Energy Symposium 2022: The transition to clean energy

To kick off our Energy Symposium, Robert Shea, Grant Thornton’s National Managing Principal for Public Policy, will share an analysis of current public policy issues and their impacts on the energy sector and business strategies for the coming year.

Hilary Penrod, Grant Thornton’s Audit Partner and recently named in Oil and Gas Investor's 2022 class of 25 Influential Women in Energy Honoree, will be joined by a panel of executive leaders across the energy industry sharing their insights on a variety of current trends and issues including M&A activities, working capital management, supply chain and the potential of an impending recession.

Energy industry finance teams need to keep pace with rapidly changing tax and accounting developments. This session of our Energy Symposium will provide a thorough update on everything you need to know from a private or public company perspective.

The effects of a data breach can have long term, lasting effects. Erosion of customer confidence, loss of established goodwill, costs associated with remediation, and legal ramifications may linger for years. In this session, we’ll be joined by industry experts to take a deep dive on data breaches and how energy companies can prepare for and recover from a cyber event.

The energy industry continues to see demand to disclose practices related to its environmental, social and governance (ESG) activities. While the lack of a standardized, global ESG reporting framework has the market grappling with how best to measure, manage and communicate their ESG impacts, the SEC climate reporting proposal offers to standardize disclosures but also increase the rigor behind reporting.

In the battle for talent, companies must confront ever-increasing turnover, demands for flexibility and varying preferences caused by generational differences. The overall total rewards package or program can help attract, retain, reward and engage talent, but an organization’s greatest strength is a dedication to understanding and designing a plan that meets the unique needs of its employees.