Metrics and Materiality Insights
The 2014 Metrics and Materiality for EHS & Sustainability Reporting Conference is designed to help you learn key actionable steps to immediately improve your reporting initiatives.
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1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
GRI Pre-Conference Workshop: Learning and Applying the GRI G4 Guidelines Optional Workshop ($279)
This workshop training will feature an exploration of GRI's new G4 guidelines, and will provide an opportunity for those less-familiar with the guidelines to drill down in detail on the G4 requirements and how they are being implemented. This informative session will help “set the table” for non-experts prior to attending the NAEM conference on Wednesday and Thursday.
Come ready to dive in! The workshop is designed to be highly interactive, using several small group exercises to provide hands-on experience in how G4 is applied in practice and to maximize learning.
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About the Facilitators ERM is one of only several firms currently approved as GRI-certified training partners in the US. This workshop is a condensed and streamlined version of a two-day GRI-Certified Training Course ERM is offering commercially. The facilitators have worked on dozens of sustainability reporting projects for major US-based corporations, including several companies implementing G4 for their 2013 sustainability reports.
About GRI The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization that promotes transparent disclosure regarding economic, environmental and social sustainability performance. GRI publishes a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework that is highly respected and widely used around the world. A new version of the guidelines, G4, was released in May 2013 and many companies have been transitioning to the new guidelines. |
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions
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| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Keynote: Refining Sustainability Strategy Using the Lens of Materiality As companies move from a collection of EHS and sustainability programs to a focused strategy, many are refining and evolving their efforts using the lens of materiality. This opening session will explore how Intel is applying this lens and how it's impacting their programs and resource allocations and informing the overall direction of their strategy. Attendees that must balance limited resources and make strategic decisions about their sustainability efforts will learn from the insights and reflections of Mr. Niekerk on this recent shift in expectations for corporate sustainability disclosure and the opportunities and challenges it presents for EHS & Sustainability managers. Attendees will have a chance to ask questions and share their own challenges and experiences.
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Networking Break with Sponsors |
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10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Setting the Table: Materiality Assessments as a tool to Inform Sustainability Strategy Determining where to best focus sustainability strategies and reporting, in a world of growing and dynamic expectations, is an ongoing challenge for many companies. Increasingly, companies have gravitated to materiality assessments as a desired mechanism for determining what is most relevant (or material) to the business and key stakeholders. This session will provide attendees with context for why materiality matters internally and externally, and explore different approaches that can be used to determine materiality at various stages along the sustainability journey.
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11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Case Studies: Approaches to Understanding Material Issues This session will offer attendees a deeper look at how three companies with different drivers and risks approached and performed their materiality assessments and are utilizing the results to inform their sustainability strategy.
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12:30 - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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| 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. | What You Need to Know About SASB Standards
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| 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. | Special Presentation: Denver’s 2020 Sustainability Goals Already one of the most sustainable cities in the nation, the City of Denver is pushing even further with 2020 goals that span 12 resource areas. This presentation will cover many of the same issues that corporations face, including who’s involved in the goal setting process, tracking and reporting progress, and working with a very diverse group of stakeholders.
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| 2:30 - 2:45 p.m. | Break |
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| 2:45 - 4:00 p.m. | Understanding Materiality in the Context of Supply Chains Reporting is an increasingly important component of corporate responsibility practices. Yet organizations and suppliers both face the challenge of inconsistent processes and capabilities for requesting and reporting information throughout the supply chain. Join this session for an informative panel discussion featuring representatives from industry groups from various sectors who will address questions such as: What data are organizations requesting of their supply chains? How do they combine primary and secondary data? And what steps do they take to ensure data integrity?
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| 400 - 4:15 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. | NAEM Research Discussion: Materiality From the Inside Out How does your metrics and materiality strategy match up to your peers? NAEM Corporate Members and conference attendees will be given a survey to complete ahead of the conference. This short survey and facilitated discussion will examine the purpose, process, application and value of materiality assessments in the sustainability strategy and reporting space. Attendees will be encouraged to contribute their own experiences as well pose questions to the group. All conference attendees will receive a copy of the results.
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| 5:15 p.m. | Adjourn | |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
| 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. | The Future of Sustainability Metrics and Reporting Examine the current and future trends in sustainability metrics and reporting. Discover what companies are measuring now and how those metrics will likely evolve. What metrics are increasingly requested by stakeholders and which stakeholders are setting the agenda for emerging sustainability metrics? The speakers will also share their insights on how the field of Sustainability and ESG reporting will likely change in the next 3-5 years. Will annual sustainability reports still be the norm? Will we be moving to integrated reporting? What will the sustainability report of the future be and how will expectations for corporate disclosure and transparency change between now and 2020?
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9:45 - 10:00 a.m. |
Break
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| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Assurance and 3rd Party Data Validation
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| 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Lessons Learned from the CDP and DJSI Disclosure Process
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| 12:15 p.m. | Conference Adjourns |
Interested in speaking?
Are you an EHS or leader with a case study to share? Contact Ray Long, Program Manager at (202) 986-6616 to learn about speaking opportunities.
About NAEM
NAEMThe National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) empowers corporate leaders to advance environmental stewardship, create safe and healthy workplaces, and promote global sustainability. As the largest professional community for EHS and sustainability decision-makers, we provide peer-led educational conferences and an active network for sharing solutions to today's corporate EHS and sustainability management challenges. Visit NAEM online at www.naem.org.
