Sustainability Reporting Forum: Trust, Transparency and the Role of Auditors, Brussels

Atomium in Brussel
© Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date June 17, 2019
city Brussels, Belgium
location Brussels, Belgium Show location
attending J.T. (Jyrki) Katainen i et al.
organisation European Court of Auditors i

Start date : 17/06/2019

End date : 17/06/2019

Where:

Brussels, Belgium

European Court of Auditors,

Business, taxation and competition, Economy and the euro,

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How institutions and companies are acting and reporting on these actions plays an important part to achieve sustainability. That is why we are organising the first ECA Sustainability Reporting Forum to review reporting and how the auditor can support transparency and trust in the information provided. Eva Lindström will set the scene and draw observations on the new ECA review.

The publication of the audited financial statements remains the main source of assurance on the organisation's long-term sustainability. But, how do organisations demonstrate sustainability reporting in the financial statements? We will look at the current state of sustainability reporting in the private and public sectors respectively and will use the first session to discuss what lessons can be learned.

We will continue with the question: What sustainability information do stakeholders need?

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European Court of Auditors

As the EU's independent external auditor, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) looks after the interests of EU taxpayers. It does not have legal powers, but works to improve the European Commission's management of the EU budget and reports on EU finances.

What does the ECA do?

  • Audits EU revenue & expenditure, to check EU funds are correctly raised, spent, achieve value for money and accounted for.

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