IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023
29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
Room 241, Level 2
Session information
Conflict between corporate duty and ESG considerations?
Monday 30 October (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Taxes Committee
(Lead)
Description
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations form part of a broader movement where a company’s stakeholders (e.g. current and prospective investors, customers and other counterparties) measure and evaluate the company based on its behaviours in the process of deciding whether to interact with the business or not. The importance of ESG to stakeholders is marking a paradigm-shift from a shareholder-centric to stakeholder-focused philosophies. This panel will explore the ways that the ESG movement is or is expected to impact the corporate tax department, whether in the form of aligning tax strategy and risk management future investments with particular ESG elements such as a corporation’s sustainability strategy, transparency strategy, and overall tax integrity, environmental and social contribution.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Stuart Chessman | Vivendi SE, New York, New York, USA |
Ana Lucia Ferreyra | Pluspetrol, Montevideo, Uruguay; LPD Council Member |
Speakers
Dana Goldberg | Textron Inc, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
Gauthier Halba | Sonepar SAS, Paris, France |
Reto Heuberger | Homburger AG, Zürich, Switzerland |
Syed Marzidy | Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |