ecoDa Upcoming Webinars

10 October 2022: Corporate Governance: A booster for innovation?

Promoting a more standardised and global approach of governance practices is it the right to support innovation in European companies? How companies can have a different development path if regulators and investors are overly focusing on enforcing hard regulations and standard practices?
This webinar will be moderated by Michael Hilb.
The panel will be composed of Chris Hodge, Gatis Kokins, Annalisa Gigante and Abigail Levrau.
Please register to confirm your participation via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u0IA8yehSr2tvR2moTAqow

27 October 2022: Corporate reporting: Internal control 2.0 as the way forward? In cooperation with PwC

The subject of internal control is becoming more predominant in current debates, whether it concerns reflection on corporate reporting, ESRS standards or audit reform debates at national level like in the UK and in the Netherlands. What is meant by internal control? What is the role of internal control for ESG? What lessons from Sarbanes Oxley?
This webinar will be moderated by Rogier Wezenbeek.
The panel will be composed of Rachel Bowden, Maurizio Donvito, Stephen Licence and Anne-Hélène Monsellato.

Please register to confirm your participation via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GdVGPzupRp2oaB_6IzYdgg


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It Includes:

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS

  • Council: Compromise proposal on the CSDD by the Presidency
  • EESC: Opinion on the CSDD Commission proposal

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

  • BlackRock: 2022 voting spotlight
  • Japan: Regulator published ESG code of conduct (Minerva Analytics)

EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS

  • Responses to EFRAG consultation on the first set of draft ESR
  • Accountancy Europe
  • ESMA

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

  • France: Legal inventory of extra-financial instruments adopted by large companies
  • UK: Further improvement needed under new climate rules
  • Luxembourg: Study on non-executive directors and the concept of independence

ARTICLE

EU corporate due diligence proposal: game changer or paper tiger? (European Jacques Delors)

The EU Alert is available for download here.

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It Includes:
EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS

CSRD: Consolidated text public
ESMA: Letter on ISSB’ Exposure Drafts
CJUE: Judgement on software in diesel vehicles

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
US: Business Roundtable concerned with the SEC’s disclosure proposal
UN combats greenwashing with new panel (Minerva Analytics)

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
UK: Next steps to reform the UK’s audit and corporate governance framework
UK: Regulator to review impact of ESG ratings on firms (Board Agenda)
Netherlands: The rise of stakeholder committees (Lexology)

ecoDa News


  • ecoDa European Board DiplomaLearn more about this ecoDa brand-new board education programme. Registrations are open;
  • 25th of July: ecoDa  call on DNF ISSB topics

The EU Alert is available for download here.

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It Includes:

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS
EU Taxonomy: The Complementary Delegated Act approved
EC: Reports to improve the quality of financial advice and direct SMEs to alternative funding providers

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
OECD: Climate change and corporate governance
OECD: Remuneration of boards of directors and executive management in state-owned enterprises
US: Shareholders back away from green petitions in US proxy voting season (Financial Times)

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
UK: The influence of the UK Stewardship Code 2020 on practice and reporting (FRC)

France: Launch of the “Business Climate Convention Academy” (Novethic)

ARTICLE
The proposed CSDD won’t end our societal sustainability stalemate (University of Oxford)

ecoDa News

  • 5th of July: ecoDa’s team meet DG GROW representatives to discuss accompanying measures the European Commission could develop as part of the CSDD;
  • 12th of July: ecoDa’s Task Force on EFRAG consultation meeting;
  • 14th of July: Béatrice Richez-Baum moderating a GNDI Global Conference’s panel on diversity and inclusion.

The EU Alert is available for download here.

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It includes:

Taxonomy: MEPs object to Commission’s plan to include gas and nuclear activities
Coreper: Vote on the provisional agreement on Women on boards
EBA: Guidelines on role and responsibilities of the AML/CFT compliance officer
US: SEC looks at stricter rules for index providers (Financial Times)
Basel Committee: Principles for effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks
BlackRock doesn’t want to be ‘environmental police’ (Bloomberg)
UN compaign toughens standards for company net-zero plans (Reuters)
A record number of companies are committing to and setting science-based climate targets (STBi)
EU Business Biodiversity Platform: Consultation on biodiversity measurement standards
UK: Plans to curb corporate crime (Financial Times)

  • 17th of June: Béatrice Richez-Baum speaking at ESAE event on conflit resolution and governance review in associations;
  • 21st of June: ecoDa’s team will meet FESE to discuss the CSDD;
  • 24th of June: ecoDa’s Task Force on EFRAG Consultation meeting.

