Sustainability for Board Members
Course Overview
This e-learning course is designed for board members as a starting point to your journey into the topic of sustainability and would like to encourage (executive & non executive) directors and management to dig deeper into this fascinating and crucial topic.
About This Course
The course aims to
- Introduce the concept of sustainability
- Provide an overview of ESG / sustainability related risks & opportunities
- create awareness of board responsibility for ensuring adequate consideration of sustainability risks
- present companies with ideas on how to implement adequate board structures and processes to support the systematic integration of sustainability matters
- Generate an understanding of the relevance of sustainability for business strategy and long-term success
- Guide and initiate the transformation process towards
- Introduction
- Why is sustainability / ESG important for the board?
- What exactly does sustainability and ESG mean?
- How can risks and opportunities from ESG affect businesses?
- Excursus: ESG ratings
- What can the board do to integrate ESG better?
- Summary
- Quiz
- Resources
- Certificate of attendance