Format
This course will be delivered via Zoom on Thursday 9 April 2025 from 8.30 am to 2pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place.
Who Should Attend?
Accountants (and other finance professionals) in practice and industry, across business and financial services and whether in the public or private sector, who want an updated summary of the current corporate sustainability reporting landscape. Similar sold-out online workshops were hosted by the Institute in October 2023, as well as April & October 2024.
Course Overview
The masterclass is designed to provide a high-level overview and will bring together a diverse range of speakers to provide key updates and insights on the global, European, and national sustainability requirements and principles most impacting the role of professional accountants. This will include:
- The definition of sustainability and ESG, and
applying them in different organisational contexts.
- The intersection of finance (including funding
opportunities), regulation, governance, reporting and assurance – Insights on
how these are impacted by the evolving sustainability requirements from
various stakeholders, including regulators and society.
- The regulatory landscape – an overview of the key
regulations, the impact on all types of organisations and the core
requirements.
- Principles and Frameworks – An overview and
explanation of common sustainability principles and frameworks, including the
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and applying them in an
organisational context.
- The Sustainability Reporting landscape – An overview
of the current sustainability reporting landscape, examples of reporting and
the latest developments in context of International Sustainability Standards
Board and European Sustainability Reporting Standards, the Impact of Corporate
Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and other legal developments for
accountants.
- The Sustainability Assurance Landscape – An overview of the current sustainability assurance landscape, the evolving situation under CSRD and future developments impacting assurance, such as those included in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).
Note: This Masterclass will also include updates on recent EU Omnibus proposals impacting CSRD, ESRS, EU Taxonomy and CSDDD.
Key Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Interpret the terminology and summarise key
sustainability requirements impacting organisations, e.g. CSRD.
- Explain the laws, regulations, standards, principles
and best practice driving the corporate sustainability compliance agenda.
- Prioritise sustainability requirements and plan next
steps from a governance (including risk management and compliance), reporting,
and assurance perspective.
- Describe examples of sustainability compliance
initiatives and approaches taken by various organisations.
- Describe recent developments in sustainability governance, reporting and assurance impacting organisations of all sizes and develop an action plan to address.
Speaker Bio
Níall Fitzgerald - is Head of Ethics and
Governance at Chartered Accountants Ireland. He brings together technical
expertise, experience and insights from his role with the Institute and his
roles as a non-executive director and advisory member on various global
professional accountancy committees. Níall is co-founder of Chapter Zero
Ireland, a member of the Climate Governance Initiative Professional Education
Committee, and a member of the Institute Sustainability Expert Working
Group.
Derarca Dennis - is the Partner and Lead for
Sustainability Services (CCaSS) for EY Ireland. She has over 25 years of
professional experience in financial and non-financial reporting.
Susan Rossney - is Sustainability
Advocacy Manager with the Institute of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She is a
Sustainability leader and project manager with 20+ years’ experience building
networks and delivering projects.
Eva Sheehy - is a Director in the
ESG Reporting & Assurance team with KPMG. She has extensive experience in
providing audit and advisory services to public and private clients across a
variety of sectors including those in the Retail, Food & Agribusiness,
Transport and Construction industries.
Jeremy Twomey - FCA, Jeremy in his role as Practice
Consulting Manager works to support our member practitioners across our service
areas, with a particular focus on compliance support,
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following the amalgamation on 1 September, please continue to book on the CPA Portal here
to ensure you receive your member discount.
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930.
This course is also available for in-house training. If you're interested, please contact our team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3989.
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