Almost every company in Europe will have to deal with sustainability reporting (ESG Reporting) in the near future. For large companies, the CSRD will lead to significant new regulations from the 2024/2025 reporting year. SMEs will also be questioned by requiring large companies to request information on their supply chain (suppliers, customers). Mandatory reporting will also affect a company's corporate social responsibility strategy. This is a tremendous challenge for executive, supervisory and regulatory directors, accountants, (business) controllers and other finance professionals.
Why this Executive Program?
Based on the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), the ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) have been published, a comprehensive set of new reporting rules. Sustainability is a broad concept covering Environmental | E, Social | S and Governance | G aspects. A company is not bound by all specific rules; what determines what information is relevant is based on alignment with stakeholders. Understanding the content and consequences of the new regulations is necessary to achieve responsible application. This executive progam gives you a solid foundation to get started at your organisation. After completing the Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert, you will have:
- a complete picture of the new laws and regulations on sustainability reporting and be able to put this in a historical perspective
- new insights into the implications of the new sustainability regulations for your own practice
- tools to integrate sustainability in company policy
- insight into the work the auditor performs when assessing or auditing the sustainability report
- tools to perform/assess a double materiality analysis
- in-depth knowledge of the various ESRSs, linked to Environmental, Social and Governance respectively
- the skills to view the ESGs in relation to the SDGs
- more grip on opportunities and dilemmas
The most important information of this Executive Program in a row
Investment
The tuition fee for the Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert is €3,195. This amount is free of VAT.
The dates of the autumn lectures are: September 17, and 24, and Ocotber 1 and 8, 2025.
Location: the lectures will take place at a physical location in (the vicinity of) Rotterdam; exact location will be communicated at a later stage.
The Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert is a collaboration of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE) and Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA). It consists of eight lectures, offered as a total. Separate participation in individual lectures is not possible. For professionals who only want an overview, we also offer the one-day Masterclass in Sustainability Reporting. For more information on the content of the courses, please refer to the brochure, which can be downloaded here.
- Introduction to laws and regulations | CSRD general
- (Double) Materiality and how to apply it in practice
- Generic standards | ESRS 1 + 2
- Environmental (E) | ESRS E1 t/m 5
- Social (S) | ESRS S1 to 4
- Governance (G) | ESRS G1)
- Influence on strategy, internal processes, opportunities and dilemmas.
- Assurance | how the external auditor proceeds
Lecturers include:
Prof. Dr. Karen Maas is Professor of 'Accounting & Sustainability' at the Open University and Academic Director of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE). She is also a supervisor.
Prof. Dr. Martin Hoogendoorn RA is Professor of External Reporting at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Council at the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.
Marcus Looijenga MSc RA is a sustainability accountant and partner ESG at PwC Netherlands. In addition, Marcus is a member of the ESG Assurance working group for the Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants (NBA) and an experienced lecturer.
For an overview of all speakers/lecturers, please see the brochure, which can be downloaded here.
Program management
The Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert is a collaboration of Impact Centre Erasmus (ICE) and Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA), both part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The program leadership is therefore a joint responsibility. Involved are: Martin Hoogendoorn, Karen Maas, Jacqueline Scheidsbach and Ignace Breemer.
An English edition of the program will follow in fall 2025 on September 17, and 24, and October 1 and 8, 2025. The exam will take place on October 29. It is now possible to register for this through the registration form. This program is a complete course for which you can register in its entirety; registration for individual courses is not possible.
The arrival time is from 09.00, at 09.30 we start the program. We close the day at about 16.30, in between we will provide a joint lunch.
The Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert at Erasmus University Rotterdam is aimed primarily at professionals involved in preparing, supervising, advising on or auditing sustainability reporting, and for those with a general interest in developments in this field. This particularly concerns directors, supervisory directors and regulators with the finance portfolio, accountants, (business) controllers and other finance professionals.
Alumni about the program
Who better to give you an impression of the Executive Program ESG Reporting Expert than the alumni themselves?
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Materiality Assessment Is an Art, Not a Science
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