This workshop focuses on the board’s and senior management’s role in overseeing sustainability-related risks and opportunities and key practices relating to this role.

Specially curated case studies,  examples and research based on actual companies are used to discuss good and poor practices and challenges.

[Note: This workshop is not about sustainability reporting]

Workshop Objectives:

• Understand changes in regulatory requirements and business landscape with respect to sustainable business practices
• Evaluate different sustainability governance structures and practices, and considerations in choosing the appropriate structures and practices
• Understand stakeholder engagement and materiality assessment, and questions to ask
• Understand how to integrate sustainability considerations into the business and whether and how to incorporate sustainability considerations into management remuneration policies
• Be able to evaluate current corporate governance practices to align with sustainability
• Understand issues relating to sustainability assurance and greenwashing

Programme Outline

• Evolving director duties and regulatory reforms affecting directors’ responsibilities for overseeing sustainability risks and opportunities
• B Corps and Benefit Corporations – businesses based on stakeholder capitalism
• Putting in place appropriate structures and practices to ensure good governance and management of sustainability risks and opportunities
• Stakeholder identification and engagement
• Materiality assessment of sustainability-related factors
• Integrating sustainability considerations into strategies, policies, metrics, targets, risk management, remuneration, etc.
• Good disclosure practices relating to sustainability governance
• Reviewing current corporate governance practices to align with sustainability
• Issues relating to sustainability assurance and greenwashing

Training Methodology

Intended For

Board of Directors and Senior Management

Programme Facilitator(s)