Join us tomorrow for the joint Practical ESG.com/TheCorporateCounsel.net webcast – “Disclosing Sustainability Financial Value in 10-Ks” – to hear the perspectives of the following panel on the topic of reporting sustainability matters in periodic reports:

– Dan Goelzer, Retired Partner, BakerMcKenzie and former Board Member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
– Rich Goode, Principal, ESG Services, PwC
– Kristina Wyatt, CSO, Persefoni, former SEC Counsel
– Maia Gez, Head of Public Company Advisory Group, White & Case LLP
– Daniel Aronson, Founder & CEO, Valutus

Topics to be discussed on the webcast include:

1. Setting the Baseline: U.S. SEC Reporting Basics, Including “Materiality” and Managerial v. Financial Accounting

2. What Companies Are Doing Now – Informal Reporting, Results from PESG Compendium

3. Where Sustainability Generates Meaningful Business Value – Double v Financial Materiality, Managerial Accounting v Financial Accounting

4. Why Companies Should Report Sustainability Value in 10-K/Q – Formalize Reporting to a Single, Credible Standard (Financial Accounting v. Non-Financial Framework), Eliminate Question of Materiality (Financial v. Operational Metrics), Control the Narrative, Meet Investor Needs, Take Conversation Away from Anti-ESG, Defend Budget and Jobs

5. Barriers: Accounting Topics, Lack of Data (Attribution of Material Financial Matters To Sustainability Initiatives), Inadequate Controls on Sustainability Data/Reporting, Fear of risk, Corporate Inertia

6. Fighting No: How to Make Your Case for Reporting Sustainability Value in 10-K/Q

Note that this webcast is being provided free of charge. CLE credit is not available.

– Dave Lynn