ESG database and due diligence

January 15, 2024
Piotr Biernacki
Sustainability Managing Partner
The new year has already brought some interesting conferences in January that will be hard to miss if we want to stay up to date with what is important in the field of sustainable development. On January 16, the Instrat Foundation will announce a new version of its ESG database, and on January 26, several institutions will share tips on how to implement due diligence processes in accordance with the law. What can we expect from these two events?

Foundation Instrat is a think tank working towards a fair, green, and digital economy. For several years, it has been maintaining and providing access to some of the most interesting and reliable databases on sustainable development in enterprises, which are publicly available. The foundation has announced a webinar for January 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., during which it will announce the launch of ESG INSTRAT DATABASE, a new database within its portfolio. Participation in the webinar is free of charge, and you can register for it at this address. The new database will contain comprehensive information on aspects of listed companies' activities relating to climate change.

Just 10 days later, on January 26, 2024, the Od conference will take place. „soft law” to binding regulations. How to implement and enforce CSDDD. Its organizers are Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw, and the Supreme Bar Council, in partnership with the law firms Wardyński & Partners and Eversheds Sutherland. The conference will be held in a hybrid format. The program and registration form are available here.

France and Germany are two large EU member states that already have regulations in place requiring companies to implement due diligence processes. Today, we know that the CSDDD Directive (the so-called due diligence directive, Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence) has been agreed upon in trilogues, and we expect its adoption by the Council and Parliament to be confirmed in the coming weeks. We can therefore begin to prepare for its implementation. It is therefore worth looking at the experiences of countries that have been implementing similar regulations for several years. The experiences of France and Germany will be the main focus of this conference.

Although January is already a busy period for annual reporting in most companies, it is worth finding a free moment to do so.

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