ESG reporting manager

This pack is aimed at those who understand the basics of ESG and now want to take a deeper dive into the compliance and governance of it.

By completing this pack, you will understand:

• why Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards were created
• GRI reporting standards and frameworks
• the background and structure of EU taxonomy.
   

This course is designed to help non-financial managers and professionals gain the necessary skills to successfully interpret, analyse and make decisions based on financial information and reports.

By completing this certificate, you will be able to: ​
 

• explain why sustainability is important to society, to organisations, and to finance professionals
• evaluate business value chains, business models and business practices for sustainability and related issues
• define climate change risks and the associated financial implications, and understand the reporting frameworks for climate risk disclosures ​
• explain the UN SDGs, their significance for organisations in terms of risks and opportunities, and the definitions of impact
• explain why ESG issues are important for your organisation and evaluate processes and systems for collecting, analysing and reporting ESG information​
• explain why sustainability analytics is important for your organisation and evaluate the approach for compiling, analysing and interpreting ESG data.

Created in collaboration with CFA Institute, this course provides an introduction to climate change and its related economic and environmental impacts, with a particular emphasis on the role of finance professionals in creating and implementing solutions to the global issues in this space. It is a practical and applied digital course designed to support business, finance and accounting professionals as well as any individual seeking practical guidance around climate change and climate-related finance matters.