SYNOPSIS
Stakeholders such as consumers, investors, communities and employees have become increasingly more sophisticated and demanding in their expectations of corporate accountability and transparency. As more Singaporean organisations take their disclosure beyond traditional financial reporting, this trend to communicate environmental, social and governance issues has been greatly enhanced with the publication of the Guide to Sustainability Reporting for Listed Companies, by Singapore Exchange (SGX) published in 2011.

A Sustainability Report supports an organisation’s analysis, measurement, disclosure and communication of key sustainability performance indicators. It can help companies identify material sustainability issues, enhance productivity and enhance relationships with shareholders and other key stakeholders.  As such, Singapore Compact for CSR, Singapore Environment Institute and ACCA Singapore are jointly organising the ‘Sustainability Reporting Workshop’ to equip organisations with the knowledge to start or enhance their own sustainability reporting projects.

The workshop aims to address the following issues:

Day 1:

1. What is Sustainability Reporting and why do companies report?

2. How does it benefit my business and enhance investor and stakeholder relations?

3. How does reporting relate to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and ISO 26000?

4. What do companies need to report on?

5. Step-by-step Guide - how to go about producing a report

6. Verficiation - expectations, pitfalls to avoid and likely costs

7. Information on the latest GRI 3.1 Guidelines

The Sustainability Reporting Workshop is based on the Global Reporting Initiative Reporting Guidelines Version 3(GRI G3).

Day 2:

1. Assessing materiality - what are the important issues for your organisation?

2. Stakeholder engagement - external expectations and potential approaches

3. Sustainability Reporting and investor interests - Why are some institutional investors requesting sustainability disclosures before making investments decisions?

For detailed programme outline, please download registration form

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Companies looking to produce, or improve upon, a Sustainability Report (include environmental, social and CSR disclosure)

• Companies seeking to enhance their corporate communications and investor relations programmes

• Listed companies that need to understand the details and implications of the Policy Statement on Sustainability Reporting and Guide to Sustainbility Reporting for Listed Companies by SGX

• Practitioners who are interested in sustainbility and CSR

ACCREDITATION

7 CPD units per day

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Thomas Thomas – Singapore Compact for CSR
Thomas Thomas is the Executive Director of the Singapore Compact for CSR, the national CSR society in Singapore.

Thomas is also the CEO of the ASEAN CSR Network, a network of CSR networks in ASEAN to achieve sustainable socio economic development as the ASEAN Community 2015 is formed. Singapore Compact serves as the secretariat for this network.

Thomas had been involved in the ISO26000 process from the beginning in 2004. He was the convenor of the Singapore Mirror Working Group for ISO26000 and a member of the Chair’s Advisory Group for the development of this standard. After the publication of this standard, Mr Thomas serves as a member of the ISO’s Post Production Organisation responsible for monitoring and providing guidance on the implementation of the standard.

He also serves as the focal point for UN Global Compact in Singapore. The Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate citizenship organisation. Singapore Compact is a Stakeholder Organisation of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), a multi stakeholder organisation promoting sustainability reporting and develops guidelines for reporting.

Thomas is an Honorary Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility with the Nottingham University Business School in the United Kingdom.

Carrie Johnson – PAIA Consulting
Carrie Johnson is a Sustainability Specialist with a particular focus on environmental issues. She has 20 years of experience in Sustainability and Environmental Management. Carrie has worked with a range of companies (both in the UK and in Singapore) helping them implement and report on Sustainability. She has helped produce 19 Sustainability Reports and has been working with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) since their guidelines were first developed in the 1990’s. Carrie worked on one of the first ever GRI reports (TXU-Europe). Her sustainability reporting clients include Keppel Corporation, City Developments Ltd, Sembcorp, SingTel, Keppel Land, Senoko Power, YTL, Petronas, Shell, Singapore Polytechnic, British Telecom, Railtrack, TXU Europe, Smith & Nephew and AEA Technology.

Her areas of expertise include developing sustainability strategies, implementing KPIs, stakeholder engagement, data management and sustainability risk management.

Carrie has been based full-time in Singapore since 2002. She has been a trainer for ACCA’s Sustainability Reporting workshops since 2003 and has also provided Sustainability Reporting training on behalf of Singapore Compact, Singapore Environment Institute and PSB Certification. Carrie is also a
Senior Lecturer at NUS, teaching sustainability, environmental management and reporting on the Masters
in Environmental Management (MEM) Programme.

Her first degree is from Cambridge in Geography, specializing in Environmental Geography and she has a
MSc (Distinction) in Environmental Management and Technology (specialized in Energy & the
Environment) from Imperial College, London.

Graham Owens
Graham joined KPMG’s Sustainability Advisory team in 2011. He has over 14 years of experience, 10 of those in Asia, working in sustainability, CSR, investor relations and ESG consulting and research. He has advised many companies in all aspects of sustainability, especially developing strategy, assessment, reporting, capacity building, communications, assurance and stakeholder engagement. He has been involved in the production of over 20 corporate reports including a number of GRI accredited reports. Graham holds assurance practitioner membership with AccountAbility and advises a number of clients on using the AA1000 standards.

Graham has advised a number of Singapore listed companies on their communications and investor relations programmes and has undertaken complex stakeholder engagement projects and led large-scale studies on corporate transparency, disclosure, CSR and ESG. Over the last decade Graham has worked on a wide variety of engagements for organisations including Aviva, ACCA, McKesson, Senoko Energy, Davis Landgon & Seah, CapitaLand, Sembcorp Industries, Keppel Corporation, Singapore Environment Council, Polycom, Chevron, Tanjong Plc and Halcyon Agri.