"Corporate Climate Reporting: Key Standards and Guidelines" is a short course designed to:
raise awareness about the impact of climate change on organisations, including physical and transition risks, as well as opportunities arising from transition to a low-carbon economy and the need for decarbonization and energy transition;
provide historical overview of the main drivers for climate reporting and the importance/benefits of climate disclosures for organisations;
navigate through the complex ecosystem of sustainability and climate reporting, including multiple standards and guidelines for reporting and disclosures;
inform on the recent trends in climate reporting including convergence of standards and emergence of climate-related financial reporting;
provide guidance on climate disclosures, tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, setting GHG targets and climate risk management and governance.
For anyone who would like to dive deeper into the subject, we provide the links of additional free resources for each topic or regulation.
Climate-related risks and opportunities and importance of climate reporting
Overview of the climate reporting ecosystem and the drivers for climate reporting
Introduction to the key climate reporting standards and guidelines, including SDGs, GRI, GHGp, SBTi, TCFD, ISSB
Latest trends in climate reporting including convergence of standards, financial and mandatory reporting
Importance of Climate Reporting
FREE PREVIEWSustainability and Climate Reporting Ecosystem
FREE PREVIEWSustainabilty Reporting and UN Sustainable Development Goals
ESG and Climate Reporting Challenges
Key Drivers for Climate Reporting
FREE PREVIEWGlobal Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHDp)
The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and Net Zero Standard
Standards driven by demands of investors, lenders and underwriters - IIGCC, IIRC, SASB, VRF, CDSB
Regulatory developments & standards convergence: Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) & Better Alignment Project
Move towards mandatory financial reporting and IFRS' International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Corporate Climate Reporting - Module Wrap-up
ESG Reporting Update
Test your learning
Handout slides
Additional resources
Your Suggestions for Impovement and New Topics for Courses
Course wrap-up
Leaders and managers who want the understand the impact of climate change on their organisation and get an overview of the climate-related reporting
Professionals involved in corporate development and strategy, corporate reporting and audit who want to improve their knowledge of climate disclosure requirements
ESG professionals who need to get started with climate reporting
Financial services professionals tasked with the decarbonisation of their portfolios of assets
Management consultants who are considering transition to climate change advisory
Anyone who has interest in climate change, decarbonisation, risk management and business strategy
£199.99
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The programme covers:
👉 the history and politics of climate change negotiations, including key climate agreements and the latest developments such as Inflation Reduction Act in the US and Green Deal Industrial Plan in Europe,
👉 decarbonisation and energy transition, key technologies (renewables, nuclear power, hydrogen, carbon capture and utilisation, long duration storage, etc),
👉 transport and heavy industry decarbonisation,
👉 climate and ESG reporting (including introduction to key climate reporting regulations and guidelines, including TCFD, GRI, SBTi and ISSB, deep dive into EU Taxonomy and overview of other EU regulations such as NFRD, SFDR and CSRD,
👉 net zero strategies and GHG reduction,
👉 circular economy,
👉 business case for corporate sustainability, ESG risks and opportunities, sustainable development, sustainability certifications,
👉 blockchain applications in climate change, and much more.
