With insights & knowledge from global experts, ESG Fundamentals builds ESG capability in business leaders via highly engaging elearning, to reduce risk and increase long-term business value.
Businesses are under increased scrutiny in an evolving ESG landscape. Those slow to transition to more sustainable business practices will likely face issues.
Develop business leaders with strong knowledge and skills in ESG topics, including how to take action and build a business case.
An overview of ESG principles, concepts, terminology, risks and opportunities as well as emerging regulatory frameworks within Australia. We explore why ESG is critical for contemporary businesses, materiality, and key factors that influence and define ESG, in the context of the current business environment.
Module duration: 20 mins
Understand how organisations are both contributing to and being influenced by climate change, and the risks involved with inaction. Examine the emerging trends informing business practice changes to satisfy stakeholder expectations and mitigate risk.
Includes a personalised climate factors action plan and guide for implementing TCDF recommendations.
Module duration: 20 mins
An in-depth examination of how business activities contribute to change and loss of biodiversity, and in turn, the impact loss of biodiversity has on business, regardless of industry. Introducing a systems thinking lens, learners review the regulatory and reporting frameworks that exist within Australia to protect our biodiversity.
Includes a personalised biodiversity factors action plan.
Module duration: 20 mins
From workforce to consumers and the general public, an organisation’s interactions and policies regarding people are critical to healthy ESG. Understand how businesses can demonstrate that they are appropriately managing social factors to increase business resilience in times of crisis, securing a social licence to operate, and generating long term value.
Includes a personalised social factors action plan.
Module duration: 20 mins
The shift towards ESG is prompting a renewed focus on corporate governance, including ethical governance, supply chain governance, self-regulation and voluntary compliance with ESG. This module explores ESG-informed governance and reporting, associated rating scales and the role of agencies.
Includes a personalised governance factors action plan.
Module duration: 20 mins
Discover the importance of building an ESG business case on a foundation of reasoning that spans economic, ethical and risk drivers. By understanding how an ESG strategy is operationalised you will learn the value of highlighting benefits, risks and opportunities, of any given ESG initiative, to your stakeholders.
Includes a step-by-step process for building a compelling case for change and investment, which is targeted to your specific audience.
Module duration: 20 mins