IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023

29 Oct - 3 Nov 2023

Room 241, Level 2

Session information

Conflict between corporate duty and ESG considerations?
Room 241, Level 2

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