ESG Data, Reporting & Disclosures: London
LONDON // 01 / 04 // 2025
From Obligations to Opportunities. Turning Data into Strategy, and Compliance into Competitive Advantage
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Overview
In an era where data is the cornerstone of ESG accountability, the legal profession must evolve to meet the demands of rigorous disclosure requirements - success requires more than basic compliance, it demands precision, foresight, and strategy.
Combining high-level keynotes, interactive panels, and in-depth roundtable discussions, ESG Data, Reporting & Disclosures: London is a full-day peer-to-peer exchange, designed to explore the demand, tools, standardization, legislative changes, innovations and best practices in sustainability compliance.
From understanding the nuances of frameworks such as CSRD, ISSB, and CSDDD to mitigating the risks of greenwashing allegations, ESG Data, Reporting & Disclosures: London will provide a clear roadmap to enhancing the quality, accuracy, and reliability of ESG disclosures.
We invite you to join us on 1st April, 2025, in London to explore how the legal profession can transform the challenges of ESG data collection and reporting into opportunities for leadership, efficiency, and client impact.
Key Themes Include:
- Harmonizing Reporting Efforts: Streamlining data collection and reporting processes to meet obligations under frameworks such as the CSRD, ISSB standards, TCFD, and emerging UK and US regulations.
- Improving Data Accuracy: Strategies for internal auditing, third-party assurance, and leveraging AI tools to enhance data accuracy and eliminate compliance risks.
- Mitigating Risk: Assess approaches to reduce the burden on teams while ensuring compliance, avoiding greenwashing pitfalls, and safeguarding against regulatory penalties.
- Value Creation from ESG Data: How to turn ESG reporting into a competitive advantage by generating actionable KPIs, benchmarking progress, and identifying growth opportunities.
- Educating Stakeholders: Educational programs to engage law firm leadership, foster cross-functional collaboration, and empower stakeholders to champion ESG initiatives.
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Agenda
Tuesday, 1st April, 2025
We will be announcing additional speakers and sessions in the coming weeks. Stay Tuned.
Faculty
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8:00AM – 8:45 AM GMT
Registration / Breakfast
8:45AM – 8:50AM GMT
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
8:50AM- 9:05AM GMT
The ESG Landscape:
Current Reporting Trends in the UK and EU
OVERVIEW
Delivered by, Laura Zizzo (Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Manifest Climate), this opening session will set the stage by highlighting the most significant ESG reporting trends currently reshaping the UK and EU, and what they mean for the global businesses landscape.
SPEAKER
Laura Zizzo
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer
Manifest Climate
9:05AM- 9:45AM GMT / ESG Reporting and Regulations
EU Corporate Sustainability Responsibility Directive:
Preparation and Execution of the CSRD Disclosure
OVERVIEW
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is bringing about a transformative shift in how companies gather, manage, and disclose ESG data.
Charlotte Peyraud (Houlihan Lokey) and Dino Serafini (Arendt & Medernach) will guide attendees through the core requirements, including the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), “double materiality” assessments, and the importance of submitting disclosures in a standardized digital format.
The session underscores practical steps for streamlining data collection, aligning reporting processes with EU Taxonomy requirements, and achieving reliable, transparent disclosures across multinational operations.
- Compliance Roadmap: What organizations need to do (and when) to produce accurate CSRD disclosures.
- Double Materiality in Practice: How to assess both financial risks and broader social/environmental impacts.
- Data Collection & Verification: Gathering consistent information and ensuring data reliability, from internal processes to third-party assurance.
9:45AM - 10:25AM GMT / ESG Reporting and Regulations
What's Next for CSDD, ISSB, & TCFD Reporting
OVERVIEW
This session is divided into three segments, each focusing on a key regulatory or standards framework that’s shaping ESG disclosure requirements:

Part 1 – Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
This segment offers a deep dive into the upcoming CSDDD, which seeks to enforce stricter due diligence around human rights and environmental impacts across corporate supply chains.
