As ESG expectations evolve, finance leaders are shifting from compliance to value creation, turning sustainability into a driver of resilience, capital efficiency, and competitive advantage. This session examines how leading organisations are integrating ESG into core strategy, linking sustainability outcomes to measurable ROI, and aligning financial planning with long-term stakeholder value.

Updated Discussion Themes:

• Year one of CSRD: Lessons learned from reporting, assurance, and audit reviews

• Building the ROI case: Quantifying ESG-linked risk, opportunity, and capital allocation

• From compliance to performance: embedding ESG into budgeting, forecasting, and investment models

• Customer-driven sustainability: How demand across the value chain reshapes finance priorities

• Avoiding the credibility gap: managing greenwashing and greenhushing risks

• Integrating ESG data with financial and operational KPIs

• Investor and lender perspectives: how finance can lead credible, performance-linked ESG narratives

• What “good” looks like: peer insights on effective ESG governance and resource allocation