Regulatory Compliance
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance
This five-day programme prepares professionals to identify environmental, social, and governance risks and meet the disclosure duties that follow, covering ESG frameworks, materiality assessment, climate and environmental risk, social and governance risk, and ESG data and assurance. Participants develop skills in materiality assessment, ESG risk registers, data quality, and reporting assurance.
Introduction
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Training Course prepares professionals to identify environmental, social, and governance risks and to meet the disclosure duties that follow. Participants work through ESG frameworks and standards, materiality assessment, climate and environmental risk, social and labour risk, governance and ethics, ESG data and reporting, and assurance as one connected system. The programme links the ESG risks a business carries with the evidence and reporting that regulators, investors, and auditors expect. As a result, learners gain a practical method for ESG risk and compliance. Furthermore, the course strengthens materiality judgement, data quality, and reporting readiness.
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Course Objectives
- Explain ESG concepts, drivers, and their link to enterprise value.
- Apply major ESG frameworks: GRI, SASB, TCFD, and ISSB standards.
- Conduct a materiality assessment and build an ESG risk register.
- Assess climate risk: physical, transition, and liability risk.
- Apply environmental compliance: emissions, waste, water, and biodiversity.
- Apply social risk: labour standards, health and safety, and human rights.
- Apply governance risk: board effectiveness, ethics, and anti-corruption.
- Apply supply chain ESG due diligence and supplier assessment.
- Apply ESG data management, metrics, and disclosure requirements.
- Apply ESG assurance, internal control, and audit readiness practices.
Course Methodology
- Interactive sessions built on ESG risk and compliance cases.
- Workshops on materiality assessment, framework mapping, and risk registers.
- Group exercises on climate scenarios, supplier due diligence, and disclosures.
- Hands-on practice with ESG data templates, risk registers, and reporting checklists.
- Simulation of an ESG disclosure review and an assurance meeting.
- Facilitator coaching and peer review on personal ESG risk plans.
Who Should Take This Course
- Sustainability, ESG, and corporate responsibility professionals.
- Risk, compliance, and governance professionals.
- Finance, reporting, and investor relations staff.
- Health, safety, and environmental managers.
- Procurement and supply chain sustainability specialists.
- Internal auditors covering ESG and non-financial reporting.
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Course Outlines
ESG Foundations and Frameworks
- • ESG concepts and the shift from value to values and value.
- • Drivers: investors, regulators, customers, and employees.
- • The ESG reporting landscape: GRI, SASB, TCFD, and ISSB.
- • Double materiality and its practical meaning.
- • Ratings, indices, and how assessors evaluate performance.
- • Greenwashing risk and regulatory attention.
- • Case discussion: a sustainability claim that failed scrutiny.
Materiality and ESG Risk Assessment
- • Stakeholder engagement for materiality.
- • Conducting a materiality assessment and prioritisation matrix.
- • Building an ESG risk register with owners and indicators.
- • Risk appetite and tolerance for ESG matters.
- • Scenario analysis and climate risk assessment basics.
- • Integrating ESG risk into enterprise risk management (ERM).
- • Workshop: running a materiality assessment.
Environmental and Climate Risk
- • Climate risk: physical, transition, and liability categories.
- • GHG emissions: Scope 1, 2, and 3 accounting basics.
- • The GHG Protocol and emissions factor application.
- • Environmental compliance: waste, water, biodiversity, and permits.
- • Environmental management systems: ISO 14001.
- • Environmental incidents, remediation, and liability.
- • Exercise: mapping environmental obligations to controls.
Social and Governance Risk
- • Labour standards, working conditions, and fair treatment.
- • Health, safety, and wellbeing performance and reporting.
- • Human rights due diligence and modern slavery duties.
- • Diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics and risks.
- • Governance: board composition, independence, and effectiveness.
- • Ethics, anti-bribery, and whistleblowing under ESG.
- • Simulation: assessing a supplier's social and governance risk.
ESG Data, Disclosure, and Assurance
- • ESG data collection, validation, and quality assurance.
- • Metrics, targets, and KPI definition for ESG.
- • Disclosure requirements and reporting frameworks in practice.
- • Internal control over sustainability reporting.
- • Independent assurance and auditor expectations.
- • Managing ESG regulatory change and investor requests.
- • Capstone: presenting an ESG risk and compliance plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance, participants will gain a practical command of ESG frameworks, materiality assessment, climate and environmental risk, social and governance risk, ESG data and disclosure, and assurance. They will acquire skills in materiality assessment, ESG risk register building, emissions and data quality, and reporting assurance that strengthen credibility with investors and regulators. Gentex Training Center designs the programme to help professionals manage ESG risk and compliance with confidence.
