WEBINAR DETAILS  

Participants will gain an understanding of the role Internal Audit plays in evaluating an organization’s environmental and social sustainability efforts and related KPIs. We will highlight the sustainability standards and frameworks used, as well as discuss practical examples of companies that are taking a proactive approach to verifying and monitoring sustainability KPIs. This is an excellent opportunity to help your organization focus on these important initiatives as they become a business imperative for virtually every company.

How you will benefit:

·         Gain insight regarding sustainability-related standards and frameworks, in particular Global Reporting Initiative’s G3 Guidelines.

·         Understand key sustainability risks and why it’s important to consider them when conducting risk assessments and planning audits.

·         Generate ideas on the most pressing sustainability issues organizations are facing and potential ways Internal Audit can assist in evaluating an organization’s response to these issues.

·         Hear how others have learned the importance of developing a roadmap to providing management assurance on their strategic sustainability efforts.

Eric Hespenheide serves as the Global Leader of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT) member firms’ Sustainability & Climate Change group within Audit and Enterprise Risk Services, as well as the Leader of Global Business Risk, which includes sustainability as well as internal audit.  He represents DTT in various forums such as the Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Organizational Stakeholder for the Global Reporting Initiative.  He is a frequent speaker on the topic of sustainability, particularly related to reporting and assurance matters.  Eric is a CPA, and has served numerous global companies during his 33 year career.

Mike Wallace is the Director of Sustainability Reporting Framework for The Global Reporting Institute (GRI).  He has almost twenty years of experience advising corporations, governments, and non-governmental organizations in their efforts to develop sustainability initiatives.  He has worked with both local and global organizations on the development and implementation of sustainability programs and has authored numerous articles on sustainability, corporate social responsibility and corporate environmental performance in legal, professional and topical publications.  Over the course of his career, he has worked with corporate clients including UTC, Home Depot, Colgate-Palmolive and Genentech; non-profit clients ICLEI, Global Footprint Network and Corporate Ethics International and government agencies ranging from Environment Australia, the States of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, the US EPA, the State of California and the US Army, Navy & Marines. Mike’s multifaceted, global expertise enables him to integrate an exceptional understanding of environmental, social and governance issues with the strategic and operational needs of his clients.  Mike is responsible for the GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Framework (SuRF), which represents the principal vehicle for the pursuit of the GRI’s mission.  He is a member of GRI’s Senior Management Team and represents the GRI externally to various institutions with regards to the application and development of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Framework specifically, and the development of sustainability reporting in general.