Driven by up-to-the-minute data, case studies and best practise, this course features what other  firms are doing well, changes in reporting, the role of senior management, due diligence, risk management policies, governance structures, who ‘owns’ ESG in the organisation?, detailed environmental risks and mitigation, detailed social risks and mitigation, governance issues around conduct risk, reputational and enterprise risk, preparing the risk register, reporting and monitoring and much more.

Introduction 

• What is ESG?
• The background to ESG risk management
• The key elements:
  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance
• Current trends and impacts
• Changes to corporate reporting
• Success examples

What does ESG mean for an organisation? 

• The stakeholder view
• ESG and sustainable finance
• ESG risk management – what really matters?
• Organisational requirements
• Senior management controls
• Operating requirements
• Due diligence
• Conflicts of interest
• Risk management policies
• Case studies showing their implementation

ESG and Risk Management

• Role of risk management with ESG
• Governance structures
• Risk appetite statement
• ESG risk ownership
• RCSA and sustainability
• Compliance and reporting

Environment Risks and Mitigation

• Climate change
• Use of water and marine resources
• Circular economy
• Waste reduction
• Pollution prevention
• Ecosystem protection
• Examples where this has made a difference 

Social Risks and Mitigation

• Key social risks
• Equality
• Social cohesion
• Social integration
• Labour management
• Good and bad

Governance and Risk

• Sound management structures
• Employee relations
• Remuneration structures
• Tax transparency
• Conduct risk
• Reputational risk
• Enterprise risk and ESG

ESG Risk Management

• Risk appetite framework for ESG
• ESG Risk policies and procedures
• ESG Risk register
• ESG compliance obligations
• ESG metrics

Strategy and ESG

• Changing strategies with ESG
• Understanding the impacts of climate change
• Analysing business impacts
• Considering third parties and critical suppliers
• Critical considerations

Engagement and ESG

• Influencing corporate behaviour
• Promoting engagement
• Impact investing
• Reporting requirements and MI
• Governance metrics
• Examples of good engagement practice  

Change is Coming?

• Future obligations
• Future trends and expectations
• The 2030 organisation

END

Delegates will achieve a thorough understanding of specialist technical and behavioural knowledge of ESG risk management and its application and impacts on an organisation including

• ESG Risk drivers
• Environment risks and mitigation
• Social risks and impacts
• Governance of ESG
• Reporting trends for ESG
• The impact of ESG on strategy

All delegates who complete the course will receive a Certificate in ESG Risk Management for Corporates, and should you require a demonstration of competency a 20-question/multiple choice answer, fully remotely invigilated assessment, with results report and a resit is available at no additional cost when requested at time of booking.

Highly interactive expert-led intensive presentation, Q&A, group real-time in-depth case studies, regulation and discussion supported by key principles and theory. The virtual learning platform uses safe, industry preferred encrypted Cisco WebEx to optimize live face-to-face visual interaction, discrete chat, for polling and quizzes.

(An invitation via email with access link is included for all participants.)