The seminar will bring together experts and practitioners from Member State representations, business and trade associations, companies, consultancies, auditors and other stakeholders. Building on the Commission’s expert dialogue held on May 16, 2024, the event will further explore the key challenges and opportunities for companies as they begin to apply the ESRS. Speakers will discuss practical ways to support the implementation of the new framework, including digital tools to facilitate reporting. Moreover, the event will address challenges around the audit and assurance of ESRS reports and voluntary reporting by SMEs in the value chain of larger companies.
The ESRS started to apply to the first companies in scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as of financial year 2024. The first companies in scope have now been preparing their sustainability reports and are getting ready to publish their first ones in 2025. Effective and well-targeted support initiatives and resources can help to reduce costs and burden for companies. In addition to helping companies under the scope of the CSRD, support initiatives can also benefit SMEs that are not legally required to report but nevertheless face an increased demand for sustainability information as a result of the so-called “trickle-down effect”.
The European Commission invites interested companies and stakeholders to register for this hybrid event, which can be attended in person on a first‑come‑first‑served basis or watched remotely.
BSR's Christine Diamente, Managing Director of Business Transformation, will be moderating the opening plenary panel on First Experiences in Applying ESRS.
Scheduled Speakers
- Christine Diamente, Managing Director, Transformation, BSR
Christine Diamente
Managing Director, Transformation, BSR
London
Christine leads BSR’s Business Transformation team, helping companies to manage sustainability throughout their business and across their supply chains and to develop resilient business strategies that leverage insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab.
She works with companies across sectors and geographies to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating strategic advantage for their businesses, while contributing to a more just, sustainable world. Christine also co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability.
She brings over 20 years of experience in leading brand, sustainability, public affairs, communications, and reputation management with multinational corporations at the executive leadership level. This also includes overseeing corporate relations with external stakeholders, such as the World Economic Forum, the UN, European institutions, and investors.
Previously, Christine was Head of Brand Strategy at Nokia. She has also held major roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Alcatel, leading Brand and Corporate Sustainability and European Affairs. Christine has also served on various boards, including as a chair of the Telecoms Industry Dialogue on human rights, as an advisory board member of Reuters Events Sustainability, as a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and on the European Internet Foundation.
Christine holds a MA in History and a BA in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa. She completed the Management Acceleration Program (MAP) at INSEAD, and she achieved the ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Global Competent Boards Designation (2021). She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.