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🌍 The rise in natural disasters and the European Green Deal are reshaping the insurance industry. Deloitte's green operations survey reveals how six leading Belgian insurers are addressing sustainability, climate impact, and communication strategies. Want to know more? Read our new report and reach out to learn what this could mean for your organization! 🌿📊 https://lnkd.in/eBWPgZ9J #Insurance #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Deloitte #EuropeanGreenDeal

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🌍 The rise in natural disasters and the European Green Deal are reshaping the insurance industry. Deloitte's green operations survey reveals how six leading Belgian insurers are addressing sustainability, climate impact, and communication strategies. Want to know more? Read our new report and reach out to learn what this could mean for your organization! 🌿📊 #Insurance #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Deloitte #EuropeanGreenDeal

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💡 Reflecting back on CESPE 2024! 💡 PwC Belgium had the pleasure of sponsoring the CESPE 2024 conference on October 24th! The conference included three main themes: Digitalization, which explored the transformative potential of AI in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry; Enabling Technologies, which highlighted advancements in flow chemistry and high-throughput experimentation; and Biomanufacturing. We proudly presented our work on the Belgian biomanufacturing ecosystem and participated in an exciting panel debate with key ecosystem stakeholders. Our presentation was a call-to-action to ecosystem actors and policymakers to ensure we maintain our impressive global position in this field. The discussion explored Belgium's logistical expertise, the fragmented ecosystem, and the importance of initiatives like CESPE in bridging academia and industry. Belgium should be proud of its biomanufacturing capabilities, and we are committed to supporting its continued growth and innovation. Let's work together to keep Belgium at the forefront of biomanufacturing excellence! A huge thank you to everyone who participated and made this event a success. We can't wait to see the positive changes that will come from our collective efforts. Excited to learn more about our insights on the Belgian biomanufacturing ecosystem? Discover our full insights https://lnkd.in/eWe4zXBK. #CESPE2024 #Biomanufacturing #GenAI #Innovation #PwCBelgium #Biopharma #Ecosystem

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🌍 The rise in natural disasters and the European Green Deal are reshaping the insurance industry. Deloitte's green operations survey reveals how six leading Belgian insurers are addressing sustainability, climate impact, and communication strategies. Want to know more? Read our new report and reach out to learn what this could mean for your organization! 🌿📊 #Insurance #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Deloitte #EuropeanGreenDeal

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🌍 The rise in natural disasters and the European Green Deal are reshaping the insurance industry. Deloitte's green operations survey reveals how six leading Belgian insurers are addressing sustainability, climate impact and communication strategies. Want to know more? Read our new report and reach out to learn what this could mean for your organization! 🌿📊 #Insurance #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Deloitte #EuropeanGreenDeal

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Do Belgians know about, and use, generative AI? What devices are most popular? Are video and music streaming a hit? What about 5G? Get the answers and more in Deloitte’s 2024 Digital Consumer Trends. 

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🌟 Second edition of the Navigating the Belgian E-Invoicing mandate - Get ready for 1 January 2026🌟 Yesterday we hosted the second edition of our BE e-invoicing event at our PwC Campus, and it was again full house! Key topics covered: 🇧🇪 Belgian E-Invoicing Mandate: Scope, timeline, how to exchange structured e-invoices and impact on businesses. 🌍 Other upcoming mandates in Europe and beyond: insights on the e-invoicing developments/changes in Germany, France, Poland and many more. 🔑 Strategic Planning: Practical strategies to craft and implement a robust strategy to navigate the e-invoicing and e-reporting changes seamlessly. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Let's gear up for 1 January 2026 and ensure your business is ready! 🚀 We're here to help you navigate these changes! Reach out if you need support: Ellen Cortvriend Sven Geenens Willem Vandromme Jean-Baptiste Sanchez Niels D’Hondt #EInvoicing #PwC #Belgium #DigitalTransformation #eCR

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Here at PwC Belgium, we have a special tradition of lighting up our headquarters for important days throughout the year, and Belgian National Day is no exception. It’s a beautiful sight from the motorway, but it represents something deeper: a reminder to embrace our country’s full potential and embody the values that define us — innovation, quality, and community. This vision resonates deeply with our approach here at PwC Belgium and our 'Community of Solvers' — our people committed to driving forward-thinking solutions that support the growth of businesses across Belgium. However, there's one more crucial element that we, as a country, need to rally around, and that’s collaboration. I like to think of it as more 'we' than 'me' — the key ingredient that will help us achieve long-term prosperity.

