ESG Performance

ESG for CFOs, IRs and Fund Managers (SA11)


Description
This training was designed by the Center for Sustainability and Excellence, utilizing its 15 year expertise, for senior managers who see their role expanding and transforming due to sustainability (ESG). The goal of the program aims at enhancing their knowledge, inform them for the latest developments in the field of the sustainability (ESG), and provide practical tools and solutions.
Content
  • module 1: ESG Introduction
  • Definition of ESG
  • What is Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) - Criteria
  • The Evolution of ESG
  • The Evolution of ESG (2)
  • Integrating ESG into Financial Valuation
  • Investors Integrate Sustainability in the Decisions
  • Sustainable Investment Assets Under Management
  • ESG Reporting Principles
  • Why Public Report on ESG Considerations?
  • Characteristics and Impacts of ESG Factors
  • The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Growing Focus on the SDGs
  • ESG Growth and 2021 Status
  • MODULE 2: ESG INVESTING
  • ESG and Financial Performance
  • Video: The Rise of ESG Investing
  • Video: Why Sustainable Finance is Going Mainstream
  • ESG Investing: Practices, Progress and Challenges (by OECD)
  • What Can Companies Do
  • What Can Investors Do
  • Key Considerations for Companies and Investors
  • Drivers of ESG Investment
  • Responsible Investment (RI)
  • Growth of Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
  • Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI)
  • New PRI - Europe Action Plan for Sustainable Finance
  • SDGs and Responsible Investing
  • VIDEO: Knorr-Bremse AG – Driven by ESG (Our Sustainability Journey)
  • VIDEO: Allianz Global Investors – ESG @ Allianz Global Investors
  • VIDEO: Novartis Group – 5 Key ESG Achievements in 2021
  • Green Bonds
  • Issuing a Green Bond
  • ESG and Green Bonds
  • module 3: Legislation and Regulations
  • EU - Green Deal
  • EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance
  • Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR)
  • EU taxonomy
  • EU taxonomy (Case Study - BASF)
  • Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)
  • The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
  • US ESG-related Regulations - Securities and Exchange Commission
  • US Climate Risk Executive Order
  • US - New York Stock Exchange
  • Canada - Guidance on ESG-related investment fund disclosure
  • Canada - New and Emerging ESG Laws / Tackling Climate Change
  • ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance
  • module 4: Ratings and Standards
  • Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
  • Video: Sustainability Reporting with the GRI Standards
  • GRI Universal Standards
  • Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
  • Science-based targets
  • MSCI ESG Ratings
  • Sustainalytics
  • Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)
  • CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)
  • CDP Case Studies and Examples
  • FTSE4Good Index
  • Dow Jones Sustainability Index
  • ESG TRENDS & CSE RESEARCH 2021 - ESG Ratings & Reporting
  • ESG Trends
  • CSE Annual Research 2021 Summary - ESG Ratings & Reporting (North America)
  • CSE Annual Research 2021 Summary - ESG Ratings & Reporting (Europe)
  • Webinar: How ESG disclosures can support Investors’ decisions
  • Introduction
  • WEBINAR
  • FINAL QUIZ
  • Final Quiz for Certification
  • FInal Assignment - Question 1
  • FInal Assignment - Question 2
  • FInal Assignment - Question 3
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed