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ESG awareness – an overview

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Your challenge

ESG reporting has become a priority for many management boards as businesses recognise that environmental impact, social responsibility, and strong governance are critical for long-term success. Understanding where your organisation stands on ESG compliance and best practices is the first step towards transformation

But where can you start assessing where you stand in terms of ESG compliance, norms and best practices? As an old saying goes, you can’t manage what you don’t measure.    

"How do we measure and manage ESG when there are no common standards? Where should we focus, when the list of potential issues is a mile long?”

Our solution

Most companies are in the early stages of their ESG journey. To support your transformation, we created a learning path.

From the basics, we collected all the to-dos and best practices that can help you in strategic reinvention, reimagined reporting, and business transformation.

The ESG awareness learning path:

  1. Net zero 
  2. Why SDGs matter for businesses
  3. Introduction to ESG and ESG reporting
  4. Sustainable finance
  5. Sustainable supply chain
  6. Stakeholder management 
  7. European sustainability reporting and taxonomy 
  8. Sustainability reporting frameworks and the GRI Standards
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Net zero

  • The climate challenge
  • Understanding net zero
  • Start your net zero journey
  • Steps and lessons to net zero activities
  • Key takeaways

Why SDGs matter for businesses

  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Concepts related to the SDGs
  • Selecting goals relevant for your business
  • Incorporating SDGs into business practices
  • Identifying key stakeholders

Introduction to ESG and ESG reporting

  • Definition of ESG
  • Global trends and risks
  • Global practice
  • ESG standards
  • Related organizations
  • Evolution of ESG disclosures in the financial sector
  • ESG ratings

Sustainable finance

  • Sustainable Finance overview
  • ESG regulations for the Financial Institutions
  • ESG Risks for Financial Institutions
  • ESG reporting

Sustainable supply chain

  • What a sustainable supply chain means 
  • Arguments regarding why sustainable supply chains matter 
  • Potential drivers, trends, benefits, and challenges that influence sustainability in the supply chain 
  • Sustainable procurement management and practices 
  • Different practices to encourage sustainability in the supply chain 
  • Differences between the content and benefits of self-assessment, assessment, and audit for supplier evaluation.

Stakeholder management

  • Stakeholder categories by their influence and interest 
  • The different phases of stakeholder engagement 
  • The key stakeholders of an organisation 
  • The different aspects of materiality assessment and reporting regulations, including how they impact stakeholders 
  • The relevant tools for the identification of stakeholders 
  • The different levels of stakeholder engagement 
  • Extended system boundary 
  • The purposes of communication with stakeholders

European sustainability reporting and taxonomy

  • EU Taxonomy 
  • Disclosure indicators
  • Integrated strategy
  • Stakeholder mapping
  • Materiality analysis 
  • Report preparation and Assurance

Sustainability reporting frameworks and the GRI Standards

  • Sustainability reporting frameworks
  • Developments within the reporting landscape
  • Materiality and its boundaries
  • History of the GRI standards
  • Key concepts and reporting principles of GRI
  • Reporting in accordance or in reference to the GRI
  • Structure of the GRI standards

Your benefits

  • Choose the right set of courses from the package to build awareness and educate your staff about the different aspects of ESG. 
  • The training requires active participation from the learners, which helps them to gain real knowledge.
  • We are able to integrate company-specific case studies and guidelines if needed. 
  • The digital learning solutions are updated regularly to be able to follow all regulatory changes and adjustments.
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Uloma Ojinmah

Uloma Ojinmah

Partner | Assurance and Business School Leader, PwC Nigeria

Tel: +234 (1) 271 1700

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