Beyond Compliance: Embedding the EU Pay Transparency Directive Across the Business
Oct 21, 2025 — 12:35 pm - 1:00 PMRoom W5
Description
The shift toward greater pay transparency and ESG-linked accountability is more than regulatory, it's reputational. With mandatory disclosures fast approaching, business leaders face a complex challenge: how to meet evolving legal standards while also attracting talent, building trust, and aligning with corporate values. This panel, moderated by leading HR futurist Anita Lettink, brings together compliance experts, compensation leaders, and policymakers to explore how top employers are operationalising transparency. You'll hear how pay equity audits, fair hiring practices, and proactive communication are being used to shape everything from brand identity to leadership accountability. From job ads to boardrooms, transparency is changing the game: how prepared is your organisation?
Key Discussion Points:
• How CSRD and pay transparency requirements intersect, and what that means for HR, Finance, and ESG teams
• Strategies companies are using to turn legal reporting into brand differentiation in EU and global talent markets
• Why pay equity audits must go beyond compliance to address structural inequality
• The evolving role of job architecture, salary banding, and promotion transparency in workforce planning
• How disclosure is reshaping conversations with employees, investors, unions, and regulators
• Why inclusive design, incorporating gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and disability data, is the next frontier of fair pay
