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Digital & Technology Academy

Data Analytics Basics: Data Basics

This elearn provides a basic understanding of data and how it impacts work.

The Data Analytics Basics series elearn is a good start for anyone looking to kick-start their data analytics journey as it covers the basic knowledge & skills of data analytics.

 

Objectives
  • Explain what data information and data literacy is and the relevance within learners context.
  • Identify basic characteristics of Big Data
  • Identify different types of data Management and Maturity
Outcomes
  • At the end of the e-learn, learners will gain basic understanding about data
Agenda/topics covered
  • New world. New skills
  • Data Analytics From Our Lens
  • Data Structure
  • 5Vs of Big Data
  • Data Management
  • Data Maturity
 

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

Organisation wide - The Data Analytics Basics series elearn is a good start for anyone looking to kick-start their data analytics journey as it covers the basic knowledge & skills of data analytics. 

Data Analytics Basics: Data Preparation

This elearn provides a basic understanding with hands-on exercises on data extraction, data cleansing, data transformation and thereafter loading the data.

The Data Analytics Basics series elearn is a good start for anyone looking to kick-start their data analytics journey as it covers the basic knowledge & skills of data analytics.

 

Objectives
  • To explain what is Extract, Transform and Load and how it impacts their work. 
  • To apply extract & cleanse, transform and load data
Outcomes
  • At the end of the e-learn, learners will have the ability to prepare, extract, cleans and transform simple data
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to data preparation
  • Why do you need to prepare data?
  • Data preparation tools
  • Hands-on exercise using a data preparation tool (Alteryx)
 

Duration: 2.5 hours

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

Organisation wide - The Data Analytics Basics series elearn is a good start for anyone looking to kick-start their data analytics journey as it covers the basic knowledge & skills of data analytics. 

Data Analytics Basics: Data Visualisation

This elearn provides a basic understanding of data visualisation with a hands-on exercises.

 

Objectives
  • To understand the importance of data visualisation and story-telling and explore some of the available tools
  • To experience data visualisation and storytelling
  • To tell a story with data including using tools available
  • To apply best practices to a use case
Outcomes
  • At the end of the e-learn, learners will have the ability to effectively communicate data and insights through visual representations.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to data visualisation
  • Why do you need data visualisation?
  • Data visualisation tools
  • Using Power BI

Delivery mode: 2.5 hours

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

Organisation wide - The Data Analytics Basics series elearn is a good start for anyone looking to kick-start their data analytics journey as it covers the basic knowledge & skills of data analytics. 

Risk and Governance eLearn Modules

Anti-Money Laundering(AML)/ Combating Finance Terrorism (CFT) Series

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) are critical areas of concern for financial institutions and other organizations that handle large amounts of money. Learning about AML/CFT helps individuals understand the importance of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, and protect their organizations against potential risks.
 

Objectives
  • This elearn covers various risk and compliance topics with focus on Anti-Money Laundering & Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT).
Agenda/topics covered
  • Identification of Beneficial Owners
  • Basics of Know Your Customer (KYC)
 

Duration: 30 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

Employees of Financial institutions,  regulatory and law enforcement teams, legal team

Corporate Liability and the MACC Act

The MACC Act is a key piece of legislation in Malaysia that is aimed at preventing and combating corruption in the public and private sectors. The act establishes the MACC as the primary agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption cases in Malaysia.
 

Objectives
  • This elearn will introduce you to Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, explain what corporate liability is and what you can do to help safeguard your company against bribery and corruption.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to Section 17A of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act
  • Introduction to Corporate Liability
  • Actions to avoid bribery and corruption
 

Duration: 60 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

Compliance officers and legal professionals, executives, and managers.

ESG Foundational

What is ESG?

This module is an interactive e-learning providing learners with basic knowledge together with the different elements entailed on the Environmental, Social and Governance framework for companies in all industries.  

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • ESG, definition - what it stands for and why it matters.

  • Definition of how ESG is a driver for transformation (strategy, operations, reporting) within all types of industries.

  • Definition of how ESG can be used as an investment framework and what the role of ESG ratings is in evaluating a company’s ESG performance.

 

Duration: 20 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Climate basics

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Climate change

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Climate risk foundation

This module is an interactive e-learning providing an overview on the two types of climate-related risk (physical or transition), what they are, how they impact on different sectors and what opportunities arise from these.

 

Agenda/topic covered

Introduction to environmental risks and climate-related risks.

Climate-related physical risks: differentiation between acute and chronic climate hazards / impacts & adaptation measures on a bank and client level / opportunities etc.

Climate-related transition risks: what are the types of transition risks (policy/legal, technology, reputation etc.) / how it is driven mainly by company’s emissions today / impacts and mitigation effects to be in place to reduce the impact the transition.

