We are organising an engaging and insightful workshop designed to demystify the evolving landscape of ESG reporting standards. With the increasing pressure for transparency and consistency in sustainability reporting, aligning portfolio company data with General Partner (GP) expectations is more critical than ever.
What to expect:
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Focus on the relevant ESG standards
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Practical strategies to streamline and harmonise ESG reporting across portfolio companies
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A look at the latest IT tools and reporting platforms that can simplify and strengthen your ESG data management process
Whether you’re a sustainability lead, an investor, or a reporting professional, this workshop will equip you with actionable insights to bridge the ESG reporting gap and build a more cohesive sustainability narrative.
Let’s bring clarity to complexity — and move from compliance to leadership in ESG.
The programme:
14.00 – 14.15: Welcome
14.15 – 15.00: VSME as a standard, link with SFDR and ESG Kube as a platform
Speaker: Tom Van den Berghe, Director Sustainable Finance at Febelfin
Overview: Tom Van den Berghe will share insights on alignment of ESG standards to facilitate and streamline reporting requirements for portfolio companies to GPs. He will also anticipate what to expect from the new reporting platform in Belgium, ESG Kube.
15.15 – 16.15: Quantifying ESG: ESG reporting and IT-tooling
Speaker: Erika Blanckaert, Senior Public Affairs Manager – Head of Sustainability, Invest Europe
Overview: Erika Blanckaert will elaborate on some of the existing ESG reporting frameworks and tools and highlight the value they can bring in order to streamline sustainability processes.
16.15 – 17.00: Panel discussion
Moderator: Alizée Jolie (Sustainability Manager at Alcopa) & Anne-Sophie De Clercq (M&A Lawyer and Sustainability Officer at Verlinvest)
Panel:
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Chris Oskam, Head of Sustainability at Tony’s Chocolonely (Verlinvest portfolio company)
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Liesbet Bombeke, Sustainability Manager at e-5 (PMV portfolio company)
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Juliette Hamer, Chief of Staff at Tom&Co (Verlinvest portfolio company)
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Inge Van Daele, Portfolio and ESG Manager at Aphea.Bio (portfolio company of Korys, PMV, V-Bio Ventures, BNP, Astanor and AIF)
17.00: Drinks & Bites