The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires companies to disclose “material sustainability matters”. Specifically, companies must undertake a ‘double materiality assessment’ to identify which sustainability matters are most material to the organization and its stakeholders.

The keyword here is “double”: companies must consider their impact on people and environment (“inside-out view”), as well as the impact of external sustainability-related developments and events on their own risks and opportunities (“the outside-in view”).

In this workshop, we will outline the main steps in identifying and assessing double materiality for financial institutions. We will focus on main approaches in each of the steps from a practical perspective.

On the examples of corporate lending portfolios, we will zoom in on issues such as:

• How to identify potentially relevant sustainability matters and the related impacts, risks and opportunities.
• How to assess impacts, financial opportunities, and risks.
• What are the strategic implications and main action points resulting from such a double materiality exercise.

The workshop day on Wednesday 15th May will be complimentary to all delegates.

The workshop will include two 1:45 hour sessions (13:00 – 14:45 and 15:00 – 17:00) with 15 min coffee break after the first session and 15 min Q&A after the second session.