Fundamentals of Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG)
Accreditation Number: 115343586
This program provides the participants with a crucial understanding,
perspective, and ability to work with ESG issues to inform financial
decision-making. This program intends to help the participants develop the critical
thinking skills required to work with ESG issues in various ways and scenarios.
In this program, we will discuss the introduction to ESG, and then take a deep
dive into systems thinking and the importance of context in ESG.
By the end of
this course, participants will be able to:
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Explain key ESG concepts and the
considerations for companies & investors.
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Leverage systems thinking to assess
materiality across companies and industries.
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Determine risks & opportunities
for both internal and external stakeholders.
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Evaluate ESG maturity, the quality of
disclosures, and actual performance.
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Learn to build an ESG scorecard using
an example company and set of client directives.
Course Curriculum
- ESG and its Importance
- ESG Factors & Challenges
- Underlying Concepts of ESG
- Systems Thinking and Context
- Traditional vs Systems Thinking
- Visualizing Systems Thinking
- Assessing ESG Performance with Systems Thinking
- Systems Thinking and materiality
- Breaking Down Materiality
- The Material Risk and Opportunities
- ESG Issues by Industry
- Materiality vs Immateriality
- Corporate Responses to Social Events
- Evaluating ESG and ESG Maturity
- Evaluating Disclosure Quality
- Evaluating ESG Performance
- Creating an ESG Scorecard
- ESG Scorecard Breakdown
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