Lecture Description
In the past several years, corporate sustainability reporting has become increasingly relevant. Companies are seeking to publish end-of-year impact reports to set themselves apart from their peers, demonstrate their commitment to transparency, and share more broadly the compliance-based data they are already collecting. However, there remains a lack of awareness about the best way to organize and share impact data, and those tasked with sustainability reporting are often at a loss for where to begin. This lecture attempts to support companies to enhance their sustainability reporting skills, and explores the trajectory and importance of corporate accountability. It also provides listeners with a set of tools and best practices they can leverage to begin developing a practical business strategy to improve their sustainability, impact, or transparency reporting initiatives. Listeners will be introduced to various methodological frameworks for organization of data, and will understand the relevance of gathering stakeholder feedback throughout a reporting process. The lecture will also define the different types of industry-wide reporting and key terminology, and describe in detail how data shapes reporting opportunities. Listeners will finally walk away with a greater understanding of the steps they need to take in their own companies to ensure quality data year-over-year.
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time: 9:00am - 10:00am
Room Number: N426C
Instructor
Nora Burkey (she/her)
Founder and Executive Director, The Chain Collaborative
Nora Burkey is the Executive Director of The Chain Collaborative, a non-profit organization she founded in 2014 to invest in local leaders in coffee communities around the world. She holds a master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the Graduate Institute at School for International Training, where she focused her studies on gender in development and food systems. She is part of the Creator’s Group for the SCA Coffee Sustainability Program and is currently an authorized instructor for the program. Under the banner of TCC and in collaboration with other industry colleagues, she also consults on a number of agricultural projects.