FAQs
— What is the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course about?
It prepares professionals to identify environmental, social, and governance risks and to meet the disclosure duties that follow. The course spans ESG foundations and frameworks, materiality and ESG risk assessment, environmental and climate risk, social and governance risk, and ESG data, disclosure and assurance.
— What are the key benefits of the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
You gain a practical method for ESG risk and compliance that links the risks a business carries with the evidence investors and regulators expect. The course improves materiality judgement and risk assessment, strengthens climate and supply chain due diligence, sharpens ESG data quality, and gives you reporting and assurance readiness that resists greenwashing claims.
— What skills will I gain from the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
You will develop four core skills: applying ESG frameworks with materiality assessment, ESG risk register building with climate and environmental risk analysis, social, governance and supply chain due diligence, and ESG data management with disclosure and assurance readiness.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
The course covers the GRI, SASB, TCFD and ISSB reporting frameworks, the double materiality principle, ESG ratings and indices, greenwashing risk, stakeholder engagement for materiality, materiality assessment and prioritisation matrices, ESG risk registers with owners and indicators, risk appetite and tolerance for ESG matters, scenario analysis and climate risk assessment, integration into enterprise risk management (ERM), climate risk categories of physical, transition and liability risk, GHG emissions Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting, the GHG Protocol and emissions factors, environmental compliance for waste, water, biodiversity and permits, ISO 14001 environmental management systems, environmental incidents and remediation and liability, labour standards and working conditions, health, safety and wellbeing performance, human rights due diligence and modern slavery duties, diversity, equity and inclusion metrics, board composition and independence and effectiveness, ethics and anti-bribery and whistleblowing under ESG, supply chain ESG due diligence and supplier assessment, ESG data collection and validation and quality assurance, ESG metrics and targets and KPI definition, disclosure requirements and framework application, internal control over sustainability reporting, and independent assurance and auditor expectations.
— How is the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course applied in real-world practice?
Participants apply it to real work such as running a materiality assessment, building an ESG risk register, mapping environmental obligations to controls, performing supplier ESG due diligence, compiling ESG metrics and preparing a disclosure for review, and preparing evidence for independent assurance. The same methods support investor requests and ESG regulatory change assessments.
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Introduction
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Training Course prepares professionals to identify environmental, social, and governance risks and to meet the disclosure duties that follow. Participants work through ESG frameworks and standards, materiality assessment, climate and environmental risk, social and labour risk, governance and ethics, ESG data and reporting, and assurance as one connected system. The programme links the ESG risks a business carries with the evidence and reporting that regulators, investors, and auditors expect. As a result, learners gain a practical method for ESG risk and compliance. Furthermore, the course strengthens materiality judgement, data quality, and reporting readiness.
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Course Objectives
- Explain ESG concepts, drivers, and their link to enterprise value.
- Apply major ESG frameworks: GRI, SASB, TCFD, and ISSB standards.
- Conduct a materiality assessment and build an ESG risk register.
- Assess climate risk: physical, transition, and liability risk.
- Apply environmental compliance: emissions, waste, water, and biodiversity.
- Apply social risk: labour standards, health and safety, and human rights.
- Apply governance risk: board effectiveness, ethics, and anti-corruption.
- Apply supply chain ESG due diligence and supplier assessment.
- Apply ESG data management, metrics, and disclosure requirements.
- Apply ESG assurance, internal control, and audit readiness practices.
Course Methodology
- Interactive sessions built on ESG risk and compliance cases.
- Workshops on materiality assessment, framework mapping, and risk registers.
- Group exercises on climate scenarios, supplier due diligence, and disclosures.
- Hands-on practice with ESG data templates, risk registers, and reporting checklists.
- Simulation of an ESG disclosure review and an assurance meeting.
- Facilitator coaching and peer review on personal ESG risk plans.
Who Should Take This Course
- Sustainability, ESG, and corporate responsibility professionals.
- Risk, compliance, and governance professionals.
- Finance, reporting, and investor relations staff.
- Health, safety, and environmental managers.
- Procurement and supply chain sustainability specialists.
- Internal auditors covering ESG and non-financial reporting.
ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance Course Outlines
ESG Foundations and Frameworks
- • ESG concepts and the shift from value to values and value.
- • Drivers: investors, regulators, customers, and employees.
- • The ESG reporting landscape: GRI, SASB, TCFD, and ISSB.
