ESG Without Illusions: What Boards Actually Need to Focus On

This webinar cuts through the noise surrounding ESG, focusing on what genuinely matters for boards in 2026. It highlights evolving regulatory expectations, material risk areas, and the distinction between meaningful ESG oversight and superficial reporting. Delegates will learn how to prioritise issues that genuinely impact long-term value, avoid common governance pitfalls, and strengthen oversight processes that ensure ESG activity is credible, data-driven, and aligned with organisational strategy.

This webinar provides one-hour of CPD and offers insights and updates from a leading industry-expert speaker. 

Delegates places are interchangeable with colleagues from the same organisation.

Content

• ESG expectations boards must meet in 2026

• Separating material issues from noise and box-ticking

• Ensuring credible, data-driven ESG reporting and oversight

• Aligning ESG priorities with strategy and risk appetite

• Avoiding greenwashing and governance pitfalls

Presenter

Michelle Ryan Director and Chief Sustainability Officer at True

With an 18 year career in Private Banking, both in Jersey and London, Michelle has gained significant technical expertise as well as a comprehensive network of industry connections. She has led teams and projects throughout her various roles and latterly headed the business development function for a large Private Bank across the Channel Islands. Michelle started True, a sustainability business, in 2020 and she brings this experience to her role as Director and Chief Sustainability Officer, partnering with corporate clients on their sustainability journeys.