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💡 Reflecting back on CESPE 2024! 💡 PwC Belgium had the pleasure of sponsoring the CESPE 2024 conference on October 24th! The conference included three main themes: Digitalization, which explored the transformative potential of AI in the (bio)pharmaceutical industry; Enabling Technologies, which highlighted advancements in flow chemistry and high-throughput experimentation; and Biomanufacturing. We proudly presented our work on the Belgian biomanufacturing ecosystem and participated in an exciting panel debate with key ecosystem stakeholders. Our presentation was a call-to-action to ecosystem actors and policymakers to ensure we maintain our impressive global position in this field. The discussion explored Belgium's logistical expertise, the fragmented ecosystem, and the importance of initiatives like CESPE in bridging academia and industry. Belgium should be proud of its biomanufacturing capabilities, and we are committed to supporting its continued growth and innovation. Let's work together to keep Belgium at the forefront of biomanufacturing excellence! A huge thank you to everyone who participated and made this event a success. We can't wait to see the positive changes that will come from our collective efforts. Excited to learn more about our insights on the Belgian biomanufacturing ecosystem? Discover our full insights https://lnkd.in/eBfSVkP6. #CESPE2024 #Biomanufacturing #GenAI #Innovation #PwCBelgium #Biopharma #Ecosystem

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Diving into the #hospital sector in Belgium for Deloitte’s latest report has been eye-opening. Quality of medical care for patients, improved care pathways, optimisation of operational efficiency, and financial performance are driving the need to join forces. I invite you to read our report at https://lnkd.in/eTE9yFMX to learn more about the context and discover the five forms of collaboration for value creation. #DeloitteMnA #LifeSciences #Healthcare

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It’s out now and it’s the source of information on generative AI, devices, connectivity, and music and video streaming in Belgium. Check out Deloitte’s 2024 Digital Consumer Trends to gain the latest insights into how Belgians engage with and purchase digital products. I invite you to register for the webinar on 12 November, 8am, to find out more ! https://lnkd.in/emBvuqNA #DigitalConsumerBE

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🌍 Switching perspective from compliance burden to opportunity - PwC’s Global CSRD Survey 2024: Insights resonating with the Belgian Market Following the recent release of PwC’s Global CSRD Survey 2024, we delved into how its findings relate to the Belgian market. We had an insightful discussion with Alice Schmitz and Melchior Poullet from PwC Belgium’s ESG & Sustainable Solutions team. Their key observation? While the global survey highlights numerous benefits, Belgian businesses often see CSRD more as a challenge than an opportunity. Yet, this perspective shift could ignite growth and innovation as companies begin to harness the potential advantages of CSRD compliance. 💡 Read more on https://lnkd.in/eZ-sBP24 #CSRD #PwCBelgium #Sustainability #Innovation #Growth

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Driving ESG efforts: Leadership Matters Sustainability has emerged as a top priority for businesses across the globe. To gain insights into how companies are navigating this, the MU ESG Practice and BDO Belgium partnered up to conduct a study involving 150 companies in 13 countries. Among other takeaways, the survey reveals that sustainability is both an imperative and an opportunity: 75% of respondents see the ESG transition as a means for value creation, and over 97% believe that sustainability will change their activities and business model. Three key factors have been identified as ensuring the success of a company’s transition to ESG and highlight the critical role attributed to leaders in this context: • Embedding sustainability into the business strategy • Leadership commitment • Employee engagement and empowerment These topics are naturally close to the core of how we serve our clients every day within our ESG expert team and beyond. Research clearly shows that effective leadership has the biggest impact on results, people’s success at work, inclusive workplaces and strategy execution. The path to sustainability proves to be a complex management task: the selection and development of leaders in alignment with their company’s strategy, context, situation and objectives, will be key to ensuring the success of organisations efforts to drive sustainability.  Click here to read more and access the full report: https://lnkd.in/d5UCvV9p

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Last year, Belgium officially implemented the Pillar 2 rules, which introduce a minimum tax for companies like yours. To ensure compliance, all affected groups must register at the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (Kruispuntbank van Ondernemingen / Banque Carrefour des Entreprises). Stay tuned, as the detailed guidelines outlined in a Royal Decree dated 15 May 2024 will soon be published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Belgisch Staatsblad / Moniteur Belge). In the meantime, you can find the preliminary information on the Pillar 2 section of the Belgian tax authorities' here: https://bit.ly/3WQtLY8

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When faced with a shortage of talent, how can you stand out as an employer of choice? Discover how a holistic investigation of your organisation’s reward system will empower you to attract, motivate and retain the key talent you need to achieve your ambitions. 'Reward' by PwC's Chairman Axel Smits, Director Bart Van den Bussche and 27 PwC experts is out now: https://lnkd.in/eaBs_Z4A #PwCBelgium #Reward

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When faced with a shortage of talent, how can you stand out as an employer of choice? Discover how a holistic investigation of your organisation’s reward system will empower you to attract, motivate and retain the key talent you need to achieve your ambitions. 'Reward' by PwC's Chairman Axel Smits, Director Bart Van den Bussche and 27 PwC experts is out now: https://lnkd.in/eaBs_Z4A #PwCBelgium #Reward

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When faced with a shortage of talent, how can you stand out as an employer of choice? Discover how a holistic investigation of your organisation’s reward system will empower you to attract, motivate and retain the key talent you need to achieve your ambitions. 'Reward' by PwC's Chairman Axel Smits, Director Bart Van den Bussche and 27 PwC experts is out now: https://lnkd.in/eaBs_Z4A #PwCBelgium #Reward

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Did you know that at PwC Belgium each of our lines of service has a dedicated sustainability lead? 🌱Click below and meet Jonas Van de Gucht, who ensures that climate strategy is fully integrated into our #tax operations and overall strategy.

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