Dr. Donato Calace
Senior Vice President, Accounts & Innovation, Datamaran, Member, Expert Working Group on EU Sustainability Reporting Standards, EFRAG
Dr. Donato Calace is the Senior Vice President of Innovation and Accounts at Datamaran. He contributes to global innovation projects for the firm and heads the business development and account strategy. In 2019, he participated in the invite-only European Commission DG FISMA expert session on materiality (November 2019). He is a member of the EFRAG Task Force on reporting of non-financial risks and opportunities and linkage to the business model and from 2021 member of the Expert Working Group reviewing the EU Sustainability Reporting Standards. He is Co-Chair with Prof. Riccardo Stacchezzini of the working group on Operationalizing Materiality launched by the Organismo Italiano Business Reporting (OIBR). He teaches the ESG Trends in North America module in the EFFAS Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) program. A passionate expert in his field, in June 2016, Donato was awarded a Ph.D. in the international program “The Economics and Management of Natural Resources” developed by the LUM Jean Monnet University – Italy, Megatrend University, Belgrade (Serbia), China Three Gorges University (CTGU – China), Louisiana Tech University (USA) and Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University (SPbSFTU – Russia). During his PhD and visiting period at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School), he focused on the relationship between non-financial disclosure and environmental performance; reporting and market value; national culture and non-financial risks reporting. His areas of expertise and research include materiality analysis, ESG integration, and risk management associated to non-financial issues. The results of his doctoral research are available here. He presented results of his studies in international conferences and published on scientific journals such as the International Journal of Sustainable Development, and specialized reviews such as Ethical Boardroom. His academic publications are listed here. His definition of materiality for the Encyclopedia of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
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