Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

Brendan Barrett, Communications Consultant

Blueprint for developing your ESG programme

• What actions to take in the initial phase of your ESG programme
• What approaches are companies using in designing ESG governance structures?
• Assigning responsibilities for communications, reporting and programme development
• Building a long-term strategy

Liam McKenna, Partner, Mazars

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive – CSRD

• An overview of CSRD including scope and timelines.
• An overview of upcoming ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards)
• An overview of EU Taxonomy Regulation.
• What should organisations do to prepare.

Carol McGee, ESG Business Consultant, Carol McGee Executive Business Consulting

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Garret Farrelly, Partner, Head of Energy and Infrastructure and Head of Projects,Chair of ESG Advisory Group Matheson LLP

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ESG Data Collection, Management And Reporting –Why Quality Data Is Needed

• Why is ESG data important?
• Integrating ESG and financial reporting
• ESG data assurance
• Verifying and validating your data so that it is fit for compliance purposes
• Supplier engagement for sustainability data and policies
• Understanding ESG ratings and scores
• The future of ESG data

Brian O’ Kennedy, CEO, Clearstream Solutions

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ESG Strategy and its Influence on Current and Future Stakeholders

• Identify your main stakeholders
• Determine your priority stakeholders
• ESG stakeholder assessment
• Questions that help guide your ESG strategy
• Communicate the results
• Deciding how you’ll use them to define your ESG strategy

Patrick Downes, Managing Partner, Lionheart

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How can an effective governance of the ESG regulations/reporting contribute to the global drive for Net Zero

• The Real Estate perspective
• Impact of EU legislation on real estate market
• How EU Taxonomy and CSRD is driving change
• How data will be key

Orla Coyle, Head of ESG Ireland, Savills

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ESG for investors – What Investors need to beaware of

• What is ESG?
• Why is everybody talking about ESG?
• A rapidly changing regulatory environment for ESG
• ESG and sustainable investment: key distinctions
• Building successful ESG portfolios

Carolina Angarita-Cala, Sustainability and Responsible Investing Manager, Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland

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Why ESG is key for recruitment

• Employees are more alert to ethical and sustainability practices
• ESG scores points with Gen Z
• How to attract candidates with ESG
• It’s not just about the salary
• Workforce health
• Equality, Diversity and inclusion

Fredericka Sheppard, Co-Founderand Managing Director (Joint) Voltedge Management

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Managing The Risk Of Green-washing

• What is green-washing, with examples.
• There are a few reasons why green-washing exists:

               Market demand:

                Lack of regulation

                Competition

                Financial gain

• The consequences of green-washing

Geoff Dooley, Antaris Consulting