Delivery mode: 30 mins

Delivery mode: eLearn

Stakeholder expectations

This module is an interactive e-learning providing an overview of the different stakeholders groups that have an impact on company’s climate strategy.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • The complexity of the ESG playing field.

  • Stakeholder groups that are part of this ecosystem.

  • Changing stakeholder expectations of:

    • Civil society, Customers and Employees.

    • Providers of financial capital.

    • Business’ suppliers and partners.

    • Regulators and policy makers.

    • Framework developers & standard setters.

Delivery mode: 30 mins

Delivery mode: eLearn

Net Zero (NL)

Climate change is a significant concern for our planet today and affects all individuals. In order to mitigate the negative effects of climate change, cooperation between business, government and society is essential to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

 

Objectives
  • To identify the need of net zero
  • To learn the todos and best practices to start the net zero journey
Outcomes
  • At the end of the e-learn, learners will becoming aware on net zero activities
Agenda/topics covered
  • The climate challenge
  • Understanding net zero
  • Start your net zero journey
  • Steps and lessons to net zero activities
  • Key takeaways

Duration: 30 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

  • Tax professionals
  • ESG team

'Other' environmental risks

This module is an interactive learning session providing an overview on environmental risks that are not climate-related, based on the planetary boundaries framework.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Introduction to (non-climate) Environmental Risks such as pollution, water and marine resource depletion, resource scarcity, and biodiversity loss.

  • Understand other environmental risks and their drivers, potential impacts on and from businesses as well as the benefits, challenges for businesses, some key actions to tackle these risks.

  • Introduction to the circular economy.

Duration: 30 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Climate resilience

This module is an interactive learning session covering the possible mitigation for physical risks as well as for transactional risks. Also carbon budgets and carbon prices will be explained.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Basic concepts with respect to climate risk scenarios: physical environment as well as economy will change due to climate change, but we do not know how.

  • Carbon budgets are required to achieve certain temperature rise limits.

  • How do carbon budgets impact the state of the economy?

  • What can be inferred from historical data and how much (un)certainty will predictions have?

  • There are different organizations publishing emission pathways and climate scenarios. IEA, NGFS, IPCC are such organisations with different (political) goals with different assumptions and models.

Duration: 63 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Sustainability Awareness

The intent of the elearn is to provide you with awareness on the changes that are happening on the ESG front. This awareness will help you prepare to work towards greater sustainability actions that will eventually help your organisation to be profiled favourably in the eyes of the investors.

 

Objectives
  • To understand the current sustainability landscape in Malaysia and globally
  • To appreciate the value that sustainability creates
  • To recognise ESG trends and investor & regulator response
Outcomes
  • At the end of the e-learn, learners will gain awareness on the various trending ESG areas globally and locally
Agenda/topics covered
  • Overview of ESG in today’s world
  • Top 5 long-term risks in terms of likelihood (ESG & Technology)
  • Creating value from sustainability
  • ESG trends and investor/ regulator response
  • Sustainability frameworks for companies to apply
  • Overview of TCFD commitments and local response

Duration: 60 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

General audience (executive and above)

Labour Rights and Working Conditions

Whether it's in the immediate business operations, the supply chain or processes, we need to give everyone a decent, fair and safe place to work. We need to ensure that the legal and regulatory obligations of a business and its stakeholders are paramount, not only for them as employers but also to investors and for their long term value and reputation.

 

Objectives
  • To learn about the fundamental knowledge industrial relations and importance of  employee consultation
  • To gain understanding on aspects related to modern slavery, fair remuneration, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion
Agenda/topics covered
  • Setting the scene
  • Industry relations and employee consultation
  • Modern slavery
  • Case study: Workplace conditions investigation
  • Fair remuneration
  • Case study: National minimum wage investigation
  • Employee engagement
  • Hybrid working
  • Diversity and inclusion reporting and training

Duration: 30 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

  • People/Human Resources (HR) department
  • Legal team
  • ESG team
  • General audience (executive and above)

Fairness in the Workforce

This module is an interactive learning provide learners with knowledge on fairness in the workforce and the legislations that are being introduced and the groundswell of interest coming both top-down from CEOs and bottom-up from employees.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • What does Fairness mean?

  • The Employee Dimension

  • The Societal Dimension

  • The Supply Chain Dimension

  • What are the next steps?

Duration: 25 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

ESG Intermediate

EU actions related to sustainable finance

This module is an interactive learning session focused on the introduction of climate risk regulations & policies.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Introduction to the ESG ecosystem.

  • Introduction to sustainable finance (only for FS clients).

  • Overview of developments in different regions.

  • Deeper look into EU incl. EU Action Plan.

  • Introduction to the regulatory landscape.

  • Microlearnings of EU taxonomy, NFRD & CSRD, Pillar 3, SFDR, ECB Guide, and TCFD.