The EU Alert is available for download here.

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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: Update
European Green Bond Standard: new measures to reduce greenwashing
Ban on products made with forces labour: EP recommendations

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

More shareholders rejecting companies’ executive pay program

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

France: BNP Paribas’ general assembly disturbed by NGOs (Les Echos)
France: Total takes further climate commitments as a result of investors’ pressures (Les Echos)

WEBINAR

EC: Capital Markets Union: investing for a stronger, prosperous and sustainable European Union

ecoDa News

The EU Alert is available for download here.

Webinar 23 Maggio – How can a focus on governance help reimagine corporate integrity? ecoDa, EY, INSEAD

Cari Associati,
vi segnaliamo il webinar “How can a focus on governance help reimagine corporate integrity?” organizzato da ecoDa insieme a EY e INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre in programma per il 23 maggio alle ore 11:00 – 12:00 CET.

Per registrarti CLICCA QUI.

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It Includes:

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENTS


Provisional agreement on the Digital Operational Resilience Act
Corporate taxation: Commission proposed tax incentive for equity
New rules on cybersecurity

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS


Climate change: Blackrock steps back (CNBC)
NACD: Comments to the SEC proposed rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and incident disclosure

EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS


ecoDa: Reactions to ATAD III

WEBINAR


SABS Standards Board public meeting

ecoDa News


  • 16th of May: Béatrice Richez-Baum, ecoDa’s DG, speaking at the Legal Committee of the French Institute of Directors;
  • 20th of May: Béatrice Richez-Baum, ecoDa’s DG, speaking at a conference organized by PUBLIKA, the internal think tank of the SKEMA Business School in partnership with the ONUDI;
  • SAVE THE DATE23rd of May (11.00 to 12.00 CET): ecoDa and EY will organize a webinar on How can a focus on governance can help reimagine corporate integrity?“;
  • SAVE THE DATE14th of June (6.00 to 8.00pm CET in Brussels): ecoDa and Chapter Zero Brussels invite you to a discussion between policy makers and European board members to discuss the EU Green Deal; You can already express your interest to attend at [email protected];
  • REMINDER- SAVE THE DATE: 13-14 July: GNDI Global Conference. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the GNDI, which ecoDa is part of, the network will be host a 24-hour virtual event, where Abigail Levrau (Chair of ecoDa’s Corporate Governance Dialogue Advisory Committee), Michael Hilb (ecoDa Board Member) and Béatrice Richez-Baum (ecoDa’s DG) will intervene;
  • ecoDa is delighted to welcome a new member institute, the Financial Experts Association e.V. (FEA), which represents German and international non-executive directors in supervisory and advisory boards.

The EU Alert is available for download here.

Banking on net zero: from commitment to action

This event for non-executive directors of banks and financial institutions will help attendees with the practicalities of putting together a net zero plan.

Topics for discussion will include what good looks like, the challenges, potential pitfalls, and how it impacts business and strategy.

This session will be moderated by Francesca Tondi Guy, non-executive director and ESG Committee Chair of UniCredit, and will be run in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group and Standard Chartered.

All’evento parteciperà Francesca Tondi Guy, non-executive director and ESG Committee Chair of UniCredit e Associata Nedcommunity.

Per più informazioni CLICCA QUI

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Same industry, different models: Burberry & Baukjen on meeting climate ambitions

We welcome two businesses in the fashion industry to discuss their roadmaps for achieving their climate ambitions.

Climate considerations transcend size and heritage, and are important for every business. Burberry is a global, long-established business, and Baukjen is a local London-based BCorp. We will explore their unique stories and pathways, the role of governance, and progress so far. 

Susan Hooper, an experienced board member who is also on the Chapter Zero Board will discuss these two different paths to net zero with Geoff van Sonsbeeck, Founder and CEO of Baukjen, and Julie Brown, Chief Operating and Financial Officer at Burberry. 

Per maggiori informazioni CLICCA QUI

To register CLICK HERE