Leading the Charge: How Many North American Companies Are Navigating the New Era of Sustainability Disclosure
August 20 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
About this Event:
The sustainability reporting landscape is evolving faster than most organizations can track. Between the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), California’s landmark climate disclosure laws, and the ISSB’s global baseline standards, many North American companies are facing a patchwork of overlapping, extraterritorial, and rapidly maturing obligations.
In the push for assurance-ready disclosure, companies should confront the complex reality of quantifying and validating Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions—an important requirement within the maturing regulatory landscape.
This webinar helps to cut through the regulatory noise. Professionals from Deloitte & Touche LLP and Ropes & Gray will be joining to give executives and their teams a grounded, practical view of where the rules stand today and what many organizations are doing now to prepare.
Through real-world examples, attendees will learn how leading companies are building disclosure-ready programs, managing legal and financial risk, aligning cross-functional teams, and turning compliance pressure into a governance strength. Whether your organization is just beginning its sustainability and climate reporting journey or refining an existing approach, this session offers actionable takeaways you can bring directly to your team.
After this webinar, you will be able to:
Recognize emerging leading practices for building a scalable, assurance-ready sustainability and GHG emissions reporting infrastructure that can anticipate regulatory evolution rather than reacting to it.
Identify the sustainability and climate disclosure regulations affecting North American companies—including CSRD, California SB 253 and SB 261, and ISSB standards—and distinguish the scope, timing, and applicability of each.
Assess their organization’s current exposure and readiness across multiple regulatory frameworks, including extraterritorial obligations that may apply to U.S.-headquartered companies.
Apply practical approaches to cross-functional program design, including ways to align finance, legal, sustainability, and operations teams around a unified disclosure strategy.
Evaluate common implementation challenges—such as data collection gaps, materiality assessments, and third-party assurance requirements—and recognize strategies used by peer organizations to address them.
This webinar is eligible for 1 CPE credit.
