Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Academy

Building future-proof, resilient, agile and sustainable businesses.

The paradigms are shifting for businesses, and stakeholders are gradually pushing for greater ESG response. Your organisation's success is no longer only about profit maximisation but also value optimisation. Create value through ESG by developing a tangible and practical long-term plan for your business. Embed the ESG principles – and more – into your strategy and operations so that you’re prepared for the future.

Our programmes

ESG Investing and Portfolio Selection

This course is designed to enhance the understanding of what investors take into account when investing in the sustainability space.
 

Objectives
  • The objective of this training is to equip learners with a comprehensive understanding of the factors that investors consider when investing in the sustainability space. This includes Introduction to sustainable investing, Sustainable investment vs enterprise sustainability, overview of the sustainable investment methodology and embedding sustainability across your portfolio.
Outcomes
  • Upon completion of the ESG Investing and Portfolio Selection training, learners will be able to:
    • Understanding the basics of sustainable investing.
    • Distinguish between sustainable investing and enterprise sustainability.
    • A better understanding of the methodology behind sustainable investing.
    • Integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolio by embedding sustainability across the portfolio.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to sustainable investing 
  • Sustainable investment vs enterprise sustainability 
  • Overview of the sustainable investment methodology
  • Embedding sustainability across your portfolio
 

Duration: 4 hours

Delivery mode: Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Sustainability professionals, Corporate communications practitioners, Investor relations practitioners, Sustainability report authors and contributors

ESG Risk Assessment

ESG is becoming an increasingly important topic by both investors and other stakehodlers such as governments and citizens. Businesses must be able to protect themselves from any potentiaal ESG risks along with leverage any potential opportunities.
 

Objectives
  • This training aims to provide the basics of understanding your businesses ESG risks and opportunities in accordance to global frameworks along with the approach in tackling them.
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
    • Internalise the key principles and recommendations by TCFD.
    • Identify the key approaches being adopted to implement TCFD within your organisations processes. 
    • Enable future evaluation of your organisations progress with TCFD recommendations. 
    • List climate risks and opportunities relevant to your organisation
Agenda/topics covered
  • What are climate related risks & disclosures and why is it important.
  • Key Guiding Principles and recommendations of the TCFD.
  • Governance of climate-related risks and opportunities.
  • How to manage financial risks from climate change.
  • Embedding climate related risks and disclosures into financial management and reporting.
 

Duration: 2 days

Delivery mode:  Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Organisation wide

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Training

Certified GRI Standards Training Course
 

Objectives
  • To identify and understand the main features of the GRI Standards.
  • To recognise the tasks and decisions to be made during the reporting process to prepare a GRI Standards-based report focused on material topics. 
  • To identify the content expected to be found in GRI Standards-based reports.
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will be able to understand and coordinate the GRI sustainability reporting process using GRI Standards.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction and background
  • Overview of the GRI Standards
  • GRI Standards 101, 102, 103
  • Start your reporting process with the GRI Standards
  • Additional resources
 

Duration: Customised

Delivery mode: Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Sustainability professionals, Corporate communications practitioners, Investor relations practitioners, Sustainability report authors and contributors

Net Zero & GHG Emissions

As governments and regulatory bodies increase their attention on cutting down global GHG emissions and committing to Net Zero, businesses must be prepared to understand the methods in measuring GHG emissions, the challenges faced when measuring GHG emissions and actions which could be taken to reduce their carbon emissions.
 

Objectives
  • To provide technical guidance to PLCs on data collection methodologies and approaches to facilitate the disclosure of more robust and comparable/ standardised indicators (i.e. broadly in line with international best practices such as the GHG Protocol methodology)
  • To identify practical steps in measuring and managing GHG emissions (Scopes 1, 2 & 3)
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will understand of the context of GHG and how it impacts the environment and business.
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction on the context of GHG and its relevance and importance to businesses and the environment
  • GHG emissions expectations from global initiatives such as the TCFD, UNPRI, UNPRB, UNEPFI and WEF
  • Potential risks and opportunities across the value chain and linking it to business goals
  • Sample case studies from global companies and industry leaders
  • Sample of GHG Accounting Manual
  • Process of collecting GHG related information (i.e. Scope 1,2 and 3)
  • How to input sample source data into the data collection template
 

Duration 1 day

Delivery mode: Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Organisation wide

Sustainability Awareness

Sustainability is becoming an increasingly dicussed topic amongst people ranging from discussions within the board room up to consumers on the street. Learners will be able to understand the core building blocks of sustainability along with the business case for organisations to integrate it within their day to day.
 

Objectives
  • To provide an introduction to sustainability and ESG. To provide a business case for sustainability and how it creates value for businesses.
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will:
    • Be familiar with the concept of sustainability, sustainability frameworks and impact assessment.
    • Be able to build a new case for sustainability that shapes the business landscape. 
Agenda/topics covered
  • Experiences will be customised, but will include (non exhaustive):
    • Tools showcase
    • Innovation spotlight
    • Panel discussions
    • Tools exploration (lite) workshop 
    • Digital experience
 

Duration: 4 hours

Delivery mode: Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Organisation wide

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The UN SDGs is a widely adopted framework for measuring sustainability progress and has been used by several entities ranging from governemnts to businesses. In this course, we look into how the UN SDGs can be incorporated within your business to create value.
 

Objectives
  • To instill the fundamentals of the Sustainable Development Goals in participants
  • To share with participants on how corporations can engage with SDGs in practice to create business value
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will gain knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Sustainable Development Goals and kickstart SDGs in practice to create business value
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction to the SDGs
  • The SDGs in Business
  • How do companies prioritise the SDGs?
  • Successfully reporting the SDGs and global & local good practices
 

Duration: 1 day

Delivery mode: Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Organisation wide

TCFD: The core of sustainability reporting

The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) provides a framework for organizations to assess and report on the financial risks and opportunities associated with climate change. This is becoming increasingly important as the impacts of climate change become more evident and pose a growing threat to the stability of financial systems.This 4-hour workshop provides an understanding of the TCFD framework and its role in sustainability reporting.
 

Objectives
  • This training aims to provide participants with an understanding of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (“TCFD”) recommendations to enable them to prepare a TCFD-compliant Sustainability Statement.
Outcomes
  • At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
    • Understand the current and potential ESG related disclosure requirements in Malaysia 
    • Understand TCFD’s disclosure recommendations and how it will look like
    • Identify the required disclosures and the potential data/disclosure gaps
Agenda/topics covered
  • Introduction and background of ESG reporting in Malaysia, including Bursa Malaysia’s enhanced Sustainability Statement disclosure requirements
  • Overview of the TCFD recommendations
  • Detailed recommendations under the four TCFD pillars: Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, Metrics and Targets
  • Practical implementation steps
  • High-level overview of materiality assessments, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and transition and physical risks
 

Duration: 4 hours

Delivery mode:  Classroom/Virtual

Target audience

Directors, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Sustainability Officers,
preparers of sustainability statements, financial controllers and finance managers

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Vanessa  Raju

Vanessa Raju

ESG Academy Lead, PwC Malaysia

Tel: +60 (3) 2173 5266

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