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The Overview in ESG professional certificate will give you the specialist skills you need to fast-track your career in ESG. You will learn through a mix of case studies, interactive exercises, written content and videos with experts.
Take an in-depth look at what’s needed to develop the right governance structures for your organisation and the frameworks needed for success. In this module you’ll cover:
Roles and responsibilities: Fully understand different board roles and the expected responsibilities of each director.
Committees: Explore different types of committees, their purpose and what they look like in practice.
Key approaches to sustainability: Examine the business world’s evolving approach to sustainability.
Executive team: Learn what needs to be in place to turn heads of function into an effective executive team.
Executive team: Learn what needs to be in place to turn heads of function into an effective executive team.
Clearly understand the tools used to develop a strategy, what good implementation processes look like and the board’s role in the strategy. In this module you’ll cover:
Purpose of strategy: Fully understand the strategy and its importance, the different types of strategy and who should own it.
Strategic tools: Explore an array of tried and tested tools that are used to develop a strategy.
Conducting meetings: Be clear about the need for ground rules at board meetings and the role of the chair in meetings.
Developing strategy: Explore the importance of analysis, setting goals, supporting actions and developing the plan.
Implementing strategy, division of responsibilities and reporting: Identify the roles and responsibilities of the board and executive for implementing the strategy.
Clearly understand how ESG fits into the overall business strategy. Learn how to build a credible strategy based on your organisation’s material issues. In this module you’ll cover:
ESG strategy: Learn how to use a comprehensive framework to develop your own ESG strategy.
Materiality: Explore what is material to a strategy and the steps to making it work.
Materiality to strategy: Be clear about how to turn your material assessment into a coherent strategy.
Setting targets: Identify how to set credible ESG ambitions that will be long-lasting.
Practical failings of ESG investment
The corporate perspective to ESG investing
Understand how to align the culture of the board with the organisation and its strategy. Learn the board’s role in shaping culture and providing a moral compass. In this module you’ll cover:
Cultural characteristics: Discover the Corporate Governance Institute’s seven cultural characteristics framework.
Shaping culture: Explore the factors that influence the culture of an organisation.
Culture in practice: Take an in-depth look at the case for good governance and how culture and values can be embedded into daily life.
Culture and ethics: Examine how important ethics are to an organisation and how they should work in practice.
How you’ll apply your learning