Update from International Sustainability Standards Board on new standards and future workplans Webinar
Description
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WHY ATTEND
This webinar will give members the opportunity to hear directly from the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) on their recently published standards for sustainability reporting and their Request for Information on agenda priorities for the next two years.
Key topics
- Update from the ISSB 18 months after its creation
- Overview of first Sustainability Reporting Standards (IFRS S1 General Disclosure Requirements & IFRS S2 Climate Standards)
- What are the next priorities for the ISSB?
- How can investors support the adoption of ISSB standards to ensure globally consistent and decision-useful disclosures?
- How will the ISSB work with other standard-setters to avoid regulatory fragmentation in sustainability-related disclosures?
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The webinar will be of interest to all investors who use sustainability disclosures from investee companies in their investment and stewardship decisions. It will also be of interest to those members involved in the production of sustainability disclosures within member firms.
SPEAKERS
KATIE SCHMITZ EULITT
Director Outreach, Global Investors - IFRS Foundation
Katie Schmitz Eulitt leads the ISSB SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group, comprising over 60 leading global asset owners and managers – with >$53 Trillion AUM – supporting a global baseline standard for the communication of corporate performance on ESG issues relevant to the assessment of enterprise value to investors. This reprises similar roles Katie has played at the Value Reporting Foundation, prior to its merger with IFRS in August 2022 and at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board prior to that. She also co-leads market engagement in Asia Pacific markets, with an emphasis on Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.
Katie worked with investment bank Salomon Brothers for over a decade in the US, Japan, and Hong Kong. Her experience in project development and finance spans the energy sector (both fossil fuels and renewables), the protection of forested lands, and water disinfection in developing markets.
She holds a BA in Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from l’Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, an executive certificate in sustainability from the Presidio Graduate School of San Francisco, and a Global Competent Boards Designation.