Speakers Lucia Williams (Clyde & Co LLP) and Zachary Barlow (CCR Corp) will explore the obligations that companies face—from implementing robust due diligence procedures to publicly reporting on risks and remediation efforts. They’ll also discuss how third-party verification can bolster credibility and help minimize legal, reputational, and operational risks.
Key Discussion Points:
- Scope & Relevance: How CSDDD affects cross-border operations, supply-chain oversight, and corporate governance strategies.
- Public Reporting Obligations: Understanding required disclosures and how to structure them credibly.
- Third-Party Assurance: The role of external auditors in verifying sustainability claims and mitigating greenwashing concerns.
Part 2 – International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
The ISSB is introducing global sustainability disclosure standards (IFRS S1 & S2) that aim to harmonize ESG reporting across jurisdictions. This segment covers how to align these emerging standards with existing frameworks like TCFD, particularly around governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics/targets. Expect insights on ensuring consistent reporting globally and how organizations can smoothly transition to ISSB-based disclosures once they become mandatory or widely adopted.
Key Discussion Points:
- Harmonization of Frameworks: Easing the complexity of overlapping standards by aligning ISSB, TCFD, and others.
- Implementation Strategies: Concrete steps for adopting IFRS S1 & S2 in day-to-day reporting processes.
- Future Outlook: Potential regulatory recognition of ISSB standards, and how businesses can prepare early.
Part 3 – Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
The TCFD has become a cornerstone for climate-related financial disclosure in multiple jurisdictions, including the UK’s mandatory reporting requirements for large entities.
This segment offers practical guidance on integrating TCFD-aligned reporting into annual reports, with special emphasis on quantifying climate risks, identifying opportunities, and structuring disclosures around governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics/targets.
Key Discussion Points:
- UK Regulatory Context: Navigating the FCA’s rules on TCFD-aligned disclosures and the broader push for transparent climate risk reporting.
- Risk vs. Opportunity: Techniques to assess both the risks and the potential business growth avenues tied to climate adaptation.
- Stakeholder Communication: Best practices for presenting climate-related financial information in a transparent, investor-friendly way.
10:25AM - 10:55AM GMT
Networking AM Coffee Break
SPEAKERS
10:55AM - 11:35AM GMT / ESG Reporting and Regulations
Reducing Risk & Carbon in your Supply Chain
OVERVIEW
Your supply chain can be a powerful driver of sustainability—or a significant barrier. Navigating supply chain risks and reducing emissions to meet your sustainability goals requires strategic planning, meaningful supplier engagement, and alignment with emerging regulations and frameworks.
Join leaders Brightworks Sustainability and guests to unpack how to successfully and affordably scale your supplier engagement work. This session will explore practical strategies for leveraging existing standards, frameworks, and regulatory requirements to drive measurable results by focusing on carbon reductions, cultivating meaningful supplier relationships, and prioritizing the most influential opportunities, you can unlock meaningful sustainability outcomes and the regulations, frameworks and standards in this rapidly evolving space will reward you.
Whether you’re aiming to meet Science-Based Targets, comply with the EU Taxonomy, or achieve other rigorous benchmarks, this session will equip you with actionable insights to move your supply chain from challenge to competitive advantage.
11:35AM - 12:20PM GMT / ESG Reporting and Regulations
Lessons Learned from Early Reporting Organizations
OVERVIEW
By exploring the experiences of companies that have already started reporting under the CSRD framework, this session delivers actionable insights on overcoming common hurdles.
Zachary Barlow and Gabriel Webber Ziero will outline how these early adopters tackled data collection, addressed departmental silos, and found cost-effective ways to meet new requirements and gain a real competitive edge, as well as what pitfalls to avoid in their own reporting journeys.
