2-Hour Virtual Seminar on ESG Compliance 2025: Meeting New Sustainability and Governance Reporting Demands
2-Hour Virtual Seminar
Instructor:
Chris DeVany
Chris DeVany
Wednesday
August
13
2025
10:30 AM PDT | 01:30 PM EDT
Duration:
2 Hours
Webinar ID: 75592
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Overview:
Areas Covered in the Session:
As Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) regulations continue to evolve globally, 2025 marks a turning point for businesses facing mounting pressure from investors, regulators, and consumers to report transparently and act responsibly.
This timely and practical webinar will equip compliance officers, sustainability leaders, legal teams, and corporate executives with the insights, tools, and best practices needed to meet new ESG reporting standards and avoid regulatory and reputational risk. From SEC and EU disclosure mandates to board governance trends and supplier chain accountability, this session will break down what your organization must do now to ensure ESG readiness, drive long-term value, and remain compliant in a rapidly shifting landscape.
Why should you Attend:
- Understand the latest ESG compliance regulations and reporting mandates in the U.S. and globally
- Identify key components of an effective ESG strategy aligned with regulatory frameworks
- Assess organizational ESG risks and implement internal governance controls
- Prepare for audits and disclosures under evolving SEC, CSRD, and ISSB standards
- Integrate ESG performance into business strategy, operations, and stakeholder engagement
- Leverage ESG data, metrics, and tech tools to streamline reporting and improve transparency
- Apply best practices for cross-functional collaboration and accountability in ESG execution
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Introduction to ESG Compliance 2025
- ESG landscape evolution and rising stakeholder demands
- Overview of global regulatory updates (SEC, CSRD, ISSB, TCFD, etc.)
- Key ESG Regulatory Mandates
- U.S. SEC Climate Disclosure Rule and enforcement priorities
- EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requirements
- Global baseline reporting: ISSB, SASB, and GRI frameworks
- Building a Compliant ESG Strategy
- Materiality assessments and setting ESG priorities
- ESG risk management and internal controls
- ESG governance: roles of boards, committees, and executive leadership
- ESG Data, Metrics, and Reporting Tools
- ESG data collection, assurance, and validation
- AI and automation in ESG tracking and reporting
- Avoiding greenwashing and ensuring audit readiness
- Integrating ESG Into Business Operations
- Supply chain due diligence and Scope 3 emissions
- Human capital, DEI, and social impact metrics
- Linking ESG to executive compensation and long-term value creation
- Best Practices, Case Studies & Common Pitfalls
- What leading companies are doing right
- Lessons from enforcement actions and compliance failures
- Q&A: Applying these insights to your organization
- CEO
- Executive Vice President
- Senior Vice President
- Vice President
- Director
- Manager
Speaker Profile
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.