Laurent Van Melckebeke is a Finance & Sustainability Director within Deloitte.
He has a track record in facilitating finance transformations towards more sustainable, effective, insightful, and in control organizations.
Leveraging on his Finance background, he helps companies to operationalize sustainability, translating sustainability strategies in performance management and reporting processes.
He is knowledgeable on environmental and social impact measurement as well as extra-financial reporting (ie. CSRD, EU Taxonomy, frameworks and standards for sustainability disclosure), across process, people and technology dimensions.
The catalyst effect of Finance in embedding ESG to create long-term value
ESG is more than just another item in the long list of concerns companies must manage. It’s an important business driver that has strong potential to power performance. Businesses have much to gain in acting responsibly.
In many organizations, figuring out how to leverage ESG and seize it as a competitive advantage falls to the CFO. CFOs play a critical role in driving sustainability efforts, translating ESG into strategy and operations and driving reporting to seek sustainable value creation.
In this keynote we’ll give insights on the evolution of the ESG (regulatory) landscape, explore the role of Finance and the challenges that lie ahead of the journey.