About Course

Training on Environmental, Social and Governance Fundamentals

About the Program

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has gained  traction over the recent few years. Many investors have  started viewing their investments from an ESG lens giving  preference to those entities where ESG dominates most of the  major business decisions. In 2020 only, sustainable investing  rose by 96% from the biggest investment funds. Thereby,  contemporary companies are expected to look at their  performance not only from a financial perspective, but social  and environment too.

This training course has been developed to help organizations  achieve better performance by embracing ESG perspectives.  Knowledge acquired throughout the program can help you  improve the company’s overall risk management capacity,  conduct a more robust financial analysis, and contribute to  sustainability.

Program Objectives

• Appreciate the importance of ESG incorporation in business  planning and operations
• Comprehend socially responsible and ESG investment
• Meet internationally accepted ESG disclosure and reporting  requirements
• Integrate ESG into financial planning and performance  analysis
• Build constructive ESG oversight

Target Audience

• Sustainability Consultants
• Financial Analysts
• Investment Professionals
• Mid-level and Senior Managers
• Anyone dealing with Sustainability or ESG capacity in the  organization
• Risk Professionals

Training Period

• Classroom: 5 Days
• Online: 7 Days

Modules

Module 1

• Introduction to ESG
• Driving Growth
• Socially Responsible Investing vs ESG
• Environmental Factors and their impact on organizations
•  Social Factors and their impact on organizations
• Governance and its impact on organization

Module 2

• Risks associated with ESG and subsequent opportunities
• ESG and stakeholder expectations
• ESG as a competitive advantage
• ESG Performance and Systems thinking
• Materiality

Module 3

• ESG Maturity
• ESG Disclosure
• Attributes of high quality disclosures
• ESG Performance, Creation and Breakdown of the Scorecard
• Integrating ESG into Business Planning
• ESG Investing

Module 4

• Integrating ESG into Financial Analysis
• ESG Reporting
• Key stakeholders in ESG Reporting
• Building ESG Foresight and Oversight
• Responsible use of data
• Key challenges in measuring and reporting ESG- related  investment performance

Module 5: Case Studies

Delivery Method

This program is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group work and case studies. Training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.

CERTIFICATION

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will be awarded a certificate of course completion