The EU has handed companies what many claimed they wanted: simpler reporting requirements. The question now is what they’ll do with it. Simplification isn’t permission to scale back – it’s a chance to fix what’s broken. For years, sustainability teams have drowned in data collection that satisfies auditors but tells no one anything useful. Bloated reports, immaterial metrics, and compliance theatre that generates paperwork instead of insights.
The “it’s too complex” excuse is gone. What’s left is a fork in the road: companies can use leaner requirements to rebuild reporting around clarity and credibility, or they can retreat to minimal disclosure and watch competitors pull ahead. The gap between strategic reporters and box-tickers is about to become obvious.
This session explores how to turn simplified reporting into sharper, more useful disclosures:
- What good looks like: defining the characteristics of high-quality, simplified reporting that builds investor trust and supports operational decision-making
- Materiality as strategy: using simplification to cut low-value metrics and focus reporting on what actually drives risk management and business decisions
- Data infrastructure that works: building governance and validation systems that reduce assurance burden while improving quality and usability across teams
- From siloed reporting to integrated systems: how to design processes that serve investors, regulators, and internal management without duplication or conflicting datasets
What to expect from this type of session...
Main stage sessions, but not as you know them. Because we’re off-the-record, leading experts can speak candidly about their experience with what works, and what doesn’t. At least half the session is dedicated to audience insights and questions to ensure we tackle the big issues head on.
