The future of financial reporting and ESG expert training – 24 October 2024

EFFAS, the European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies, recently announced its agreement with EFRAG on the accreditation of its Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) training programme as an implementation guideline for the recently developed European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Together with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the mandatory introduction of the sustainability reporting, many questions arise. We are therefore pleased to invite you to our keynote speeches and reception where we will give you an insight in why and how we need to go beyond financial reporting and why it is important to train investment professionals with ESG expert training at a European level. We will also explain in more detail how the ESRS will be integrated into our CESGA training programme, being accredited by EFRAG, the ESG standard setter for the European Commission.

Programme

• Welcome
  Hans Buysse, EFFAS EMC Member and Chairman ABAF-BVFA
• CSRD and ESRS – challenges and outlook for the future
  Tom Dodd, Team Leader – Sustainability Reporting at European Commission
• Why and how to go beyond financial information? What are the benefits for the investment professional?
  Patrick de Cambourg, Chair EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board
• CESGA 4.1, the first ESG expert training with ESRS integration in the investment process: a practical insight
  Susana Peñarrubia Fraguas, Head of ESG Integration Active at DWS Investment, and member of the EFFAS ESG Review Panel
• Q&A

Venue and timing

The network evening will start at 17.00 and will be followed by a reception (18.30-19.30).

Venue: you can join us for free in De Warande (Brussels) or online