ESG Non-Financial Sustainability Reporting 2026

Sustainability Reporting, ESG Data & Business Transformation in Romania
CSRD • ESRS • ESG Data • Finance • Risk • Value Chain • Assurance
8th Annual Edition
From ESG compliance to business reality: what companies actually need to measure, manage, report and prove in 2026
Sustainability reporting has entered a new phase.
After years of expanding ESG requirements, 2026 is bringing a different reality for companies in Romania: fewer reporting requirements, a narrower CSRD scope, revised ESRS, delayed implementation timelines and growing pressure to make sustainability information reliable, financially relevant and useful for business decisions.
For companies, the question is no longer simply “Do we have to report?”
It is increasingly: What information do we need? Where does the data come from? Who owns it? Can we verify it? What does it mean financially? And how does it affect the way we run the business?
The 8th annual edition of “ESG 2026 – Sustainability Reporting, ESG Data & Business Transformation in Romania” brings together business leaders, CFOs, sustainability and ESG professionals, finance and accounting teams, legal and compliance specialists, auditors, investors and financial institutions to discuss the practical reality behind the new sustainability reporting landscape.
The conference will focus on what the latest regulatory changes mean inside the company – from finance and reporting to procurement, operations, risk management, HR, supply chains, financing and investment decisions.
What will we discuss?
From CSRD to the new reporting reality
What has changed under the EU Omnibus reforms, what has been delayed, what remains relevant for companies reporting today, and what Romanian businesses should realistically prepare for next.
The new ESRS: less data, more relevance
The revised ESRS are designed to significantly reduce the reporting burden. But fewer datapoints do not necessarily mean less work: companies still need robust processes for determining material topics, collecting reliable data and explaining the business relevance of sustainability risks and impacts.
When ESG becomes a Finance issue
Sustainability information is increasingly connected to financial planning, risk management, investment decisions, financing and corporate reporting. How should CFOs, controllers, accountants and sustainability teams work together?
ESG data: from spreadsheets to controlled business information
Who owns Scope 1, 2 and 3 data? How do companies deal with missing or inconsistent information? How much can be automated? And what happens when ESG data is challenged by an auditor, investor, bank or customer?
Assurance, audit and the credibility gap
Sustainability reporting is moving closer to the discipline of financial reporting. What does limited assurance mean in practice? Are companies prepared to demonstrate the source, methodology and controls behind their ESG numbers?
The value-chain reality
Even companies outside the mandatory CSRD scope may still receive ESG questionnaires from customers, banks, investors and large corporate partners. How should Romanian companies respond without creating unnecessary reporting systems and costs?
ESG in the boardroom
How sustainability risks and opportunities are moving from a specialist function into enterprise risk management, strategy, investment and corporate governance.