View all Working Group Session 5: Implementing the CSRD
Webinar Date: 26 July, 2023
Location: Online
The July 2023 session of ERM’s ESG Ratings Working Group focused on the European Union’s (EU) Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive or CSRD. The CSRD is a groundbreaking piece of legislation that is expected to have a considerable impact on the global sustainability-related disclosure landscape. To help convey these impacts to the working group, this session featured ERM and Sustainability Institute’s CSRD experts including Aiste Brackley, Jared Robbins, and Johann Weicht. The speakers covered the basics of the CSRD, outlined how companies outside of the EU should approach the regulation, and provided guidance on how to effectively prepare for the CSRD’s requirements.
Watch the recording
Speaker Biographies
Aiste Brackley, Partner, the SustainAbility Institute by ERM
Aiste is an established and highly skilled expert, thought leader and strategist with more than two decades of international experience in private, non-profit and government sectors. She has extensive experience in designing and implementing sustainability, ESG and climate change strategies at large organizations; leading large teams as a partner and implementing initiatives that require complex engagement of internal and external stakeholders. Aiste is a frequent speaker and contributor at conferences and in the media.
Johann Weicht, Partner, ERM
Johann Weicht is a Partner and co-leading ERM’s efforts on EU Green Deal related services, including CSRD, CSDDD, SFDR and Taxonomy. He also serves as the Business Unit Sustainability Lead for Central Europe in charge of ERM’s own sustainability efforts. Johann works with clients on their sustainability-related needs across strategy and governance, operations and performance management, finance and capital markets as well as regulatory compliance and implementation. Prior to joining ERM, he worked in sustainability assurance, ESG ratings, at a corporate foundation and in education. Johann hold’s a bachelor’s degree in Marketing Communications and a master’s degree in Climate Change and Development Studies.
Jared Robbins, Partner, ERM
Jared assists clients in developing, implementing, and communicating sustainability strategies informed by their unique corporate mission and culture. He has partnered with clients across a wide range of sectors on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) advisory, including sustainability reporting, materiality, and ratings and rankings submissions. His interests include natural capital valuation and sustainability accounting, TCFD and climate strategy, and integrated reporting. Jared has extensive experience in helping clients prioritize and respond to sustainability ratings and rankings submissions, including DJSI, ISS, EcoVadis, CDP, and others. Jared’s expertise has helped clients increase their performance and earn recognition for their sustainability practices.
