Understanding the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Natural disasters cause hundreds of billions of damages worldwide–from stranded assets and disrupted supply chains to skyrocketing insurance costs. How to respond? By seizing the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as an unprecedented opportunity to gather invaluable ESG data insights and leverage these to take decisive, sustainable action. In this course, instructor Lubomila Jordanova offers a comprehensive introduction to the CSRD, its role in the global sustainability landscape, and, most importantly, its positive impact on businesses. Lubomila explores the drivers and challenges of sustainability, the logic behind international frameworks, and how disclosure tools like the CSRD can foster market self-correction. She also shares examples on how decarbonization can lead to an ROI and long-term economic success.

Join Lubomila in this course to decipher the CSRD, prepare for it, and, most importantly, use it to transform your business, build resilience, and drive long-term revenue growth.

Learning objectives
Define the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its significance in the global sustainability landscape.
Explain the key drivers, challenges, and frameworks shaping international sustainability efforts.
Analyze how transparency and disclosure under the CSRD drive market self-correction and transform decarbonization from a cost center into a value-creation opportunity.
Understand carbon accounting and explore tools, examples, and strategies for decarbonizing companies and their value chains.
Reflect on the urgency of global sustainability challenges and their impact on business practices.