Fundamentals of ESG & Sustainability Performance (120 min)
“ESG/Sustainability” training modules are designed to help professionals in multiple roles across organizations identify material issues, measure and manage those issues effectively, and disclose performance to key stakeholders in a way that drives business value
Course Overview
What you'll learn
Upon completion of the training module, students will be able to:
- Understand and explain the definitions and purpose of ESG/sustainability.
- Understand and explain the evolution and recent convergence of responsible financial, environmental, social, and governance reporting.
- Understand and explain how investors, creditors, supply chain partners, regulation, customers, and employees are the major business drivers of ESG/sustainability.
- Understand and explain the organizational challenges of tackling ESG/sustainability.
- Understand and explain 5 stages of the ESG/sustainability journey.
- Understand and explain available industry tools and standards for strategic planning, management, disclosure, and financing of ESG/sustainability programs.
Who This Course Is For
Who should attend?
- Individuals intending to take ESG/Sustainability modules 2, 3 or 4
- Any professional wanting to understand ESG/sustainability fundamentals,
- Directors, managers, and employees of an organization involved in ESG/sustainability implementation.
- Senior leaders responsible for ESG/sustainability strategy.
About this course
SGS's newly updated set of “ESG/Sustainability” training modules are designed to help professionals in multiple roles across organizations identify material issues, measure and manage those issues effectively, and disclose performance to key stakeholders in a way that drives business value.
ESG Foundation: For Everyone is for everyone. This course is a pre-requisite for the following ESG modules:
ESG Execution: For Implementation
ESG Reporting: For Communications
This training aims to enhance your awareness and understanding of where ESG/sustainability came from, what it is today, and its associated criteria, while recognizing the challenges and opportunities of integrating and implementing ESG/sustainability into organizational strategy.
Qualified instructors share their expertise to boost your understanding and capabilities with both the history, purpose, evolution, and latest developments in the alignment of various ESG/sustainability business drivers.
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