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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Academy

The paradigms are shifting for businesses, and stakeholders are gradually pushing for greater ESG (Environmental, social, governance) responses. 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

To register for preferred course(s), please contact us.

Cybersecurity awareness training
Data privacy awareness training (focus on GDPR, PDPD)
ESG Learning Series - ESG Risk Assessment
ESG Learning Series - Net Zero & GHG Emissions
ESG Learning Series - Sustainability Awareness
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certification

Cybersecurity awareness training

Increased security is the obvious reason why all businesses, big or small, should have employees of all levels learn the importance of protecting themselves and the company from "human exploits" and cyber-attacks. Many compliance regulations such as ISO, HIPAA, PCI, SOX, GDPR, and even some local regulations require cybersecurity training for all employees.

Objectives

The course aims to raise awareness about information security, good information security practices, and related policy in order to help prevent unintentional compromises of sensitive information and computing systems.

Outcome

By the end of this course, attendees will:

Be confident in the decisions they make when creating new passwords, filtering through suspicious emails or browsing the internet.
Have raised awareness levels and the practical skills needed to better protect your business from the dangers of data breaches, network attacks and ransomware threats.

Agenda

Importance of security awareness
Avoiding social engineering
Using internet safely
Securing your devices

1/2 day

Classroom / Virtual

Target audience

IT Risk and Compliance team
Business managers/ End-users

Data privacy awareness training (focus on GDPR, PDPD)

Data privacy and data protection have become front-and-center issues around the world, as individuals demand more control of their personal information, and organisations face greater information security threats and risks. And with more people working remotely, it’s more critical than ever to ensure that employees understand the rules and guidelines for using and protecting data and avoiding costly data breaches. Information security focuses on keeping all kinds of nonpublic information and systems safe. The consequences for data breaches, mishandling personal information and violating data privacy laws are serious and can involve fines, damage to an organisation’s reputation and loss of customer trust.

Objectives

The course aims to teach:

Data privacy, with a focus on how personal information is collected and used.
How to apply privacy awareness best practices. Equip your employees with the right knowledge and skills to make data protection a default behavior.

Outcome

By the end of the course, attendees will:

Have broadened understanding of data privacy and the many rights and responsibilities it generates.
Know how to safely handle personal information.
Be able to support your organisation in fulfilling privacy obligations.

Agenda

Overview of GDPR and PDPD
GDPR and PDPD's detailed requirements
How to conduct GDPR and PDPD compliance audit

1 day

Classroom / Virtual

Target audience

IT Risk and Compliance team
Internal Audit team
Legal and Data protection team

ESG Learning Series - ESG Risk Assessment

ESG is becoming an increasingly important topic for both investors and other stakeholders such as governments and citizens. Businesses must be able to protect themselves from any potential ESG risks and leverage any potential opportunities. Here we will provide the basics of understanding your business’ ESG risks and opportunities in accordance with global frameworks along with the approach to tackling them.

Objectives

The course aims to:

Teach the key principles and recommendations by TCFD
Identify the key approaches being adopted to implement TCFD within your organisation’s processes
Enable future evaluation of your organisation’s progress towards TCFD recommendations
Provide the capability to list climate risks and opportunities relevant to your organisation

Outcome

By the end of the course, attendees will:

Have a broad understanding of key principles and recommendations by TCFD
Be able to identify the key approaches being adopted to implement TCFD within their organisation’s processes
Be able to enable future evaluation of their organisation’s progress towards TCFD recommendations
Be able to assess climate risks and opportunities relevant to their organisation

Agenda

Welcome & introductions
What are climate related risks & disclosures and why are they 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

2 days

Classroom / Virtual

Target audience

Board/ management
Working level
Others

ESG Learning Series - Net Zero & GHG Emissions

As governments and regulatory bodies increase their attempts to cut down global GHG emissions and commit to Net Zero, businesses must be prepared to understand the methods for measuring GHG emissions, the challenges faced when measuring GHG emissions and actions which could be taken to reduce their carbon emissions.

Objectives

The course aims to:

Provide technical guidance on data collection methodologies and approaches to facilitate the disclosure of more robust and comparable/ standardized indicators (i.e. broadly in line with international best practices such as the GHG Protocol methodology)
Identify practical steps in measuring and managing GHG emissions (Scopes 1, 2 & 3)
Identify carbon reduction opportunities

Outcome

By the end of the course, attendees will:

Have a broad understanding of GHG emissions and Net Zero commitments, including trends, examples, good practices
Understand the approach to setting Net Zero targets and understand expectations from global bodies
Learn the process of GHG data collection, in line with the GHG Protocol

Agenda

Introduction – brief on the context of GHG and their relevance and importance to businesses and the environment
Share approach on setting Net Zero ambition along with appropriate governance and strategy
Highlight GHG emissions/ Net Zero expectations from global initiatives such as the TCFD, UNPRI, UNPRB, UNEPFI and WEF
Provide sample case studies from global companies and industry leaders
Take participants through a sample GHG Accounting Manual
Share the process of collecting GHG related information (i.e. Scope 1,2 and 3)

1 day

Classroom / Virtual

Target audience

Board/ management
Working level
Others

ESG Learning Series - Sustainability Awareness

The role of sustainability in businesses is increasingly prominent, with the topic being discussed at every level from the board room 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

The course aims to:

Provide an introduction to sustainability and ESG
Provide a business case for sustainability and how it creates value for businesses

Outcome

By the end of the course, attendees will:

Understand the meaning and overall outlook of ESG in the local and global context
Be able to see the link between the importance and value of ESG to their organisation
Be introduced to the various sustainability frameworks that exist globally and how to manage the abundance of requirements

Agenda

An introduction to sustainability
The case for sustainability: a new landscape of risks and opportunities
How businesses are impacted by sustainability issues
ESG trends and responses
How sustainability creates value
Managing sustainability frameworks and their requirements

1/2 day

Classroom / Virtual

Target audience

Board/ management
Working level
Others

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certification

This two-day workshop helps participants to understand and coordinate the GRI sustainability reporting process. This will be suitable for all organisations wanting to learn more about GRI and sustainability reporting, including beginners to sustainability.

Objectives & Outcome

By the end of this course, participants will understand how to develop sustainability reports in accordance with the GRI standards.

Agenda

Sustainability context and introduction to GRI
Prepare: Plan your GRI sustainability reporting process
Connect: Dialogue with stakeholders
Define: Focus your efforts
Monitor: Build your report
Report: Check and communicate

2 days

Classroom

Target audience

Sustainability and CSR professionals
Corporate communications practitioners
Investor relations practitioners
CSR and Sustainability report authors and contributors
SMEs and first-time reporters
Companies interested in starting on their sustainability journey

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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Academy

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Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certification

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