ESG & Sustainability Plus

ESG & Sustainability Plus equips finance leaders with the knowledge and tools to navigate the evolving landscape of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. This course covers key frameworks, regulatory expectations, and best practices, enabling you to integrate ESG considerations into financial strategy, risk management, and stakeholder reporting. Stay ahead of the curve and drive sustainable value in your organisation with confidence.

Next Live Workshop Dates

Workshop: ESG Collaboration for Success

Understanding Productivity: Inputs vs Outputs, Proactive vs Reactive work.
Where does our tome go?: Time Audit Exercise mapping out current time allocation
Categorizing Time: High-impact vs Low-impact activities
Frameworks for Productivity:
- Prioritization Techniques
- Batching and Focus strategies to minimize task switching
Using AI for Time Management: How AI tools can improve time tracking and task prioritization

Workshop: ESG Financial Leadership

Identifying Bottlenecks: Common low-value tasks like emails, manual data entry, and report creation
Lean Framework: The 7 Wastes (e.g., Overproduction, Waiting, Defects) applied to finance
Improving Processes:
- Simplify, Standardize, Automate
- Planning Poker: Assessing impact and ease of fixes
AI in Process Optimization:
- Using AI to analyze and optimize workflows
- Tools for automation and standardization
Hands-On Exercise: Optimize a broken process with AI

Workshop: ESG Charter – Developing and Implementing

Types of Problems: Standard vs Non-Standard, frameworks for problem categorization
Root Cause Analysis: Applying the 5 Whys to identify underlying issues
Hypothesis-Driven Problem Solving:
- Formulating hypotheses
- Designing tests and collecting evidence
AI for Problem Solving:
- Framing problems and generating hypotheses with AI
- AI-assisted diagnostics and iterative testing
Exercises: Use AI to tackle real-world non-standard problems.

Course Testimonials

I really liked this course, because the potential with AI is huge in all fields, including finance. The course went very well, with great content and easy to follow up. I now feel well equipped to get the benefit of the course content, by playing with AI.

And I think actually, in the last hour or so, it's really opened my mind in terms of what AI chatbot would do. I would just assume I could just do everything, but no. The whole step process really does open your mind. I've got a clear vision of what I need to do going away from this

I think that one of the things that's clicked for me over the last few weeks is just to notice my own reaction to imagining doing something before AI and after AI... it's already starting to feel like that's too slow

"The course added great value to my limited understanding of the capabilities and use cases for AI. Adam is knowledgeable and is happy to tailor the sessions in real time based on delegates questions rather than limiting us to questions at the end of the session. I’m already much more comfortable with AI and I have the toolkit to use AI as my always on assistant instead of a glorified search engine."

Course Overview

What we Cover:

Measuring Business Impact, Improving ESG Performance, Regulatory Reporting

The Challenges:

Quantifying business impact, enhancing ESG performance, meeting regulatory requirements, measuring and reporting key performance indicators.

The Barriers:

Defining impact metrics, navigating complex regulations, evolving compliance landscape, ensuring high-quality data, adapting to reporting standards.

Learning Outcomes:

Implementing ESG measurement techniques, understanding regulatory requirements, identifying data metrics, reporting standardized KPIs.

Business Benefits:

Stronger Compliance, Risk Mitigation, Strategic Insights, Value Creation

Course Facilitator

Paula Kensington

Course Facilitator

Paula established the CFO Conversations platform, advocating for performance that benefits all stakeholders, including the environment. She emphasizes a holistic approach to business outcomes.

Prerequisites: No Prerequisite knowledge is required to be successful in this course

Advanced Preparation: No advanced preparation is required

Program Level: Basic

Delivery Method: Group Live

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