About the Course

Over the past year, ESG initiatives have become a strategic imperative for all organizations. Increased focus and pressure from investors, regulators, employees, and other stakeholders make ESG a topic that is not only critical at the board level but also essential to cascade throughout organizations operationally.

ESG has now become equally, if not more important, than technical and sub-surface risks. On the other hand, ESG risks need to be better understood, much harder to quantify, not standardized, and becoming more complex due to rapidly changing regulatory and investment frameworks.

It’s vital to ensure operations are run as efficiently as possible from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective.

This 5-day highly participative ESG Fundamentals training course will help the delegates understand how to deal with ESG initiatives professionally, take the lead with ESG, and focus on the investments required to achieve targets set by their jurisdiction and its corporate citizens.

The ESG will also help them monitor, report, and mitigate ESG risks. It seeks to provide the delegates with skills and knowledge in ESG to enhance their business and achieve strategic objectives.

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Objectives

This training course aims to enable participants to achieve the following objectives:

• Understanding the perspectives and reporting requirements for stakeholder
• Applying the ESG disclosures, exploring how ESG adds value.
• Explanation of ESG issues and how it impacts your business value chain.
• Understanding the primary ESG risks to their business
• Enabling participants to learn fundamental ESG concepts and frameworks.
• Facilitating making decisions based on objectives for reducing risk
• Designing a monitoring system to generate positive sustainability impacts.

 

Outlines

DAY ONE: OVERVIEW OF ESG & SUSTAINABILITY ON Organization

• What is ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
• • Environmental Factors and Their Impact on Different Sector
  • Social Factors
  • Governance and its Impact on Your Organization
• ESG and Sustainability Concepts
• Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• ESG Criteria
• Impact of ESG Criteria

 

DAY TWO: PROJECT FINANCE & ESG

• Sustainable Finance Solutions
• Expectations of Investors, Stakeholders, and Shareholders
• The Role of Different Participants, their Funding Types, and Interactions
• Sources of Capital and Appropriate Financial Instruments
• Green Bond and Social Impact on Bond Markets and Investor Objectives ESG
• Characteristics of Project Financings that Enhance ESG Risks
• Internal Audit and ESG issues

 

DAY THREE: RISK WITH ESG IMPLEMENTATION

• Global Risks Horizon
• ESG Considerations and Risks for Investors, Lenders, and Project Companies
• Risks Associated with ESG

• • Climate Risk and Other ESG Risk Assessments
  • Tracking the Regulatory Environment
• The Emergence of ESG:
• • The Challenge
  • Stakeholder Expectation
  • Disclosures
  • Competitive Advantages
  • Performance
  • Materiality

 

DAY FOUR: ESG REPORTING

• Sustainability Report Creation
• Existing Reporting Requirements
• Trends of Sustainability Reporting
• Frameworks that Drive Reporting
• Understanding ESG Reporting Standards
• Demands and Necessities Drive ESG Interest
• Best Practices for Sustainability Report Communication

 

DAY FIVE: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES FOR ESG

•  ESG and Long-term Sustainable Enterprise Value
• Recent Developments and Dynamics
• Tools at Internal Audit’s Disposal
• Purpose of Loan Syndication in Facilitating Participation across Financier Constituencies
• The Measure of Transparency
• ESG Investing and Climate Transition
• Designing a Monitoring System