LCT International Advanced Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) LCT International
Price: SGD 12,451

    Course details

    Course Introduction:
    This course provides a comprehensive view of ESG, with advanced strategies for integrating sustainability into corporate strategy, risk management, and reporting.

    Course Outcomes:
    Understand how Environmental, Social and Governance is important in the public and private sectors
    Apply ESG best practices to organisational programmes and projects
    Develop and improve their community relations activities
    Interpret the impact of ESG on the reputation of the organisation
    Plan, initiate or improve ESG programmes
    Report on their sustainability programmes
    Identify the links between business ethics, Environmental, Social and Governance and Corporate Governance

    Who Should Attend:
    Heads of sustainable development
    Corporate Affairs managers and officers
    ESG managers and officers
    Corporate strategists
    Community Relations managers and officers
    HR, Administration and Environmental managers concerned with ESG planning and implementation
    Procurement managers involved in responsible sourcing initiatives
    Project managers responsible for developing and implementing ESG projects
    Managers and officers involved in non-financial corporate reporting
    Communications managers and officers responsible for internal and external reporting on sustainability
    Internal auditors concerned with Environmental, Social and Governance risks

    Course Topics:
    What is ESG and Why Does it Matter?

    The pressure for change
    The Legal Background of ESG
    Company directors obligations and ESG
    Voluntary measures
    Is ESG Just Public Relations?
    ESG and corporate governance links


    Best practice in ESG Corporate Approaches on the Key Topics

    Codes of Practice
    Dealing with communities
    ESG and employees
    Managing suppliers responsibly
    Responsible client relations
    Corporate Responsibility and the environment


    The Business Case for ESG

    The Strategic Imperatives involved in ESG
    What is a business case?
    USING tools to build the business case
    Identifying and Managing ESG risks
    The public procurement challenges from ESG
    Getting and maintaining corporate support and approval


    Changing the Organisation to include ESG

    Developing the ESG corporate vision
    Setting our ESG strategic SMART objectives
    Identifying and Managing affected stakeholders
    How leaders make ESG happen
    The key steps to make the ESG change effective


    Developing and Implementing the ESG plan

    What should be in the ESG plan?
    Communicating the plan
    Piloting the plan
    Overcoming objections
    Measuring impact and results
    Auditing and reviewing ESG performance
    Reporting on ESG


    Sustainability in Purchasing

    Managing a responsible Supply Chain
    The Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code
    Combating child labour in manufacturing
    Controlling contractor abuses in construction
    Maintaining ethical standards
    Diversity in the supply chain
    Conflict minerals policies


    Community Relations and Environmental Sustainability

    Working effectively with host communities
    Managing sensitive issues including payments and relocation
    Building successful community projects
    Assessing social and environmental risk
    Managing operations sustainably
    Case studies on community relations


    ESG Standards and Reporting

    Sustainability Reporting frameworks
    The Global Reporting Initiative
    UN Global Compact
    International Labour Organisation instruments
    ISO 26000
    How to report your ESG progress
    Model examples and class exercise using GRI Sustainability Reporting


    ESG Perspectives

    The politics of ESG
    Creating shared value
    Ethical consumerism
    Greenwashing
    ESG and tax avoidance
    Applying Environmental Social and Governance in non-corporate organisations
    Future requirements for corporate responsibility

    Updated on 14 May, 2025

    Eligibility / Requirements

    N/A

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