Single Course
Sustainability / ESG
Certificate Course on Environmental, Social, Governance(ESG) Fundamentals, Implementation and Reporting
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4 Days
Virtual Class
English
Identifier: 127366286
Course Overview
What you'll learn
Define what ESG is and associated criteria –
- Identify the drivers and challenges of ESG criteria implementation
- Recognise the ESG risks and opportunities associated with the drivers and challenges
- Understand the integration of ESG into strategy, by identifying how these can be aligned to business processes
- Map and assess stakeholders and material ESG issues.
- Identify and measure performance for material ESG issues.
- Set KPIs and targets for improvement for material ESG issues.
- Identify appropriate frameworks for disclosure on material ESG issues.
- Prepare content for ESG disclosure against appropriate frameworks.
Content –
- What is ESG?
- ESG Drivers and Challenges
- ESG Risks and Opportunities
- Integrating ESG Criteria into Business Strategy
- Introducing the Foundations of Sustainability / ESG Implementation and Reporting
- Stakeholder Mapping, Assessment and Engagement
- Materiality Assessment
- Management and Improving Performance of Material ESG Issues
- ESG Disclosure and Reporting: Framework and Principles
- ESG Reporting Process
- External Assurance of ESG Disclosure and Reports
Who This Course Is For
- Employees, managers and organisations looking to understand ESG for the purposes of implementing into a business strategy.
- Management level employees who are tasked with taking on the implementation of ESG elements.
About this course
The purpose of the course is to enhance awareness and understanding of what ESG is and associated criteria, whilst recognising the challenges of integration and implementation of ESG into organisational strategy. Further, the course also covers advancement of skills and knowledge towards the tools and techniques required, to implement and report on ESG material issues and their associated criteria.
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