any assumptions she has made and together they can come to the best IFRS solution possible.