Community of practice: getting started with CSRD II

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), the Deforestation and IMVO Act - laws and regulations that also come your way. Waste lists? No way! They offer an opportunity to embed sustainability in your business operations. In this second edition of the Community of Practice of seven meetings, you will prepare your organisation step by step for the CSRD - supported by expertise and practical experience from the network. You will leave with a strong foundation for integrated decision-making, internal support and a future-proof sustainability strategy.

De Community of Practice in het kort

The CSRD aims to promote transparency and comparability of sustainability reporting, helping consumers, investors and customers better understand your company's social impact. The CS3D complements this and motivates you to identify CSR risks and prevent and reduce negative impacts. In short: more transparency for the sake of people and the environment. This programme not only shows you what is expected of you, but also how to translate this into your organisation's daily practice.

Note: this is a follow-up to the Community of Practice getting started with CSRD I

Have you or your colleagues not previously participated in the Community of Practice: Getting Started with CSRD? If so, we recommend that you attend part one first. Read more information about the upcoming edition in March.

Seven interactive practical sessions

  • Get support from different disciplines in implementing CSRD and CS3D

  • Learn how to combine theory with practice through personal assignments, sharing challenges and examples

  • Get access to our digital platform - the CSRD community with 350+ professionals from 150+ large companies

  • Compounding a regular group of companies with similar challenges, learning from each other in an interactive way

Programme and schedule

In plenary parts, you will get theory on a specific part explained by an expert. In sub-sessions, you will engage in further guided discussions with participants on real-life challenges and actions. The dates and themes of the sessions are as follows:

1. Working with the CSRD | 14 May

2. Reporting according to the ESRS | 11 June

3. Available and reliable ESRS data | 2 July

4. CSDDD: chain responsibility and risk identification | 17 September

5. Insurance inspection | 10 oktober

6. Biodiversity and ecosystems | 13 November

7. The impact of ESG data on finance, investment and lending | 26 November

All sessions take place - at varying locations - on a Tuesday or Thursday and take about three hours. Always in the afternoon from 14:00 to 17:00.

You will become part of our CSRD community

A unique feature of this programme is that you participate with colleagues. This strengthens cooperation and helps to implement the necessary actions faster in your organisation. And because you work on a common challenge in a fixed group, there is room to go deeper into the practical part of the CSRD guideline. We also use a digital platform to exchange data, documentation and experiences - also outside the scheduled meetings. So you really become part of our CSRD community!

The programme

Sessions 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 will focus on ESRS topics and go in-depth.

Sessie 1:.

  • ESRS 1 General Requirements

  • ESRS 2 General Disclosures

  • E1 Climate change

  • S1 Own workforce

Session 2:

  • E2 Pollution

  • E3 Water and marine resources, E5 Resource use and circular economy

  • E5 Resource use and circular economy

  • S4 Consumers and end-users

Session 4 :

  • S2 Workers in the value chain

  • S3 Affected communities

  • ESRS G1 Business conduct

Sessie 6:.

  • E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems

The programme components outside the ESRS

Session 3 dives deep into the world of data, with a focus on getting available and reliable data. Through three break-out sessions, you will gain insight into the entire CSRD cycle, learning which data is crucial at which points and how to obtain it.

Session 5 is about assurance, where you can ask all kinds of questions to experienced accountants.

Session 7 takes a look at the perspective of banks, with the involvement of three banks. Find out what information they can/can't request from companies and how your ESG transparency and results can affect getting financing. At the same time, they share relevant insights on the process

Some of the experts in a row

  • Emma Verheijke - Grant Thornton

  • Annemieke Bos - Grant Thornton

  • Stijn Schep - Grant Thornton

  • Lisa van de Kamp - Grant Thornton

  • Roel Drost - PWC

  • Steven Boekhoudt - PWC

  • Kees Kerstens - Salacia Solutions

  • Rutger IJzendoorn - Conclusion (Consulting)

  • Raymond van Ek - Conclusion (Hot ITem)

  • Matthias Maltha - EY

  • Noor Vos - EY

  • Gijsbert Bruijnes - BDO

  • AlbertJan Knol - BDO

  • Emma den Ouden - SER

  • Roza Wegkamp - ABN AMBRO

  • Meike Proost - ING

Conditions

Costs

Per organisation, we ask for a one-off contribution to make your participation not optional and to cover organisational costs. For large companies (with more than 250 employees) this is 1,500 euro, for SMEs 750 euro (excluding VAT).

This programme has an estimated value of €7,000. A group consists of a maximum of 25 companies. An intake interview takes place beforehand. We recommend participating per session in duo form with a colleague who - in a different function - plays an important role in the business.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the CSRD?

The CSRD directive requires large companies to report on issues such as CO2 emissions and social capital, as well as the impact you have as a company on biodiversity and human rights violations in the chain. The directive is an extension of the existing European directive around sustainability reporting: the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). The CSRD will apply since 1 January 2024 to companies currently covered by the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and from 2025 to large companies not currently covered.

Contact

Do you have questions or would you first like an exploratory discussion to find out if this is something for you, your colleagues and your organisation? Christian will be happy to help you further.

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Christian Penning

Relationship manager Large Company Network

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