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Last Tuesday I have been invited to attend an interesting conference about “CSRD: Value Creation Beyond Compliance”, event organized by ERM and Borsa Italiana. The discussion was very fresh and furitful with different perspectives about why we should consider the CSRD as an opportunity rather then a simply obbligation. I shared my personal vision which i summarise as follow, the CSRD (by ESRS) is an opportunity to: - Alignment with Business Strategy: ESRS require companies to disclose their sustainability strategy and how it aligns with their business model. This interconnection suggests that sustainability shouldn't be an add-on but a core component of the overall business strategy - Strengthen Accountability and Transparency: CSRD aims to improve the quality and consistency of sustainability reporting. The transparency can lead to more informed decision-making by investors, customers, and other stakeholders, thereby driving demand for more sustainable practices - Enhance Risk Management: Sustainability issues, such as climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequality, pose significant risks to businesses. By following ESRS, companies systematically assess and report on environmental, social, and governance risks. This proactive approach to risk management can help in identifying potential issues before they escalate, thereby protecting the company from possible financial or reputational damage - Attracte Investment: Investors are increasingly using non-financial disclosures to assess company performance and stability. By adopting the ESRS, companies make themselves more attractive to a growing pool of sustainability-focused investors. Indeed, robust sustainability reporting can lead to better investment terms and increased shareholder value - Enhance Stakeholder Engagement and Corporate Reputation: Implementing ESRS helps improve transparency and accountability, which are critical for building trust with customers, employees, investors, and regulators. This transparency can enhance a company’s reputation, foster loyalty, and improve stakeholder relations - Innovate and have Competitive Advantage: ESRS encourage companies to report on innovation and adaptation towards sustainability. This can stimulate the development of new products, services, and processes that reduce environmental impact and meet the increasing consumer demand for sustainable options. Therefore: --> Integrate, Don’t Isolate --> Engage Stakeholders --> Build Capacity and Knowledge --> Innovate and Lead I would say thank you to Paola Bertolini, Tom Reichert, James Stacey, Pedro Fernández, Gian Marco Salcioli, Alessandra Patera, Cristina Saporetti.

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) members are helping create a more sustainable future for people and the planet. For the third year in a row, KPMG International is proud to have worked with the CGF to co-author their annual report. Accelerating The Pace of Change: From Action to Impact highlights progress across their 9 Coalitions of Action towards long-term sustainability. Read more on the progress they’ve made in 2023: https://social.kpmg/weitkr

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) members are helping create a more sustainable future for people and the planet. For the third year in a row, KPMG International is proud to have worked with the CGF to co-author their annual report. Accelerating The Pace of Change: From Action to Impact highlights progress across their 9 Coalitions of Action towards long-term sustainability. Read more on the progress they’ve made in 2023: https://social.kpmg/weitkr

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) members are helping create a more sustainable future for people and the planet. For the third year in a row, KPMG International is proud to have worked with the CGF to co-author their annual report. Accelerating The Pace of Change: From Action to Impact highlights progress across their 9 Coalitions of Action towards long-term sustainability. Read more on the progress they’ve made in 2023. #CGF2023Impact

Consumers have become more conscious these days of their environmental impact so it's crucial for retailers to adapt and incorporate sustainable practices. From eco-friendly packaging to ethical sourcing, there are endless opportunities for retailers to make a difference in creating a greater sustainable future for the retail world. They can adopt an approach with four aspects-retain, obtain, abstain, detain to achieve sustainability goals. To know more about this read the whitepaper ‘Accelerate your journey toward sustainability in retail’ by Arun Rasika Karunakaran and Shobitha Madhavan Take the road to sustainability in retail (tcs.com) #goalgo #sustainability

Joining together to grow faster: More than 500 leaders collaborated on key strategies to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030 at McKinsey's Green Business Building Summit in Stockholm: Ambitious target setting 🎯 Rapid innovation 💡 Supply chain integration 🔄 Design to value 🛠️ Capital expenditure excellence 📊 Explore more by viewing our highlights video and learning about the five key strategies for cost reduction and rapid scaling. https://lnkd.in/e2x3qgFR #GBB24 #McKinseySustainability

At Mastercard, we believe in doing well by doing good and part of that means doing our best to support a sustainable planet🌏.   💡Mastercard recently published White Paper ‘SMEs and sustainability: Identifying challenges, opportunities and solutions,’ which explores the challenges that #SMEs across Europe face when it comes to engaging in #sustainable business practices and identifies the solutions that Mastercard and financial institutions can offer together to support their evolving needs.   💡Let me know if you would like to find more what we are doing in the Netherlands for SMEs and Sustainability!   #Sustainability #SMEs #MastercardEmployees  

🌍 This week, #McKinsey invited over 500 business leaders to their Green Business Building Summit! 🤝 I had the pleasure of connecting with multinational giants like #Bayer and #KraftHeinz, along with many investors and ecosystem builders. 💡 Several deep dive sessions were dedicated to the carbon market, providing insights into different business models and how to accelerate growth: 👉 setting up a carbon credit project and managing it with integrity 👉 scaling large infrastructure quickly and how to finance it 👉 connecting corporate buyers with carbon projects to match supply and demand I feel even more inspired and motivated to grow Freeze Carbon to facilitate the sustainability transformation we are all going through at the moment 🌱 #GreenBusiness #Sustainability #CarbonMarket #Networking

ESG and carbon leaders are making strong moves in 3Q earnings. 🚀 Top companies in industrials and materials are showing better-than-average EPS revisions, with: 🟢 Stanley Black & Decker +17% 🟢 Uber +6% Of the low-carbon emitting companies in the S&P 500 index, 30 have positive 3Q EPS revisions — after reporting 2Q results greater than their respective sector averages. These include: 🟢 Apple 🟢 Uber Technologies 🟢 Netflix 🔍 Check out Bloomberg's blog for more insights: https://bloom.bg/4exz4lv #Sustainability #ESG

ESG and carbon leaders are making strong moves in 3Q earnings. 🚀 Top companies in industrials and materials are showing better-than-average EPS revisions, with: 🟢 Stanley Black & Decker +17% 🟢 Uber +6% Of the low-carbon emitting companies in the S&P 500 index, 30 have positive 3Q EPS revisions — after reporting 2Q results greater than their respective sector averages. These include: 🟢 Apple 🟢 Uber Technologies 🟢 Netflix 🔍 Check out Bloomberg's blog for more insights: https://bloom.bg/3ZtUwTD #Sustainability #ESG