Unlocking Potential Through Education

We understand and appreciate the unique challenges facing directors, investors, shareholders and various stakeholders in today’s ever-changing, dynamic environment, including heightened uncertainty as well as opportunities.

This two-day course is designed to address a broad range of challenges which confront Boards of Directors / Governing Bodies, including ESG, GRC and Sustainability Reporting.

Outcomes-based Corporate Governance addresses these challenges and also helps to prove that the duties of directors to the organization have been proven in all material matters and respects.

ESG is high on the agenda of everyone now and will continue to do so in the future.

In this new era of sustainability and ESG, all companies must have a good idea of what is happening and what is about to happen! But do they have a good idea?

The course will cover the essentials of ESG and CSR, from terms and concepts, and will detail the different considerations companies will need to address, especially in a bio-diversity and climate change world.

This three-day course is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the fundamentals of ESG and Sustainability. Using real-world examples, interactive group discussions and Q&A, participants will learn how to approach, consider, evaluate, and apply ESG practices and principles.

This two-day course is designed to arm participants with practical knowledge and key insights into the ‘alphabet soup’ of key frameworks, standards and legislation relating to Sustainability and Non-financial Reporting.

It will also highlight key challenges being faced and provide guidance regarding the selection of the standards considering current regulations.

Business is at the crossroads of the three critical dimensions for sustainable development, namely the economy, society, and the environment. All companies and organizations are faced with game-changing challenges with climate change, social inequalities, cybersecurity, and the pandemic being at the forefront.

Most stakeholders (governments, business leaders, society, investors, supply chain providers, etc.) firmly believe that a strong ESG vision and culture will drive value in their countries, organizations, and businesses. Accordingly, there is a shift from a short-term mindset and profit-centric business models to those of stakeholder inclusivity, environmentally responsible and sustainability for the long-term.

The course will cover the essentials of integrated thinking, value creation in a contemporary sense, and integrated reporting.

There will be the active consideration of the ‘Six Capitals’ – Financial – Intellectual – Manufactured – Human – Social – Natural, their relationships and the reporting thereof.

Using real-world examples, interactive group discussions, quizzes and Q&A, participants will learn how to approach, consider, evaluate, and apply integrated thinking concepts and principles. Similarly, the same will apply to integrated reporting.

‘At a time when we are faced with the challenges of social inequality, resource constraints, climate change and, most recently, the effects of COVID-19, there is a need for an urgent shift from short-term finance-centric business models to stakeholder inclusivity, environmental responsibility and long-term sustainability.’

It is with this in mind that Professor Mervyn King, widely regarded as one of the fathers of corporate governance, is calling for the role of the Chief Financial Officer to become the Chief Value Officer (CVO) instead.

This course is designed for CFOs, COOs, and any Senior Officers to help their organizations to obtain a deeper understanding of the resources they use and manage as part of a multi-capital perspective on value-creation over the short-, medium- and long-term.

This multi-capital management approach is known as integrated thinking, with this 360° strategic vision becoming a critical success factor.