The Chair of Accounting and Auditing is offering a master's seminar on the topic of “Sustainability Reporting – Evidence on the initial application of ESRS” in the winter semester 2025/2026. The seminar will be held in cooperation with the Capital Markets Advisory Services department of PwC Vienna.
Although the CSRD was not yet adopted in Germany and Austria, most large listed companies voluntarily decided to use the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) in their sustainability reports for the year 2024. The seminar focuses on analyses of the first ESRS reports by comparing companies from the same industries regarding the insights they provide on specific ESG topics.
The seminar is open to students enrolled in the master program Business Administration.
You can apply for the seminar from 30.06. - 07.07.2025. All information on the application process can be found here.
The schedule is as follows:
October:
- Kick-off: Assignment of topics + introduction to academic work
- Excursion to PwC Vienna
November: Discussions on the structure of the seminar paper
December: Submission of the seminar paper
January 2026: Final presentations
The exact dates for the seminar will be determined at a later date.