Our programmes
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- 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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