CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING

The course contributes to the educational objectives of the Master’s Degree Programme, which aims at providing students with advanced knowledge on financial and management accounting, corporate finance and risk management.
This course aims at discussing the evolution of Corporate Reporting along time and, more specifically, it covers the scope and objectives and the contents of Corporate Report, the expectations connected to it and the stakeholders. Starting from Annual Report and going through Sustainability reporting, Integrating reporting and the latest europeana and international frameworks and laws, the course tackles the evolution of reporting regarding contents, issue and processes. The main objective of accounting is to provide relevant information to market participants. To reach this purpose, Corporate Reporting needs to evolve according to the business environment in which companies operate.

1 KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- know the objectives and the principles of corporate reporting;
- know principles, value relevance, reporting process and limitations of Annual Reports;
- know principles, value relevance, reporting process and limitations of Sustainability Reports;
- know principles, value relevance, reporting process and limitations of Integrated Reports;
- know principles, value relevance, reporting process and limitations of Corporate Reports, complying with the latest european and international laws, schemes and frameworks

2 APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- identify the disclosure needs that corporate reporting is supposed to address, given the specific characteristics of the company;
- know how to apply Integrated Report principles in order to supply information to users;
- know how to identify the main challenges in the reporting process.
3 MAKING JUDGEMENTS
- know how to frame hypotheses concerning corporate reporting efficacy.

To follow the course, it is necessary to have already learnt the basic concepts of financial statements analysis and cost accounting.

11. The evolution of corporate reporting: from annual report to sustainability report
2. GRI Principles of reporting
3. GRi; standards
4. Towards integrating report
5. Content and principle of IR//Capitals
6. What’s going on in Europe: Corporate sustainability reporting directive
7. Double materiality
8. Due diligence directive
9. Efrag: Sustainability reporting standards
10. Efrag: environmental Series
11. Efrag: social series
12. taxonomy
13. International approach on corporate reporting ISSB
14. Sasb
15. Assurance of corporate reporting

- Chiara Mio (ed) Integrated reporting. A new accounting disclosure, Palgrave 2016
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0188 Sustainable finance package
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0189 Corporate sustianability reporting directive
https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/proposal-directive-corporate-sustainable-due-diligence-and-annex_en Proposal for directive on corporate sustainable due diligence
Efrag standard (or exposure draft) on social and environmental issues of Sustainability reporting (available at the beginning of the course)
ISSB standard (or exposure draft) on social and environmental issues of Sustainability reporting (available at the beginning of the course)

The exam includes presentation during classes (30%), project works (30%) and oral exam (40%). Project works are encouraged; during the lecture additional materials will be released (according with the evolution of laws and framewors) and these materials could be used to prepare individual essays or application

The concepts will be disclosed using real case studies; there will be also some managers and guest speakers attending and contributing to the lectures. A site visit will be organized, even if not mandatory. When possible, project works are encouraged

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Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development