 

Duration: 37 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

EU actions related to sustainable finance (Insurance version)

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Climate risk management cycle

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Climate risk identification

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Climate risk identification tools

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Climate risk assessment - methods and tools

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Climate risk assessment - scenario analysis

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ESG data for products

This module is an interactive learning session focused on the developments around Big Data and artificial intelligence in the field of ESG, and how this can be applied to financial and investing analyses.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • The current stage of Big Data and artificial intelligence in the field of ESG, and the current implications of ESG data.

  • How ESG data can impact financial and investing decisions.

  • The various ESG data providers including different use of ratings and trade-offs associated with different data sets.

  • Anticipated developments in ESG data and the potential future implications

Duration: 40 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

ESG reporting essentials

This module is an interactive learning session focused on the reporting guidelines and standards beyond regulatory compliance, using international frameworks including GRI and the Value Reporting Foundation.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Introduce the ESG reporting landscape.

  • The need for convergence in the reporting ecosystem.

  • Key concepts of the major international ESG frameworks, standards and protocols that are commonly used for integrated reporting and measurement.

  • The most important reporting concepts from the frameworks GRI and Value Reporting Foundation.

Duration: 40 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

International Diversity Management

This module is an interactive learning session covering the importance of a successful diversity and inclusion strategy.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • What do we mean if we talk about diversity?

  • What does an inclusive workplace look like?

  • What value can diversity bring to an organisation?

  • How to build a diversity strategy?

  • Inclusive leadership

Duration: 60 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Carbon Taxes and Pricing

Tax has entered the mainstream Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) agenda and governments use taxes more and more as a way not only to collect revenue but also to move towards decarbonised economies.

Objectives
  • To learn how carbon taxes and pricing work
  • To identify how they can help to achieve ESG policy objectives
  • To recognise the challenges around ESG policy
  • To learn what this means for organisations as they embrace the ESG agenda.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Background to carbon taxes and pricing
  • What is carbon pricing
  • The role of carbon taxes and pricing in ESG
  • Types of emissions
  • Incentives for Emissions Reduction
  • Carbon taxes and pricing across the globe
  • Fit for 55 package
  • Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
  • Case study
  • Carbon taxes and public debt
  • Tax policy tools post Covid 19
  • The medium-term outlook for tax policy
  • PwC Green Tracker 

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

  • Tax professionals
  • ESG team

Building a Robust Governance Strategy

Governance defines the controls and processes behind decision making in an organisation. Good governance protects the business from risk, attracts the right talent, reduce director liability and promotes stakeholder engagement.

 

Objectives
  • To learn about setting the 'tone at the top'
  • To understand key ESG objectives and the basis on which risk is addressed.
  • To ensure transparency and accountability and to lower an organisation's risk profile.
Agenda/topics covered
  • What do we mean by governance
  • The pillars of governance
  • The role of governance in ESG Transformation
  • Types of governance regulation
  • Overview of governance frameworks, standards and guidance
  • Governance strategy, transformation, reporting and assurance
  • Next steps to address ESG priorities and reporting

Duration: 30 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

  • Legal professionals
  • ESG team
  • People/Human Resources (HR) department

ESG in Executive Pay and Incentives

The recent evolution of ESG measures move beyond simply rewarding executives for ‘doing the day job responsibly’ and focusing on targets that are pushing towards real change. New ESG measures such as measures focusing on Decarbonisation or Inclusion and Diversity targets have been incorporated into a company's strategy and incentives.

 

Objectives
  • To learn why companies choose to include ESG measures in Executive Pay
  • To identify key factors to consider when choosing appropriate ESG measures
  • To learn the key decision points when designing an ESG measure
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to ESG measures
  • Why include ESG measures in executive incentives
  • Risk of incorporating ESG targets into executive pay
  • Decision points for an ESG measure
  • Dimensions of ESG measures
  • Universal truths of an ESG measure
  • Case studies on how companies use ESG to drive strategy
  • Developing a structured framework of questions for the assessment of executive pay

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Target audience

  • People/Human Resources (HR) department
  • ESG team

ESG: The S in a Fair Transition

This module is an interactive learning session providing an understanding of the organisational aspects in connection with a fair transition.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Why is a fair transition important?

  • How does a fair transition translate for an organisation?

  • Case Studies: Fair Transition in Action

Duration: 25 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Energy Transition and Renewables

This module is an interactive learning session providing an understanding of how improved alignment of taxes and tax instruments with environmental damages can be combined with socially productive ways of using the revenue raised, to benefit everyone in society.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  •  What are the challenges?

  •  The Carrots and Sticks

  •  Investment firm - offshore wind case study

  •  Energy company - hydrogen case study

  •  What are the next steps?

Duration: 25 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

ESG Expert

EU taxonomy

This module on the EU taxonomy provides detailed information on the 6 environmental objectives, as well as the outlook for S and G. For the E, the technical screening criteria framework, DNSH and minimum social safeguards will be discussed.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • The EU taxonomy, understand why it was implemented and what the impact will be.

