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Corporate ESG Fundamental for Business leaders
Rating: 3.9 out of 5(476 ratings)
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Corporate ESG Fundamental for Business leaders

An introductory course for entrepreneurs to understand ESG and start preparing for ESG reporting
Created byAmericana Chen
Last updated 1/2022
English
English

What you'll learn

  • Define Corporate ESG
  • Understand why businesses need to adopt ESG policies, what are the benefits
  • Explore what are possible aspects to include in each of the E,S,G sections
  • Identify what makes a good ESG report
  • Read a high quality sample of ESG report, identify what are the good practises

Course content

2 sections • 8 lectures • 55m total length

  • What is Corporate ESG?2:20

    Define corporate environmental, social, and governance considerations and explain why businesses must integrate them into strategy to meet investor expectations and strengthen esg reporting.

  • Why ESG?12:00

    Understand why ESG matters for business leaders, from investor confidence to regulatory disclosure. Explore how frameworks guide reporting, cut costs, and boost long-term value, brand, risk management, and employee motivation.

  • Quiz - Introduction
  • Environmental Aspect5:42

    Delve into the environmental aspect of ESG, covering carbon footprint, greenhouse gas accounting with scope 1–3, data collection, reduction targets, monitoring, biodiversity, water management, and climate finance.

  • Social Aspect6:11

    Explore the social aspect of ESG, focusing on internal and external stakeholders and diversity. Address data privacy, health, product quality, and community engagement.

  • Governance Aspect3:58

    Explore corporate governance concepts, including board oversight of climate issues, management responsibilities, establishing a sustainability committee, and tax transparency and anti-corruption for ESG reporting.

  • ESG aspects quiz

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of business operations
  • Basic business management skills

Description

According to a survey by Edelman, 96% of U.S. investors expect the firm they invested in to increase the prioritization of ESG. From CSR - corporate social responsibility to ESG - environmental, social and governance, how businesses are impacting the environment and the social communities around them had become increasingly important.

So what is ESG? Why do businesses need to start addressing ESG related issues? What could be included in each of the three categories? And what makes a good ESG report?

This course will teach you the fundamentals of ESG, including:
- The definition of ESG

- Benefits of adopting ESG strategies to businesses

- Elaboration on each of the 3 aspects

- Best practices of a good ESG report

- Case Study

By finishing this course, you would be expected to be able to read through an ESG report and identify what are the highlights and what could be improved - which you will practice in the final assignment.

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WISDP was registered in Hong Kong in October 2017 as a Company Limited by Guarantee to drive the training and foster professional recognition of sustainable development in the business, education and public sectors. It has formally been launched in February 2018 and is striving to establish strategic partnerships with like-minded institutions to advocate the UN Agenda 2030. WISDP operates in the form of a Learned Society and a Research Institute and works with a view to providing training programmes for professionals. It has established memberships and certification processes to recognize the training, experiences and contributions of individuals and corporations to sustainable development.

Who this course is for:

  • Forward-thinking business leaders
  • ESG report writers
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Sustainability Consultants
  • Management Consultants
  • CEOs

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