12:20PM – 1:00PM GMT
Networking Lunch
1:00PM – 1:40PM GMT / ESG Reporting and Regulations
Education and Guidance for C-Suite and Board Members
OVERVIEW
ESG data isn’t just about technical metrics—it’s also a matter of top-down leadership.
In this panel, Ilana Adamson (Be Better Sustainability), Patrick “Paddy” Linighan (Clyde & Co), and Natasha Ballantine (Foundry) discuss tactics for training C-suite executives and board members on how to interpret and leverage ESG information.
They’ll explore the best ways to embed ESG considerations in strategic planning, respond to client and investor demands, and avoid reputational and legal risks arising from poor oversight of sustainability matters.
Key Discussion Points:

- Leadership Buy-In: Tactics for cultivating a culture in which ESG is driven from the top, enhancing engagement across all departments.
- Board & Executive Education: Practical advice on equipping senior leaders with the know-how to interpret complex ESG data and disclosures.
- Risk & Opportunity Management: Balancing compliance-driven ESG obligations with a forward-looking perspective on new business opportunities.
1:40PM - 2:20PM GMT / ESG Data Collection and Validation
Best Practices for Data Governance, Collection, and Interoperability
OVERVIEW
Strong data governance lies at the heart of effective ESG reporting. Laura Zizzo, Gabriel Webber Ziero, and Abhay Srivastava lead a discussion on frameworks that uphold data integrity, proper stakeholder access, and consistent reporting across various digital platforms. They’ll highlight common bottlenecks, such as siloed data and inconsistent reporting formats, and show how emerging tools can streamline data collection while ensuring accuracy and uniformity at scale.
Key Discussion Points:
- Data Governance Policies: Structuring roles, responsibilities, and permissions to maintain control over ESG data.
- Combating Siloes: Encouraging cross-departmental collaboration and standardized procedures for collecting and sharing information.
- Automation & Technology: A look at the latest digital solutions for reducing manual workloads and improving data reliability.
2:20PM - 2:50PM GMT
Networking PM Coffee Break
SPEAKERS
2:50PM - 3:25PM PM GMT / ESG Data Collection and Validation
Generating Business Value from Data Collection and Reporting Efforts
OVERVIEW
Rather than viewing ESG disclosures solely as a compliance mandate, this session led by Mary Peterson (Addleshaw Goddard LLP), Charlotte Peyraud, and Antoine Peter (Arendt & Medernach), will demonstrate how to convert thorough data collection into a genuine competitive edge.
Attendees will learn how to set robust Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), track progress, and harness these metrics to identify new opportunities for growth, innovation, and stakeholder engagement.
- KPIs & Benchmarks: Strategies for establishing meaningful performance indicators and comparing results against industry peers.
- Integrating ESG into Strategy: Using ESG data to inform business decisions at all levels, from product development to investor communications.
- Long-Term Engagement: Fostering an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement, supported by transparent and consistent data reporting.
3:25PM - 4:00PM GMT / ESG Data Collection and Validation
Data Accuracy, Internal Auditing, and Third-Party Assurance
OVERVIEW
In this closing deep-dive, Richard Power (Clyde & Co) examines the vital importance of reliable ESG data and the severe consequences that can arise from inaccuracies—ranging from allegations of greenwashing to reputational damage and legal liabilities.
- Understanding the risks of inaccurate reporting: greenwashing claims, investor claims and breach of contract risks
- Implementing internal processes to automate data collection from all affiliated organizations and supply chain
- Tools to audit data, capture errors, and authenticate accuracy
- Understanding the processes of data assurance from a third-party to meet the CSRD standards
SPEAKER
Richard Power
Partner
Clyde & Co
4:00PM GMT
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks
4:00PM – 5:00PM GMT
Drinks/Networking Reception
Venue
ESG Data, Reporting & Disclosures: London will take place at 113 Chancery Lane, the home of The Law Society:
Address
113 Chancery Ln
London
WC2A 1PL
UK
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