Events
Using materiality to navigate to a sustainable future
ESG Acceleration Webinar: Forward-Looking Materiality
During this webinar, we explored how to apply the materiality assessment as a tool to capture (emerging) ESG risks and opportunities, as a driver for future strategy and risk mitigation, and how to align materiality with enterprise risk management. Special guest speaker was Suzanne Westlake, Head of Corporate Responsibility & Corporate Affairs at Ocado Group.
How to organize ESG responsibility across the company for the best result
ESG Acceleration Webinar: Organizational Development of ESG
We closed this version of the ESG Acceleration Webinar series with a view on the organizational development of ESG. As organizations that have a mature sustainability approach start to decentralize responsibility for ESG, this calls for a discussion on how to drive performance and accountability across departments. Guest speaker Ineke Rampart, Director Corporate Affairs at Telenet shared practical examples.
In collaboration with S&P Global
ESG Acceleration Webinar: The Human Side of ESG
This webinar will be a deep-dive into the fast changing landscape of HR-related criteria in ESG ratings such as DJSI, MSCI and others. Next to trends and developments, there is special attention for the engagement of HR-departments. Our featured guest speaker is Edoardo Gai, Managing Director, Head ESG Benchmarking at S&P Global Switzerland who will share with us the latest news on the topic.
Introduction to the Corporate Sustainability Assessment for newcomers
ESG Acceleration Webinar: CSA For Rookies
During this practical and interactive webinar, Finch & Beak will break down the basics of S&P Global's Corporate Sustainability Assessment and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). The session is designed as a training for companies that are participating for the first time in the assessment, or employees that have no prior personal experience with working on the CSA.
Focus on making intangible social aspects more concrete and measurable
ESG Acceleration Webinar: The Business Case for Social Impact
During this webinar we'll zoom in on how to get a grip on your company’s social impact, from direct employees to the wider society through impact measurement & valuation. Together with guest speaker Eric Mieras, Managing Director of PRé Sustainability, we're diving into the potential of impact measurement and valuation for business planning and concrete business cases - with a specific focus on the more challenging social side of impact. The approach will be illustrated with findings from European postal industry.
Develop and accelerate your company's transformation to a more sustainable business model
Winning Sustainability Strategies Online Program: February-March 2021
The second edition of the IMD Winning Sustainability Strategies Online Program is a “how-to” guide that offers a very pragmatic take at how to integrate sustainability in your corporate strategy – while ensuring it has a strong business case. The program is aimed at business executives, strategy practitioners and sustainability professionals, who are looking to harness sustainability innovation and its strategic implications. Facilitated by the authors Jan van der Kaaij, Managing Partner of Finch & Beak, and IMD professor Benoit Leleux, this edition starts on 22 February 2021.
Forwarding progress to achieve the SDGs by 2030 and leveraging future possibilities
ESG Acceleration Webinar: #BuildingBackBetter in the Decade to Deliver
During this webinar we'll zoom in on what companies can do to emerge stronger and more sustainably from the pandemic crisis, sharing take-aways for businesses from the 2020 Future Possibilities Report. This UN-sanctioned report explores the possibilities of tomorrow, and how countries can leverage them to reset their economies in the post-Covid world.
Getting the most out of your participation to drive future performance
ESG Acceleration Webinar: Using DJSI to Accelerate ESG Performance
With the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2020 results as a fresh starting point, in this session we'll dive into the details of how to use the Corporate Sustainability Assessment as a driver to accelerate ESG performance in your organization. Very practical guidance is coming from guest speaker Marc Boissonnet, Executive Vice President Corporate & External Affairs at Bureau Veritas. He will tell more about how his company achieved the status of DJSI Industry Leader for the global Professional Services industry in 2020 following a dedicated improvement journey throughout the organization.
Outcomes of Finch & Beak's ESG Equity Stories benchmark study
ESG Acceleration Webinar: Effective ESG Equity Stories
During this webinar, we'll share the key findings from Finch & Beak’s ESG Equity Stories benchmark, which explores the state of how companies proactively communicate their ESG approach to investor audiences. The outcomes are complemented with an investor's perspective on effective ESG engagement between companies and capital markets coming from guest speaker Adrie Heinsbroek, Principal Responsible Investment at NN Investment Partners.
