Finance-grade sustainability data

Sustainability disclosure and ESG reporting are entering a new era — subject to the same standards, controls, and rigor as financial reporting. Finance teams everywhere are rightly getting more involved in this work. 2025 will be a landmark year, as the first wave of companies comply with CSRD.

In this summit, you’ll get insights from policymakers and tangible lessons from companies leading the way in this transition.

The role of finance leaders

Graeme Pitkethly, former CFO of Unilever and founding vice chair of TCFD, has been at the forefront of finance-grade sustainability data. He'll share practical lessons from the front-lines on how finance and sustainability teams can work together:

• The role of the ESG controller
• Strategies for fast, successful assurance
• How to partner with boards and audit committees
• How to set up effective internal governance for data collection and data integrity
• Moving from reporting to strategy and performance management

A conversation with Mark Carney and Sylvie Goulard

Hear from two of the architects of sustainability disclosure policy: Mark Carney, UN special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, former Governor of the Bank of England, founder of TCFD and GFANZ; and Sylvie Goulard, professor of practice at Bocconi University and former Member of the European Parliament and Deputy Governor of the Banque de France.

They'll share their advice for companies on how to turn compliance into an accelerator for effective strategy — and insights on what to expect from the policy landscape in the coming years.