- • Double materiality and its practical meaning.
- • Ratings, indices, and how assessors evaluate performance.
- • Greenwashing risk and regulatory attention.
- • Case discussion: a sustainability claim that failed scrutiny.
Materiality and ESG Risk Assessment
- • Stakeholder engagement for materiality.
- • Conducting a materiality assessment and prioritisation matrix.
- • Building an ESG risk register with owners and indicators.
- • Risk appetite and tolerance for ESG matters.
- • Scenario analysis and climate risk assessment basics.
- • Integrating ESG risk into enterprise risk management (ERM).
- • Workshop: running a materiality assessment.
Environmental and Climate Risk
- • Climate risk: physical, transition, and liability categories.
- • GHG emissions: Scope 1, 2, and 3 accounting basics.
- • The GHG Protocol and emissions factor application.
- • Environmental compliance: waste, water, biodiversity, and permits.
- • Environmental management systems: ISO 14001.
- • Environmental incidents, remediation, and liability.
- • Exercise: mapping environmental obligations to controls.
Social and Governance Risk
- • Labour standards, working conditions, and fair treatment.
- • Health, safety, and wellbeing performance and reporting.
- • Human rights due diligence and modern slavery duties.
- • Diversity, equity, and inclusion metrics and risks.
- • Governance: board composition, independence, and effectiveness.
- • Ethics, anti-bribery, and whistleblowing under ESG.
- • Simulation: assessing a supplier's social and governance risk.
ESG Data, Disclosure, and Assurance
- • ESG data collection, validation, and quality assurance.
- • Metrics, targets, and KPI definition for ESG.
- • Disclosure requirements and reporting frameworks in practice.
- • Internal control over sustainability reporting.
- • Independent assurance and auditor expectations.
- • Managing ESG regulatory change and investor requests.
- • Capstone: presenting an ESG risk and compliance plan.
Conclusion
By successfully completing ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance, participants will gain a practical command of ESG frameworks, materiality assessment, climate and environmental risk, social and governance risk, ESG data and disclosure, and assurance. They will acquire skills in materiality assessment, ESG risk register building, emissions and data quality, and reporting assurance that strengthen credibility with investors and regulators. Gentex Training Center designs the programme to help professionals manage ESG risk and compliance with confidence.
FAQs
— What is the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course about?
It prepares professionals to identify environmental, social, and governance risks and to meet the disclosure duties that follow. The course spans ESG foundations and frameworks, materiality and ESG risk assessment, environmental and climate risk, social and governance risk, and ESG data, disclosure and assurance.
— What are the key benefits of the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
You gain a practical method for ESG risk and compliance that links the risks a business carries with the evidence investors and regulators expect. The course improves materiality judgement and risk assessment, strengthens climate and supply chain due diligence, sharpens ESG data quality, and gives you reporting and assurance readiness that resists greenwashing claims.
— What skills will I gain from the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
You will develop four core skills: applying ESG frameworks with materiality assessment, ESG risk register building with climate and environmental risk analysis, social, governance and supply chain due diligence, and ESG data management with disclosure and assurance readiness.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course?
The course covers the GRI, SASB, TCFD and ISSB reporting frameworks, the double materiality principle, ESG ratings and indices, greenwashing risk, stakeholder engagement for materiality, materiality assessment and prioritisation matrices, ESG risk registers with owners and indicators, risk appetite and tolerance for ESG matters, scenario analysis and climate risk assessment, integration into enterprise risk management (ERM), climate risk categories of physical, transition and liability risk, GHG emissions Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting, the GHG Protocol and emissions factors, environmental compliance for waste, water, biodiversity and permits, ISO 14001 environmental management systems, environmental incidents and remediation and liability, labour standards and working conditions, health, safety and wellbeing performance, human rights due diligence and modern slavery duties, diversity, equity and inclusion metrics, board composition and independence and effectiveness, ethics and anti-bribery and whistleblowing under ESG, supply chain ESG due diligence and supplier assessment, ESG data collection and validation and quality assurance, ESG metrics and targets and KPI definition, disclosure requirements and framework application, internal control over sustainability reporting, and independent assurance and auditor expectations.
— How is the "ESG Risk Management and Corporate Compliance" course applied in real-world practice?
Participants apply it to real work such as running a materiality assessment, building an ESG risk register, mapping environmental obligations to controls, performing supplier ESG due diligence, compiling ESG metrics and preparing a disclosure for review, and preparing evidence for independent assurance. The same methods support investor requests and ESG regulatory change assessments.
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