Sustainability Reporting Assurance Internal Audit Training Course
Course Overview
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
-Understand Sustainability Reporting: Learn the fundamentals of sustainability reporting, including key concepts, frameworks, and standards such as GRI, ISSB S1, ISSB S2/TCFD, SASB, TNFD and more.
-Develop Audit Planning Skills: Learn how to effectively plan a sustainability reporting audit, including risk assessment and data collection strategies.
-Evaluate Sustainability Report Content: Understand how to assess the quality of sustainability report content based on key reporting principles.
-Verify Data and Information: Acquire skills to verify the data and information disclosed in sustainability reports.
-Assess Compliance with Standards: Develop proficiency in assessing compliance with sustainability reporting standards and regulations
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for:
-This course is suitable for practitioners who prepare sustainability reports for their companies and wish to understand the sustainability external assurance process.
-It is suitable for quality managers and executives who aim to include sustainability in their internal audit scope.
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Practitioners should have some experience with sustainability reporting or have basic knowledge at least one sustainability reporting standard such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting (IR), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) S1/ S2. Ideally, participants should have completed SGS’s GRI Training or SGS ESG Awareness Course.
The learners are expected to be well versed with MS Excel.
About this course
Our Sustainability Reporting Assurance Internal Auditor Course provides with the professional skills required for you to conduct internal audit / review of your organisation’s sustainability reporting. It will also cover the essential skills required for materiality assessment and non-financial reporting. The course helps you appreciate the context of corporate sustainability from the perspective of macrotrends, local guidelines, and the ambition of the integrating sustainability into responsible corporate strategy, policies, and procedures.
*There is a requirement of bringing one’s own laptop for physical training. The exercises will be using MS Excel.