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Webinar – CSRD: An Innovation and Value Opportunity

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In our latest webinar, Sam King (SVP Corporate, GIST Impact), Ben Wood (Principal, Systems 7) and Jette Harbo (Regulatory Product Development Manager, Celsia) discussed the topic of “CSRD: An Innovation and Value Opportunity”. 

The wide-ranging discussion showcased the end-to-end solution available for financial institutions and corporates, and delivered some industry-leading insights – including:

  • While measuring impact materiality is an important next step in sustainability reporting, impact valuation is what allows you to measure the impact in a science-backed way (for example, taking into account the relative cost of extracting water from a water-poor region vs a water-rich region).
  • Impact valuation enables more effective stakeholder conversations by providing a quantitative case for the identification of material issues.
  • Transparent impact valuation streamlines the complexities of the auditing process by enabling companies to justify their choice of materiality topics with underlying impact and sustainability data.
  • The double materiality assessment is a critical foundation for all sustainability efforts – allowing entities not only to identify value-at-risk but also value-to-gain, as much within company operations as in its value chain and beyond.
  • The double materiality assessment allows companies to focus their resources to drive resources to where it matters most – increasing efficiencies and driving powerful narratives for employees, investors and customers.
  • The CSRD presents opportunities to use a data-driven approach alongside new metrics to operationalise the sustainability process – by setting targets and actions, and track them year-on-year.
  • There is an increasing requirement for transparency in sustainability reporting, alongside mandatory audits and higher demands for data accuracy.
  • Aligning with the CSRD requires a comprehensive data management system to identify gaps and streamline collection and consolidation.
  • There is an emerging need for data collection and aggregation down at the product level, which ultimately increases the accuracy of the impact materiality assessment.

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