  • The regulatory landscape around the EU taxonomy.

  • The current design of the EU taxonomy and expected future additions.

  • How the EU Taxonomy shall be applied for financial and non-financial undertakings.

  • The technical screening criteria.

  • The challenges of applying the EU taxonomy.

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Pillar 3 disclosures on ESG risks

This module gives an overview of the ESG requirements included in Pillar 3. Both the qualitative disclosures on ESG risks along the lines of strategy, governance, risk management as well as quantitative disclosures.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Key aspects of Pillar 3 ESG and understand why it was implemented and what the impact will be.

  • The regulatory landscape around Pillar 3 ESG  and which supervising authorities are involved in Pillar 3 ESG.

  • The design of Pillar 3 ESG.

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

This deep dive module explains the framework of the Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The module shows how the TCFD has become the standard for financial institutions in assessing, managing and reporting about climate risks in their portfolios.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Climate-related risks are of importance to all organisations and managing and mitigating these climate-related risks is of sheer importance to organisations and their stakeholders.

  • The TCFD framework guides organisations in reporting on climate-related risks.

  • The background of TCFD (why it was established and for whom it is relevant).

  • Overview of the reporting elements and recommendations.

  • Examples of what reporting could look like in practice.

  • What scenario analysis, is and why it is key to climate-risk analysis and TCFD reporting.

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

This module explains the build up of the CSRD from 9 key sustainability reporting components. It will then cover the main requirements from the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) as well as the difference with the ISSB standards and the new SEC sustainability reporting requirements.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • CSRD objectives, scope and timeline;

  • How CSRD fits within the wider regulatory framework;

  • Why the CSRD is replacing NFRD;

  • Reporting requirements and CSRD reporting concepts;

  • The ESRS exposure drafts of April 2022;

  • The publication in the management report and the reassurance requirement; and have a first glimpse of the importance of CSRD for the financial services industry.

 

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Tax Transparency and Total Tax Contribution

Tax is increasingly a sustainability issue and an ESG metric. Stakeholders are focusing on tax strategy, governance and transparency and how they align with an organisation’s sustainability strategy, values and purpose. As organisations embrace ESG, tax has an important role to play across strategy, transformation and reporting.

 

Objectives
  • To learn about how ESG agenda has evolved
  • To understand ESG metrics for tax and what does this mean for tax functions
  • To understand the relevance of Total Tax Contribution 
Agenda/topics covered
  • The changing landscape
  • Tax policy, tax governance and tax transparency 
  • Developments in tax transparency and its impact towards tax function
  • Total tax contribution
  • The Total Tax Contribution framework
  • The five tax bases
  • Tax borne and taxes collected
  • Mitigating risks from Total Tax Contribution data collection
  • Total Tax Contribution data collection
  • Total Tax Contribution Case Study

Duration: 45 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Tax Credits and Incentives

This module explains the jurisdiction specific nuances of Tax Credit and Incentive and practical considerations involved in ESG focused tax credits and incentives (including Research & Development tax credits and incentives).

 

Objectives
  • To learn the jurisdiction specific nuances
  • To identify practical considerations involved in ESG focused tax credits and incentives (including Research & Development tax credits and incentives)
Agenda/topics covered
  • The bigger picture: Why we should be having Tax Credits and Incentives conversation?
  • The role of tax credits and incentives in ESG
  • Economic incentives
  • How are incentives implemented
  • Incentives for emissions reduction
  • Tax credits and incentives across the globe
  • Research and Development (R&D) tax incentives
  • Supporting R&D objectives on a global level
  • Start the conversation on ESG focused R&D opportunities and incentives
  • Case study

Duration: 20 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Pillars of effective governance

This module explains the four pillars of Governance: Tax, Pay, Corporate, and Supply Chain and how vital each of these is to tackling ESG issues.

 

Agenda/topics covered

  • Governance reporting and disclosures

  • Tax governance

  • Pay governance

  • Corporate governance

  • Supply chain governance

  • What tools do I need?

Duration: 20 minutes

Delivery mode: eLearn

Finance and Operations Academy eLearn Modules

MFRS / IFRS e-learning series

PwC’s MFRS e-learnings are the perfect solution for conveniently meeting your training requirements and getting a comprehensive overview of the different MFRS / IFRS standards.
 

Why choose PwC’s MFRS e-learning courses?

  • Fast, easy and flexible access from the comfort of your home

  • Interactive and focused educational materials suitable for both individuals and corporates

  • Developed by experts with extensive experience

  • Various examples and case studies that enable you to put your knowledge to use in real-life situations

  • Can be revisited multiple times during the access period

Checkout our latest available MFRS / IFRS e-learning courses

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