Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Seminar
Course Description
Specifically designed for professionals committed to leading their organisations towards sustainable success, CSRD Advanced covers everything from the fundamentals of sustainability reporting to the intricacies of achieving CSRD compliance.
Who Is It For?
This course is ideal for sustainability professionals, corporate executives, financial accountants, auditors, compliance officers, business leaders, and anyone involved in corporate reporting and sustainability initiatives.
Why Enroll?
- Gain Expertise: Master the latest CSRD reporting practices.
- Stay Ahead: Ensure compliance with evolving CSRD standards.
- Competitive Edge: Leverage sustainability as a strategic business advantage.
- Drive Success: Lead your organisation towards a sustainable future.
Course Overview
Module 1: Introduction to Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Learning Outcome: Acquire a detailed understanding of the corporate sustainability reporting landscape, including its significance, the key stakeholders involved, and the evolution of various frameworks and standards.
Key topics include:
- The importance of sustainability reporting
- Benefits of sustainability reporting
- Identification of key stakeholders
- Key sustainability reporting frameworks and standards
Module 2: Understanding the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Learning Outcome: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the CSRD, including its purpose, scope, and overarching objectives, its evolution from the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD), and where it sits in the EU Sustainable Finance Framework.
Key topics include:
- Purpose and scope of the CSRD
- Key objectives of the CSRD
- The evolution from NFRD to CSRD
- The EU Sustainable Finance Framework
Module 3: CSRD Reporting Requirements
Learning Outcome: Acquire in-depth knowledge of the key CSRD reporting requirements, including the entities that are required to report, timelines for compliance, disclosure requirements, and the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).
Key topics include:
- Who is subject to the CSRD?
- Non-EU company and subsidiary reporting requirements
- Implementation timelines
- Financial and non-financial disclosures
- European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
- Simplified Standards (LSME and VSME)
- Sector-specific standards
Module 4: Core Elements of CSRD Reporting
Learning Outcome: Understand the core elements of CSRD reporting, such as double materiality, Impacts, Risks and Opportunities (IROs), materiality thresholds, minimum disclosure requirements (MDRs), and value chain reporting.
Key topics include:
- Double materiality
- Impacts, Risks, and Opportunities (IROs)
- Determining materiality
- Minimum Disclosure Requirements (MDRs)
- Value chain reporting
Module 5: Achieving CSRD Compliance
Learning Outcome: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the essential requirements for data collection, reporting, and presentation necessary for CSRD compliance. Acquire knowledge on implementing effective compliance measures and understand the broader implications of CSRD compliance for businesses. Understand what is required in order to ensure your organisation meets the comprehensive regulatory requirements, and to leverage sustainability reporting to gain a strategic advantage.
Key topics include:
- Reporting requirements: data points and metrics
- Presenting data in the annual report
- Assurance levels
- Implications of CSRD compliance for businesses
- ESG software reporting
- Implementing CSRD compliance measures
