Frankly Speaking - A Podcast on Responsible Business

#44 Filip Gregor: How Should Companies Undertake a Materiality Assessment?


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In this Frankly Speaking episode, we explore how companies should undertake a materiality assessment when they tackle their sustainability report. The concept of materiality is derived from financial accounting in business and human rights, and very simply asks the question: does this information matter?

To guide us, we welcome back ⁠Filip Gregor⁠, head of ⁠Frank Bold’s Responsible Companies section⁠ and member of EFRAG’s Sustainability Reporting Board, which draws up and recommends the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Richard and Filip discuss:

  • How materiality is done in the ESRS and what does double materiality mean

  • How companies should start to think about assessing and measuring impact materiality

    • The logic behind the "traffic light" system for risk assessment in ⁠EFRAG's draft guidance on Materiality Assessment⁠

    • Filip’s advice to companies that want to better understand financial materiality

    • What is the role of the stakeholder in relation to the materiality question

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