IFRS Sustainability Symposium 2024

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22 Jan, 2024

The IFRS Sustainability Symposium 2024 will take place on 22 February 2024 at the Javits Center in New York City, USA. It will be an in-person event with an option for virtual attendance.

A summary of the programme for the symposium is set out below:

Thursday, 22 February 2024 

  • Welcome address from Emmanuel Faber, Chair of the ISSB
  • Opening keynote from Andrew Liveris, former Chairman and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Introducing the ISSB and the ISSB’s standards
  • In conversation: Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and CEO, Bank of America, and Emmanuel Faber
  • Get ready for jurisdictional adoption: How regulators are responding to the ISSB’s standards
  • The social and nature aspects of climate-related risks and opportunities
  • How sustainability-related information is used in investment decisions
  • Academic view: how investors use sustainability information to generate better returns
  • Consolidating the sustainability-disclosure landscape
  • How and why companies are planning to apply the ISSB’s standards
  • The IFRS Foundation’s role in helping others to get ready
  • In conversation: Fiona Bassett, CEO, FTSE Russell, and Michael Jantzi, member of the ISSB
  • Roundtable discussion
  • Reflections on the day

Please click to access the event page on the IFRS Foundation website, which includes a link to the full agenda and an option to register for the event.

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