ESG and Compliance Conference

Current Sustainability Reporting from the Global Reporting Initiative

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Eelco van der Enden, Chief Executive Officer, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative)

This session will inform attendees about the latest developments in sustainability reporting. Hear directly from the CEO of GRI, the global sustainability stand setter for impact reporting, who will discuss recent developments and current trends in sustainability reporting.

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The Evolution of ESG Reporting

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Marcy Twete, Founder and CEO, Marcy Twete Consulting
Rachel Schwalbach, VP, ESG, C.H. Robinson
Arun Skaria, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Rewind to 2008 when only 358 companies globally were publishing sustainability reports that aligned the Global Reporting Initiative. Vast changes have occurred in the last 14 years. Today, more than 30,000 companies globally use the GRI framework. Additional sustainability indices and industry-specific and issue-specific frameworks have arisen since. Each year, sustainability leaders and their partners across finance, the environment, marketing, human resources, and more spend thousands of hours responding to and staying ahead of these individual reporting frameworks and processes. Join us as we explore multiple perspectives on ESG reporting today and its evolution in the future.

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Connecting the Dots: Risk, ESG, Compliance, Supply Chain, and Transparency

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Jim Massey, Chief Sustainability Officer, Zai Lab
Sheri Hinish, Global Sustainability Services Lead, IBM and Founder, Supply Chain Revolution
Mark Perera, Chief Executive Officer, Vizibl

Companies have never faced so many challenges all at once. As leaders, we read headlines on global heating, the pandemic, working conditions, livable wages, human rights, and many other pressing issues. Each of these topics can be all-consuming, confusing, and challenging. Yet, our stakeholders (investors, suppliers, employees, and consumers) expect companies to address each topic and do it now. On this panel, leading global thought leaders will focus on the newest issues organizations face and the critical role compliance professionals play in driving ethical and sustainable supply chains. In this session you will:

• Understand the implications of supply chain on compliance leaders and the opportunities for compliance leaders to enable ethical supply chains
• Prioritize emerging topics for which your organization needs greater governance and oversight
• Connect the dots effectively and efficiently to deliver company performance aligned with stakeholder expectations

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Ethical Delivery of ESG

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Gonzalo Guzman, Global General Counsel - Anti-Corruption & Economic Sanctions, Unilever
Nicola Bonucci, Managing Director, Investigations & Compliance, Paul Hastings
Shirley Magniez-Pouget, Senior Consultant Business and Human Rights, DLA Piper
Joana Setzer, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

In this conversation, a panel of experts will address:

• Bribery and corruption relating to ESG
• The risk of fraud
• Other integrity issues related to ESG

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Managing Your Legal ESG Risk: Disclosure Best Practices and Averting Greenwashing and SEC Claims

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Jurgita Ashley, Partner and Co-Chair ESG Collaborative, Thompson Hine LLP
Renee Zaytsev, Partner & Co-Chair, Thompson Hine LLP
Heidi Goldstein Friedman, Partner and Co-Chair ESG Collaborative, Thompson Hine LLP

This panel will discuss pressures and challenges faced by public and private companies relating to ESG reporting and will examine practical approaches that companies are employing in designing their ESG governance structures. We will share insight on controls and procedures that companies can implement to ensure that relevant ESG data can be collected, accurately measured, and reported. Our panel will also explore litigation issues relating to greenwashing and ESG-related securities claims, with recommendations of best practices to avoid litigation and reduce business risk.

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CSR Legislation: The Rapidly Changing Global Landscape

LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Michael Littenberg, Partner and Global Head of the ESG, CSR & Business and Human Rights Compliance Practice, Ropes & Gray LLP
PJ Jayachandran, Chief Supply Chain Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive
Karin Johnson, Associate General Counsel, Ethics & Compliance, VF Corp

The last year has seen a dramatic increase in new corporate social responsibility requirements across several jurisdictions. In the last several months, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States all introduced new requirements. In late February, the European Union proposed its long-awaited Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. Several other jurisdictions have pending or proposed requirements. In this session, the panel will discuss how to build a global CSR compliance program and navigate the challenges of new legislation.

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