EU CSDDD and CSRD: Leveraging Synergies between Due Diligence and Reporting

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

November 20, 2024
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT

Location

Webinar

Event Resources

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The third webinar in our Decoding Regulations series will look at the connections and synergies between the two most impactful EU sustainability regulations to date, and how business can develop a coherent approach that delivers meaningful impact for people and planet. BSR’s Transformation, Human Rights, and Nature teams partner to offer a dynamic perspective on how to connect approaches to complying with the CSRD and CSDDD, leveraging synergies in processes and ensuring that the robust identification and management of sustainability impacts, risks, and opportunities is at the heart of company compliance strategies.

Join us for an interactive conversation on reporting and due diligence where we’ll cover:

• Where do CSRD and CSDDD intersect? What are the complementarities and key differences between the two? Is this the same for social and environmental topics?
• How can companies prepare for both laws in coherent and efficient ways?
• How should companies connect due diligence and materiality assessments?
• How should companies prioritize impacts for action and reporting? 

Scheduled Speakers

• Laura Donnelly, Director, Nature, BSR
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Laura Donnelly
Director, Nature, BSR
New York
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Laura leads BSR’s Nature team. Her focus is working with member companies to develop holistic and credible strategic approaches to address nature related impacts and dependencies. These engagements are conducted across industries, with an additional focus on understanding the linkages between nature and other areas of focus (e.g., human rights, climate, etc.).
Prior to joining BSR, Laura spent seven years on the markets transformation team at the Rainforest Alliance. Her role focused on engaging companies throughout agriculture supply chains in addressing risks and opportunities through incorporating nature-based solutions and interventions. This included working with companies from farm to market on their sustainability strategy utilizing the Rainforest Alliance program. Laura also has experience in the beauty industry, where she worked in brand management and marketing.
Laura holds a Master of Communication Management from the University of Southern California and a BS in Business Administration from Boston University.
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• Francesca Manta, Director, Membership and Human Rights, BSR
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Francesca Manta
Director, Membership and Human Rights, BSR
New York
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Francesca brings more than 12 years of experience in human rights, sustainability management, and responsible supply chains to her work with companies in the infrastructure, financial services, and consumer products sectors. After spending her first years at BSR with the human rights team and successfully leading numerous engagements as Nordics lead in Copenhagen, Francesca is now based in New York City and leads our global membership team. 
Prior to joining BSR, Francesca worked at a global Danish retailer, where she was responsible for human rights programs at the corporate and local level. Francesca has also previously worked with the Danish Institute for Human Rights as well as Vestas and Maersk, where she was part of their sustainability teams and helped to establish social compliance systems and managed broader sustainability initiatives such as materiality, reporting, and ethics. She has done field work in East Africa, India, Myanmar, China, and South Korea.
Francesca holds a M.S. in Business and Development Studies from Copenhagen Business School and a BA in Political Science and International Relations from LUISS University Rome. She speaks Danish, English, and Italian.
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• Paloma Muñoz Quick, Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR
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Paloma Muñoz Quick
Director, Human Rights Standards, BSR
New York
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Paloma leads BSR’s work on Human Rights Standards, including standard-setting, knowledge management, and helping companies respond to emerging standards and regulation. She is also Senior Advisor to BSR’s Finance & Human Rights Practice.
Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she developed a vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and guidance on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched and led the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she developed thought leadership on the investor responsibility to respect human rights and supported stewardship engagements across industries. She also worked at the Danish Institute for Human Rights advising companies, governments, and civil society on business and human rights.
Paloma is a member of the US government’s Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct. She sits on the Editorial Board of Developments in the Field of the Business and Human Rights Journal of Cambridge University.
She holds a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science, also from Columbia University. 
Paloma is Chilean-American and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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• Anna Zubets-Anderson, Associate Director, Transformation, BSR
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Anna Zubets-Anderson
Associate Director, Transformation, BSR
New York
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Anna works with BSR member companies on a range of consulting projects and collaborative initiatives, with particular focus on sustainability reporting.
Her professional background encompasses corporate reporting, sustainability strategy, and providing training and coaching services. Before joining BSR, Anna operated as an independent ESG consultant and professional coach, following a thirteen-year tenure at Moody's Corporation. During her time there, she specialized in sustainable finance markets, ESG training programs, and ESG rating methodologies, in addition to overseeing a portfolio of companies within the basic materials industries. Earlier in her career, Anna spent nearly a decade at KPMG LLP, serving as an Audit Manager in the U.S. Additionally, she was a member of their International Standards Group in London (UK), where she assisted KPMG member firms and clients in adapting to changes in global accounting and auditing regulations.
Anna’s educational background encompasses social policy, human rights, corporate citizenship, business leadership, and mental health. She holds:
• Master of Social Work, Fordham University, New York, 2023
• Post-graduate certificate in Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting, Boston College, 2023
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, San Francisco State University.
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