Certified Esg Professional (Cesg Pro-Associate Level)

Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Fundamentals

What you'll learn

What ESG is and its relevance to making financial decisions

Describe key environmental, social, and governance types and factors

Explain how stakeholders influence corporate ESG performance

Analyze ESG risks and opportunities

Assess ESG company performance using publicly available information

Requirements

No pre requisite required

Curious learners who intent to take up ESG as career

Description

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has gained increasing attention over the past few years, with many institutional investors investing only in those companies that provide ESG performance reporting. In fact, ESG has considerations relevant to analysts and investors, consumers and employees, and has become a key topic of discussion at the Board table. This course provides an overview of an ESG framework and how it supports a company’s overall risk management. It examines each component in detail and provides insight into how they converge to impact a company and its stakeholders. The course also discusses how to look at corporate pressures & stakeholder expectations and their impact on risk identification and business success. ESG (Environmental, social, and corporate governance) is a framework designed to be integrated into an organization's strategy to create enterprise value by expanding the organizational objectives to include the identification, assessment and management of sustainability-related risks and opportunities in respect to all organizational stakeholders (including but not limited to customers, suppliers and employees) and the environment Environmental aspect: focuses on preserving the natural world. Examples of topics addressed include climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, deforestation, pollution, energy efficiency and water management Social aspect: focuses on people and relationships include working to support gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion movements in addition to enhancing customer satisfaction and employee engagement Governance aspect: focuses on moving beyond how organizations have been typically governed in the past and enhance corporate governance. Examples of specific topics include board composition, cybersecurity practices, management structure, executive compensation, preventing bribery and corruptionA variety of organizations and financial institutions have devised ways to measure the extent to which a specific corporation is aligned with ESG goals. The most prominent global movement in this regards is the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by United Nations. This course is the based on research and useful compilation of videos put together in one place for better understanding and motivational to understand the fundamentals of ESG and moving forward to next levels Overview of E, S, and G1. EnvironmentalEnvironmental factors refer to an organization’s environmental impact(s) and risk management practices. These include direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, management’s stewardship over natural resources, and the firm’s overall resiliency against physical climate risks (like climate change, flooding, and fires).2. SocialThe social pillar refers to an organization’s relationships with stakeholders. Examples of factors that a firm may be measured against include Human Capital Management (HCM) metrics (like fair wages and employee engagement) but also an organization’s impact on the communities in which it operates.A hallmark of ESG is how social impact expectations have extended outside the walls of the company and to supply chain partners, particularly those in developing economies where environmental and labor standards may be less robust.3. GovernanceCorporate governance refers to how an organization is led and managed. ESG analysts will seek to understand better how leadership’s incentives are aligned with stakeholder expectations, how shareholder rights are viewed and honoured, and what types of internal controls exist to promote transparency and accountability on the part of leadership.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction of the Course

Lecture 2 Introduction and What is ESG

Section 2: Sustainable Investing

Lecture 3 Types of Sustainable ESG investing

Section 3: ESG Factors

Lecture 4 Environmental and Social factors of ESG

Lecture 5 Governance factors for Investors of ESG

Section 4: Planning of ESG

Lecture 6 Planning and Stakeholders of ESG

Section 5: Reporting and Valuation

Lecture 7 Reporting and Valuation of ESG

Section 6: Trends and Initiatives

Lecture 8 ESG Trends and Initiatives

Section 7: Reference Materials

Lecture 9 How Corporates and Government measure ESG Score

This Environmental Social Governance (ESG) course is perfect for any analyst who would like to better understand how a company manages risks and opportunities that shifting market & non-market conditions create in today’s world.,All professionals who work for CEO or CFO to prepare sustainability report