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Sigurt Vitols

European Lab PTF-NFRS Member

Sigurd Vitols, Ph.D. is an Associate Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute, Senior Researcher at the WZB Social Science Center Berlin (WZB) and Guest Lecturer at the Free University Berlin. His policy-oriented research focuses on sustainability, corporate social responsibility, worker involvement and corporate governance. He has provided policy advice and testified at hearings for the European Trade Union Confederation, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the German Bundestag.

His publications include a three-volume edited collection on the characteristics and prerequisites of the ‘Sustainable Company’: The Sustainable Company: a New Approach to Corporate Governance (co-edited with Norbert Kluge, 2011); European company law and the Sustainable Company: a stakeholder approach (co-edited with Johannes Heuschmid, 2012); and Long-term Investment and the Sustainable Company (2015) (all published in Brussels by the ETUI). 


 


 


 

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European Lab PTF on preparatory work for the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting standards (PTF-NFRS)

On 25 June 2020 the European Commission issued a request for technical advice​​ mandating EFRAG to undertake preparatory work for possible EU non-financial reporting standards in a revised Non-Financial Reporting Directive.

The work was carried out by the European Lab Project Task Force on preparatory work for the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting standards (PTF-NFRS) appointed by the European Lab Steering Group on 1 September 2020, and its report Proposals for a relevant and dynamic EU sustainability reporting standard-setting was published on 8 March 2021.

The PTF-NFRS incorporated a balanced representation of a broad range of stakeholders with a legitimate interest in non-financial information, spanning the public sector, the private sector, SMEs and civil society from across the EU, in line with the European Commission's request for technical advice​.​

The composition of the PTF-NFRS is shown below (click on the names to view the respective profiles).

The PTF-NFRS benefited from the support of a secretariat generously provided by constituents and stakeholders, together with the EFRAG Secretariat.

On 21 April 2021 the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) which would oblige companies under scope to report in compliance with European sustainability reporting standards adopted by the European Commission as delegated acts. Under the proposed CSRD, EFRAG would develop draft standards, using proper due process, public oversight and transparency, and with the expertise of relevant stakeholders.

The timeline contained in the proposal assumes the elaboration of draft sustainability reporting standards in parallel to the legislative process of the proposed CSRD. To meet this timeline, Commissioner McGuinness, in a letter dated 12 May 2021, has requested EFRAG to (i) proceed with relevant governance reforms, and (ii) put in place interim working methods to start the technical work immediately building on the membership, leadership, expertise and recommendations of the PTF-NFRS.

As a consequence, the PTF-NFRS established in September 2020, is now called the Project Task Force on European sustainability reporting standards (PTF-ESRS)​.

Name Job title
Sigurt Vitols European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Patrick de Cambourg European Lab PTF-NFRS Chairman
Andreas Barkman European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
PierMario Barzaghi European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Piotr Biernacki European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Emmanuel Bloch European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Alan Brett European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Alessandro d'Eri European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Juliette Desloires European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Marjolein Doblado European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Eric Duvaud European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Hendrik Fink European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Sophie Flak European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Giulia Genuardi European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Delphine Gibassier European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Begona Giner European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Sebastian Godinot European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Jonas Grimheden European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Ron Gruijters European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Pilar Gutierrez European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Sandra Hack European Lab PTF-NFRS European public authority representative
Luc Hendrickx European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Wouter van 't Hoff European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Kristian Koktvedgaard European Lab PTF NFRS Member
Jose Luis Lizcano European Lab PTF NFRS Member
Sara Lovisolo European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Hakan Lucius European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Gianluca Manca European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Esther Ortiz Martinez European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Marco Masip European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Philippe Meunier European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Jasper De Meyer European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Birgitte Mogensen European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Maria Mora European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Mikael Niskala European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Marie-Pierre Peillon European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Isabel Gavín Pérez European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Patrycja Pogodzinska European Lab PTF-NRFS European public authority representative
Roman Sauer European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Stefan Schnell European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Susanne Stormer European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Christoph Toepfer European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Kristiina Vares-Wartiovaara European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
David Vermijs European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Liv Watson European Lab PTF-NFRS Member
Carsten Zielke European Lab PTF-NFRS Member