Training – ESG Reporting: CSRD and ESRS in Practice – from Identifying the Obligation to Implementation

The aim of the training is to equip participants with practical knowledge and skills necessary to prepare ESG sustainability reports in line with the requirements of the CSRD and the ESRS reporting standards. Participants will learn how to effectively prepare their organisation to meet regulatory requirements and implement best reporting practices.

Benefits for participants

• You will gain knowledge about ESG regulations, enabling you to understand the expectations of stakeholders, including financial institutions and clients, in the area of ESG.
• You will learn about the benefits of aligning with ESG regulatory requirements as well as the risks and threats arising from non-compliance.
• You will become familiar with the concept of double materiality and understand how to identify impacts, risks and opportunities within an organisation.
• You will learn best practices and tools for implementing the sustainability reporting process, gaining knowledge on how to effectively prepare organisations to meet ESG requirements.
• You will learn about the key elements of sustainability reporting, which will enable you to assess your organisation’s readiness to comply with ESG requirements.

Who should attend

• Sustainability specialists, ESG coordinators, ESG Directors, ESG Managers, ESG Project Leaders
• Representatives and plenipotentiaries for management systems / sustainable development
• Internal auditors
• Environmental protection specialists and experts
• Members of ESG teams
• Compliance Managers

Training programme

1. Introduction to Sustainable Development

Sustainable development and ESG

ESG reporting regulations – CSRD, ESRS, Accounting Act, EFRAG guidelines

Other regulations in the ESG area

2. The ESG Reporting Process in an Organisation

ESRS – key principles for the Sustainability Report: qualitative characteristics, time horizon, presentation of comparative information, exemptions

Integrating sustainability issues into the company’s strategy and business model

New ESG responsibilities – the role of the Management Board and Supervisory Board

Supply chain

Reporting structure: Policies, Processes, Targets, Actions, Metrics

3. Double Materiality Assessment

Double materiality methodology – basic principles in line with ESRS

Impacts, risks and opportunities – how to identify and assess them

4. Sustainability Reporting

Report structure

Discussion of key ESRS-aligned topics

E – environmental area

S – social area

G – governance area

5. EU Taxonomy Principles

Introduction to the Taxonomy (objectives, main principles)

Analysis and assessment of alignment with the Taxonomy

Technical screening criteria and the “do no significant harm” principle

Minimum safeguards

Taxonomy disclosures

6. ESG Reporting Best Practices

Challenges in the sustainability reporting process

Examples of proven solutions

New ESG responsibilities

Principles for documenting the process

Trainer

The webinar will be led by Magdalena Dominiak, ESG Managing Manager at PKF Polska.

She is a graduate of the Wrocław University of Economics, majoring in Finance and Banking, and holds the ACCA qualification. She has developed her professional career mainly in financial sector companies and in a Big Four consulting firm. For several years, she has been delivering advisory and audit projects, including in the area of ESG. Her professional experience includes roles related to finance, controlling, reporting, internal control and risk management.