Events

Big Picture Seminar - Corporate Reporting and Climate Change

30th Nov 2022 5pm - 6pm

Campus

The Greenwich Business School would like to invite you to attend our Big Picture Seminar on Wednesday 30 November 5:00-6:00pm. This is a Hybrid event. Register your interest here to attend in-person or you can join us virtually via Teams.

You will receive employability points at the end of the seminar. Please ensure to have your student cards.

Date: 30th November, Wednesday

Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Location (in-person): King William 302.

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This week: James Self - Corporate reporting and climate change – where the environmental meets the financial

James Self

Learn about James Self

James co-leads our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Assurance practice in the UK. He spends much of his time talking to boards and non-execs about the fast-developing landscape of ESG reporting including the changing regulatory, stakeholder and investor requirements. He’s also responsible for developing Deloitte’s ESG assurance propositions in areas including PRI report assurance, ESG-linked finance assurance and ESG reporting assurance.

James is a water resources engineer by background and has spent over 20 years in professional services working with companies in all sectors across FTSE 350, large private and PE.

About the session

The expectations on companies regarding climate change report is evolving rapidly.  As a managing director in Deloitte’s ESG Audit & Assurance team, James is involved at the forefront of these developments, talking to boards, regulators and stakeholders.  He will share his thoughts on what’s driving companies to report, how the regulatory requirements are evolving and the growing connectivity between climate and financial reporting.  He will also discuss the changing role of finance professionals and broadening from climate change to wider sustainability issues.