ESG-Corporate Sustainability
All companies, whether multinationals or SMEs, are faced with the challenge of how to deal with the issues ofcorporate sustainability,corporate social responsibility and ESG (environment , social and governance).
The Corporate Sustainability working group deals with the interfaces between compliance and sustainability, ESG and corporate sustainability at various levels from an organizational, procedural and overarching content perspective. Among other things, it deals with questions of how companies define the interface between compliance and corporate sustainability and how compliance can position itself in this context. In this context, questions of competence are analyzed as to where such tasks can be assigned in companies and which tasks the compliance function can cover. Of overall importance is how these topics can be integrated into the CMS and ICS of companies in general and in particular.
working group results
Members can find the complete documents in SharePoint.
Working group leader
Dr. Nima Ghassemi-Tabar
Lawyer at Deloitte
Dr. Nima Ghassemi-Tabar is a lawyer and Head of Offering Compliance in the Business Assurance division at Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. Before joining Deloitte, he worked for several years in the corporate practice of the international law firm Linklaters LLP. He specializes in advising companies and corporate bodies on the implementation and optimization of corporate governance systems, especially at the interface to corporate sustainability (e.g. Supply Chain Duty of Care Act or integration of sustainability-related risks into governance systems). He is a certified lead auditor for DIN 37001 and 37301 (Compliance Management Systems). Nima Ghassemi-Tabar is the editor of numerous standard works, including a commentary on the German Corporate Governance Code, a commentary on the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act and a practical handbook on corporate sustainability.
Dr. Rita Pikó
Partner of the law firm Pikó Uhl Rechtsanwälte
Dr. Rita Pikó is a founding partner of the law firm Pikó Uhl Rechtsanwälte AG in Zurich, which specializes in compliance and corporate governance. She has been advising on corporate compliance and corporate governance for 25 years and conducts internal investigations. She is admitted to the bar in Germany and Switzerland. She began her legal career in 1998 at Hengeler. In 2000, she moved to Celanese AG where she became Global Chief Compliance Officer, Risk Officer and Corporate Governance Officer. In 2009 she joined Clifford Chance and became self-employed in 2010. Rita Pikó lectures on compliance at various universities and has been a permanent lecturer for compliance in the “Excellence Program for Supervisory Boards” at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management in Frankfurt am Main since 2010.
Rita Pikó studied law at the University of Constance and passed her second state examination in Baden-Württemberg. She holds a doctorate (Dr. jur.) from the University of Konstanz and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Exeter, Great Britain. Rita Pikó is co-editor and co-author of the reference book “Handbuch Corporate Compliance” (Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, Basel, 2022). She regularly publishes on current topics in the field of compliance, values and integrity.
Carolin Scheil
ESG Specialist at the Zurich Group
Carolin Scheil has been working as an ESG Specialist at Zurich Group Germany since September 2024 and is primarily concerned with sustainability reporting and the implementation of corresponding requirements. Prior to this, she gained two years of experience, including in the implementation of the EU Taxonomy Regulation and the LkSG as a consultant in the Sustainability/Strategy department at Vonovia SE. At Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in the Sustainability Assurance department, Carolin Scheil worked for three years on various audit mandates and consulting projects in various industries. She completed her studies in Sustainability Economics and Management with a Master’s degree at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.
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