Sustainability and Tax Reporting - ILE-HSG Institut für Law and Economics

Session 1: Sustainability and Taxation

September 9th, 2021

Speakers: Irma Mosquera – Willem-Jan van Veen – Yvonne Bol – Danuše Nerudová – Marlene Parker

September 9th and 10th, 2021

Speakers: Thomas Berndt – Florian Regli – Dirk Pohl – Florian Esterer – Sebastian Saner

September 10th, 2021

Speakers: Alessandro Bucchieri – Ilan Rom – Peter Hongler – Eelco van der Enden

Session 1

Sustainability and Taxation

Session 2

Tax Reporting and Sustainable
Business Development

Session 3

Tax Reporting and the Impact
on the Fulfilment of the SDGs

September 9th, 2021

The respective panel take place at University of St. Gallen and via Zoom

*September 9th*
11.00-11.10	Introduction to the Panel Irma Mosquera, Associate Professor, University of Leiden – Lead Researcher, GLOBALTAXGOV
11.10-12.00	The flaws in reporting standards based on CbC data Willem-Jan van Veen, Coordinator country by country reporting team, Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration
12.00-12.50	When is reported tax sustainable? Yvonne Bol, Manager, Corporate, Legal and Tax at FMO (Dutch entrepreneurial development bank)
12.50-13.50	Lunch Break
13.50-14.40	The concept of sustainability in the taxation system Danuše Nerudová, Professor of Economics Mendel, University in Brno – Researcher EU FAIRTAX Horizon 2020 Project
14.50-15.30	The role of the global tax landscape in achieving SDGs: A case study of Jamaica Marlene Parker, Chief, Tax Counsel Legislation, Treaties and International Tax Matters, Tax Administration Jamaica, Member of the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

September 9th and 10th, 2021

The respective panel take place at University of St. Gallen and via Zoom

*September 9th*
15.55-16.10	Introduction to the Panel Thomas Berndt, Professor for Financial Reporting, Director IFF-HSG, University of St. Gallen Florian Regli, Area Tax Director, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Senior Research Fellow IFF-HSG, University of St. Gallen
16.10-16.50	Tax reporting and sustainability from a legal perspective Dirk Pohl, Partner, McDermott Will and Emery

*September 10th*
08.30-09.00	Taxes, sustainability, and materiality – the investor perspective Florian Esterer, Head Core Equities, Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd
09.00-09.30	Tax reporting and benchmarking – ESG rating approach Sebastian Saner, Senior ESG Benchmarking Specialist, S&P Global
09.30-10.10	Panel discussion with speakers Moderated by Thomas Berndt and Florian Regli

September 10th, 2021

The respective panel take place at University of St. Gallen and via Zoom

*September 10th*
10.25-10.30	Introduction to the Panel Peter Hongler, Professor of Tax Law, Director IFF-HSG, University of St. Gallen
10.30-11.20	Enel Tax Transparency Report and the journey towards stakeholder capitalism Alessandro Bucchieri, Head of Tax Affairs, Enel
11.20-12.10	Industry Perspective: Swiss Re - The importance of public tax transparency in the sustainability agenda of a multinational group Ilan Rom, Director, Group Head Office Tax, SwissRe
12.10-13.10	Lunch Break
13.10-13.50	Tax reporting and SDGs – Two elephants in the room (state spending and tax incidence) Peter Hongler, Professor of Tax Law, Director IFF-HSG, University of St. Gallen
13.50-14.40	Tax as an ESG Metric: what, why and how Eelco van der Enden, Head Global ESG Tax & Legal Services platform and Tax Administration Consulting practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers – Board Member, GRI

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