Spotlight on ESG
How ESG is Transforming the Compliance Risk Landscape and What Compliance Professionals Need to Know to Adapt
February 2, 9, 16, and 23 | 11:00AM – 1:00PM EST
CLE, CPE, and CEU credit for LPEC certification available.
Featured Speakers:
Andrea Bonime-Blanc, CEO, GEC Risk Advisory
David Curran, Chief Sustainability and ESG Officer, Paul Weiss
Jeffrey Hales, Chair, SASB and Charles T. Zlatkovich Centennial Professor of Accounting, University of Texas at Austin
Alison Taylor, Executive Director, Ethical Systems, Senior Adivsor, BSR, and Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
Hosted by:
Ethics and Compliance Initiative
Fordham Law Compliance Programs
Fordham Law Corporate Law Center
Gabelli School of Business Responsible Business Coalition
Hourly Schedule
February 2, 2021
- 11:00 AM
- What is Driving ESG and Where is it Heading?
- The session will explore the forces propelling ESG investing and reporting into the spotlight. Panelists will review the major legal frameworks in the U.S. and abroad and discuss what is behind the push for voluntary (non-legal) disclosures. Panelists also will look ahead to the future of ESG in a post-COVID world – is ESG just a passing flavor of the month? How will it evolve?
- 12:00 PM
- Materiality Determinations for ESG Disclosures
- Company’s must assess which ESG risks are material when making disclosures, but assessing “materiality” can be as much art as science. In this session, leading finance and accounting experts will discuss how companies account for ESG risks in making disclosures and consider how to achieve greater consistency and transparency in the process.
February 9, 2021
- 11:00 AM
- The Competition for ESG Performance Ratings – Risks and Opportunities
- This session will examine how the drive for ESG ratings creates risks and opportunities for in house compliance professionals working for companies that are competing to show ESG performance to customers, stakeholders, and investors. It also explores the evolving state of ESG disclosures and the assurance of the accuracy of such disclosures.
- 12:00 PM
- ESG's Impact on Supply Chain Risk Management
- This session will examine how supply chain risk is impacted by the drive for ESG performance, and what it means for compliance professionals.
February 16, 2021
- 11:00 AM
- ESG and Capital Market Compliance
- This session will examine new or enhanced securities disclosure requirements for SEC reporting and other comparable investor protection requirements, and how banks themselves are creating “green products” such as “green bonds” and other financing vehicles to further ESG objectives.
- 12:00 PM
- Financial Services Compliance's ESG Roles From a Reputation Risk and Governance Perspective
- This session will examine how ESG impacts the role of financial services compliance professionals, including in decisions relating to the financing of controversial industries (e.g. fossil fuels), and will consider related governance and whistleblower issues unique to Wall Street.
February 23, 2021
- 11:00 AM
- How ESG Impacts Board Oversight of Compliance
- This session will examine how ESG is impacting the obligations that Boards have to oversee compliance and the information that Boards need to fulfill those obligations.
- 12:00 PM
- ESG's Impact on the Future of Compliance
- Practitioners will discuss key takeaways for compliance professionals as they consider the rising importance of the corporation’s role in global sustainability.
