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The Materiality Roundtable Series Shape the Future of Reporting in the Food Sector GRI is hosting a series of Materiality Roundtables to discuss common challenges related to the identification and integration of material ESG information into corporate reporting. The Roundtable Series is convened by GRI, Yale University and WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development). The Roundtables are designed to encourage international and interdisciplinary discussions between leading reporting companies with a special focus on the food sector. If you work within a company which has at least two years of sustainability reporting experience and you are from the food and agricultural sector, we invite you to join the Roundtable Series. JOIN THE PEER- LEARNING NETWORK • Exchange best practices with peers from your sector and find answers to common challenges • Explore ways in which companies can integrate materiality into their reporting strategies and internal processes PROFILE YOUR ORGANIZATION • Shape the future of reporting in the food sector • Work with GRI, Yale University and WBCSD to advance sustainability reporting and disclosure for more effective decision making ENHANCE YOUR ESG DISCLOSURE PRACTICES • Increase your understanding of sustainability reporting and disclosure principles and processes, especially materiality • Explore the key areas that impact on sustainability reporting with GRI,Yale, WBCSD and peers from your sector sector align their sustainability disclosures across reports and audiences. A consensus has emerged that corporate reporting must be viewed through a wider lens, to break down silos and enable a more comprehensive view of a company’s performance. The Materiality Roundtable Series provide a unique platform through which to explore this through with a particular focus on the food and agriculture sector. The Materiality Roundtable Series is a program developed by GRI and Yale University, in collaboration with WBCSD as part of their Redefining Value Program. Companies are challenged by investors to disclose greater levels of decision- useful information on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters in their mainstream financial reports. At the heart of this challenge is the process of determining which information is most material and how companies can 2 3 1
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The Materiality Roundtable SeriesShape the Future of Reporting in the Food Sector
GRI is hosting a series of Materiality Roundtables to discuss common challenges related to the identification and integration of material ESG information into corporate reporting. The Roundtable Series is convened by GRI, Yale University and WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development). The Roundtables are designed to encourage international and interdisciplinary discussions between leading reporting companies with a special focus on the food sector. If you work within a company which has at least two years of sustainability reporting experience and you are from the food and agricultural sector, we invite you to join the Roundtable Series.
JOIN THE PEER-LEARNING NETWORK
• Exchange best practices with peers
from your sector and find answers to common challenges
• Explore ways in which companies can integrate materiality into their reporting strategies and internal processes
PROFILE YOUR ORGANIZATION
• Shape the future of reporting in the food sector
• Work with GRI, Yale University and WBCSD to advance sustainability reporting and disclosure for more effective decision making
ENHANCE YOUR ESG DISCLOSURE PRACTICES
• Increase your understanding of sustainability reporting and disclosure principles and processes, especially materiality
• Explore the key areas that impact on sustainability reporting with GRI, Yale, WBCSD and peers from your sector sector
align their sustainability disclosures across reports and
audiences. A consensus has emerged that corporate reporting
must be viewed through a wider lens, to break down silos
and enable a more comprehensive view of a company’s
performance. The Materiality Roundtable Series provide
a unique platform through which to explore this through
with a particular focus on the food and agriculture sector.
The Materiality Roundtable Series is a program developed
by GRI and Yale University, in collaboration with WBCSD
as part of their Redefining Value Program. Companies are
challenged by investors to disclose greater levels of decision-
useful information on environmental, social, and governance
(ESG) matters in their mainstream financial reports. At
the heart of this challenge is the process of determining
which information is most material and how companies can
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The Program 2017-2018
GET IN TOUCH
GET IN TOUCH!
If you are interested in joining this unique program working to enhance the application of materiality for better decision-making and reporting, get in touch!
+31 (0)20 5310010 [email protected]
Francesca Palamidessi Senior Coordinator, Corporate and Stakeholder Engagement
The Materiality Roundtable Series offers the opportunity to join two in person meetings and two online discussions. The program will begin in the fall of 2017 and continue into the spring of 2018. The goal is for reporters in the food and agriculture sectors to reflect on the concept of materiality assessment and how the priorities for reporting are determined. We will explore ways in which companies can integrate materiality into their reporting strategies and internal processes. The last Roundtable will foster a conversation between the participants and engaged investors, with the objective of addressing expectations and challenges related to sustainability disclosures.
• Each organization can bring up to three colleagues (preferably CFO, investor relations team and CSR data provider). All participants must be at mid management level or higher.
Participation fee
Participants
LIVE & ONLINE SESSION
Exploring a company-wide reporting strategy
Singapore
31 January 2018
• The program is free of charge*. *Participating organizations will cover their accommodation and transport costs for the face to face events.
Join the Materiality Roundtable SeriesGRI, Yale University and WBCSD invite companies ready to shape the future of reporting in the food sector to join the Roundtable Series, if they fulfill the following criteria: • Have a robust experience in sustainability reporting (at least two years of reporting experience), including through mainstream
financial reports• Your organization is from the food and agriculture sector.
ONLINE SESSION
How can CSOs and CFOs engage in a robust materiality
assessment of ESG issues?
Online
10 January 2018
FINAL ROUNDTABLE
Materiality and the food sector – bringing together the views of
reporters and investors
In person, with possibility to join online.
New Haven, USA
13 March 2018
ROUNDTABLE 1
Materiality and the food sector – the corporate perspective
In person, with possibility to join online.
Amsterdam 17 Nov 2017
