Flavia Micilotta

The OPSG facilitate EIOPA’s consultation with stakeholders in the EU on issues that apply to the pensions sector: In practice the Group: advises the Authority on the actions it takes concerning Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS); Implementing Technical Standards (ITS); Guidelines; Recommendations; Peer reviews; Practical instruments and convergence tools to promote consistent supervisory approaches and practices, Assessment of market developments. assist the Authority in assessing the potential impact of, and advise on any issue related to all of the above.

ü Supervise the application and compliance of SFDR, IDD and CSRD ü Advise the WEALINS Executive Committee in all aspects of sustainability governance and climate ü Develop internal and external training modules on sustainable finance topics ü Establish and lead the ESG product offering

ü Create and develop the ESG practice for funds services at global level (private equity and real estates) ü Establish Sustainable Finance regulatory unit and train team of 50 colleagues and clients ü Develop and roll out of training on ESG for the firm

Leading the sustainability practice, I was in charge of devising a strategy across industries and developing specific solutions to meet client needs. I was responsible for the regulatory work on Sustainable Finance and launched an international survey linked to a study on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and its impacts on financial market participants.

As Director of the Green Exchange (LGX) I was in charge of the sustainability selection process for the listing, advising the Sustainability Committee at Executive Committee level. I defined the guidelines for ESG reporting for companies and financial products to advance sustainability oriented issuers. I set up the data hub within LGX to further the education and promotion of sustainability standards in the financial industry. I delivered a series of international trainings for capital market participants on sustainable finance and green bonds in collaboration with development players (IFC).

Eurosif is the leading pan-European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) membership organisation whose mission is to promote sustainability through European financial markets. Eurosif works as a partnership of Europe-based national Sustainable Investment Forums (SIFs) with the direct support of their network which spans across over 400 Europe-based organisations drawn from the sustainable investment industry value chain. These organisations include institutional investors, asset managers, financial services, index providers and ESG research and analysis firms totalling over €8 trillion in total assets. Eurosif is also a founding member of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, the alliance of the largest SIFs around the world. The main activities of Eurosif are public policy, research and creating platforms for nurturing sustainable investing best practices.

I worked on an initiative launched by The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) to embed sustainability in global supply chains. The Business Environment project is aimed at performance improvement and business efficiency in environmental management systems. I have set up the project with management, delivered its content through capacity building in Europe and Asia and worked with international service providers and brands to run its implementation.  Set up of Environmental Risk Management project to embed sustainability in global supply chains  Develop the program methodological approach to enhance business continuity in supply chains  Roll out in China and other APAC countries  Coordination of stakeholder dialogue and partnership creation

 Set up a group-wide communication strategy (internal and external), coordinating the involvement and support of the leadership and selecting most relevant communication tools apt to reach our priority stakeholders  Set up a governance structure around gender diversity management  Implement gender balance assessment across group  Develop an internal CSR report as enabler to identify priorities and to engage our people in current and future efforts  Set up the group’s approach to community involvement and corporate giving, define KPIs, select projects (mainly around education) and develop partnerships (EU and East Africa)  Lead the projects on diversity management and define diversity positioning for the group, cascading throughout HR  Establish and coordinate the corporate social platform to increase positioning of current and future initiatives on CSR domains, foster dialogue and engage colleagues  Develop national and european action plan on age management and career development

 Draft and set up communication and organizational strategies aimed at improving client’s responsibility profile for international sustainability indexes, helping them feature as best in class in their industries.  Produce reports focused on Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality and Socially Responsible Investment.  Set up internal audit processes (environmental and social) for clients in different industries: chemical, retail, power and utilities  Develop Ernst & Young reports on Ethical Investments, Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality, demonstrating my expertise in these domains.  Streamline the EMEIA CCaSS team by supporting go-to-market approach service offering

Being responsible for the implementation of CSR policies and strategy for KBC at Group level (comprising 60,000 FTEs and with a main presence in Belgium and Central and Eastern Europe), I monitored, support and evaluated the projects relating to the corporate responsibility of the Bank. I reported directly to the Executive Committee which oversees the progress and the results of the CSR targets.  Review the SRI Asset Management portfolio and screening methodology.  Lead and Advice SRI analysts in their research and analysis.  Design the CSR reporting strategy for the Group and annually drafting the CSR report (according to GRI, OECD guidelines and UNGC principles) and all other relevant communications.  Set up communication kits for CSR rating agencies and analysts and coordinate all the CSR related information for the Group.  Manage group’s Community Engagement projects (Belgium, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Africa)  Interface with sell-side/buy side analysts, local and international NGOs, associations, sector institutions, journalists.  Draft relevant press releases, preparing information for media kits, dealing with journalists, developing and maintaining relevant portions of internet and intranet web pages.  Develop a group-wide Community Involvement policy to enable a good level of coherence in the development of projects across the entities.  Positioned KBC as the first bank in Belgium to be amongst the founders of the Local Network of the Global Compact for Belgium (UNGC), displaying long-term business vision.

In my role at Vigeo I was in charge of screening companies involved in different business sectors and evaluating their performance in relation with their peers, against international ethical standards.  Draft ethical reports for several industries.  Represented Vigeo for the retail sector in view of the publication “Deeper Luxury” by WWF-UK in 2008.  Set up information sessions on business ethics issues.  Coordinate projects developing partnerships with academic institutions, NGOs and social partners.

I specialised in auditing CSR report in the Banking sector and worked for all the main Italian financial groups (Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Banca Popolare Etruria e Lazio and Banca popolare di Verona).  Develop several projects focused on social reporting and social auditing in the Banking and Public sector, where I carried out multi-stakeholders projects on Agenda 21.  Set up CSR communication strategies for clients in the NGO and finance sector.  Develop projects on environmental magement and Due Diligence in line with EMAS and ISO 14000.