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

This event is for BSR members only. Members, please log in to register.

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

• 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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• Erin Leitheiser, Associate Director, Nature, BSR
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Erin Leitheiser
Associate Director, Nature, BSR
Copenhagen
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Erin helps lead BSR’s nature team where she focuses on the climate/nature nexus, including credits, nature-based solutions (NbS), and beyond value chain mitigation.
She leads engagements with companies to evaluate their nature impacts, devise nature positive strategies, and implement operational and supply chain solutions that further both biodiversity and decarbonization goals. She also works closely with companies on supplier engagement for Scope 3 emissions reductions and nature action, helping to develop resources like the Supplier Engagement Guide and the Climate Fit: Net Zero Training course on the SME Climate Hub. 
Erin brings more than 18 years of experience, including remaining on the faculty at Copenhagen Business School following her prior role as an Assistant Professor. Before academia, Erin worked in CSR and sustainability at Target, where she built external partnerships and developed strategies to drive both business resilience and community impact. She began her career in sustainability consulting, working on public policy and social impact projects for nonprofit, public, and private clients.  
Erin holds a PhD in Sustainability Governance from Copenhagen Business School, a MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Honors History from Gustavus Adolphus College. 
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• Giulio Berruti, Director, Climate Change, BSR
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Giulio Berruti
Director, Climate Change, BSR
Copenhagen
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Giulio brings over 14 years of expertise in advancing corporate climate action.
He leads BSR’s climate team, oversees the team strategy, and works with BSR members across consulting, collaborative initiatives, and grants implementation.
Currently, Giulio oversees BSR’s work on beyond growth to reconcile business models with planetary boundaries, and more generally works with BSR members on climate transition planning and net-zero value chains. 
Since joining BSR in 2018, Giulio’s work has focused on Scope 3 implementation through supplier engagement, and commodities decarbonization strategies, both through consulting and support developments open-source guidance such as 1.5°C Supplier Engagement Guide, Transform to  Net Zero and Climate Fit.
Giulio also worked on several projects helping companies set Science-Based Targets, implement TCFD recommendations, and conduct climate scenario analysis. He supported the development of SBTi Net Zero standard as a member of the Expert Advisory Group.
Prior to joining BSR, Giulio spent 7 years with EcoAct between France and Kenya, focusing on climate advisory work on GHG mitigation, target setting and climate strategies, climate risk assessments and carbon offset project development.
Giulio holds a MS in Sustainability from HEC Paris School of Management. He also holds a double degree MS in Management and Industrial Engineering and a double degree BS in Technology and International Business from Politecnico di Torino and UIC Barcelona.
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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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