ESG and Sustainable Growth Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Sustainability Managers, ESG Reporting Specialists and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-ESR-009

Before you join: Participants should have working familiarity with their organisation's operations, reporting processes, risk management, finance, procurement or sustainability responsibilities.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Organisations are being asked to show how environmental, social and governance performance affects growth, investment decisions, operating costs, supply continuity and licence to operate. Reporting teams must meet stakeholder expectations while dealing with incomplete data, inconsistent boundaries, unclear ownership and competing reporting frameworks. The central challenge is to turn ESG commitments into credible metrics, controlled disclosures and funded improvement plans that create value for both the organisation and the countries and communities where it operates.

This course examines ESG strategy, materiality, reporting standards, data governance, greenhouse-gas accounting, energy performance, climate risk, social due diligence, governance and sustainable value creation. Participants learn to select relevant disclosures, establish reporting boundaries, build an ESG data-control structure, assess Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, identify climate-related financial risks and prepare decision-useful reports. The course also addresses local procurement, supplier development, community impacts and responsible investment decisions that connect business expansion with socioeconomic outcomes.

Teaching combines focused instructor briefings with sector cases, facilitated group analysis, reporting simulations and structured application planning. Cases reflect common issues in banking, infrastructure, extractives, manufacturing, public institutions and multinational supply chains. Participants leave with a practical ESG reporting and sustainable growth implementation pack, including a materiality approach, data-control matrix, emissions inventory structure, climate risk register and reporting roadmap.

The course is suited to professionals who already contribute to sustainability, reporting, risk, finance, operations, procurement or governance work and need a structured method for coordinating ESG performance and disclosure.

What you will be able to do

  • Conduct a double materiality assessment using stakeholder evidence and impact-risk analysis
  • Select appropriate GRI, ISSB and ESRS disclosures for material ESG topics
  • Design an ESG data architecture with metric definitions, controls and evidence trails
  • Prepare a GHG Protocol emissions inventory covering Scope 1, 2 and priority Scope 3 categories
  • Develop an energy and decarbonisation plan using baselines, abatement costs and target criteria
  • Assess climate-related physical and transition risks using scenario-based risk registers
  • Create supplier, community and governance actions that support responsible country value creation
  • Build a phased ESG reporting roadmap with assurance, ownership and management-review milestones

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Ability to contribute confidently to ESG reporting projects and disclosure reviews
  • Practical method for translating sustainability commitments into measurable management actions
  • Stronger credibility when discussing emissions, climate risks and reporting evidence with senior stakeholders
  • Reusable approach for identifying material ESG issues and assigning data ownership
  • Clearer career pathway into ESG reporting, sustainability management, risk or responsible investment roles

For your organisation

  • More consistent ESG disclosures supported by defined metrics, evidence and approval controls
  • Improved readiness for investor, regulator, customer and assurance-provider information requests
  • Better identification of energy savings, emissions-reduction opportunities and climate-related cost exposures
  • Stronger supplier due diligence, local procurement planning and community-impact management
  • A prioritised roadmap linking ESG performance gaps to accountable business actions

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can define material ESG priorities and connect them to organisational and country value creation.

  • ESG value drivers linked to revenue, cost, risk and capital
  • Country value creation through jobs, procurement, taxes and local capability
  • Stakeholder mapping using power-interest grids and legitimacy assessment
  • Double materiality distinguishes financial effects from people and environmental impacts
  • Materiality boundaries defined across entities, operations, products and value chains
  • ESG operating model assigns board, management and control responsibilities

Participants can select and organise ESG disclosures using major international reporting frameworks.

  • GRI, IFRS S1, IFRS S2 and ESRS reporting purposes compared
  • Reporting perimeter reconciles financial consolidation, operational control and value-chain boundaries
  • ISSB industry-based disclosures connected to enterprise value and investor decisions
  • ESRS material impacts, risks and opportunities mapped to disclosure requirements
  • GRI topic standards selected using material-topic determination and stakeholder evidence
  • Crosswalk registers prevent duplicated data collection across reporting frameworks

Participants can establish controlled ESG data processes that support internal review and external assurance.

  • ESG data architecture maps source systems, owners, frequencies and controls
  • Data dictionaries define metrics, units, boundaries, calculations and evidence
  • Control matrices test completeness, accuracy, authorisation and change management
  • Audit trails retain source records, assumptions, approvals and calculation versions
  • Internal assurance readiness applies evidence requests, sampling and exception logs
  • Disclosure committees govern sign-off, restatements and reporting-calendar milestones

Participants can structure a GHG inventory and document credible emissions-reporting boundaries and assumptions.

  • GHG Protocol scopes distinguish direct emissions, purchased energy and value-chain emissions
  • Organisational boundaries apply equity share, financial control and operational control
  • Activity data converts fuel, electricity and refrigerants using emission factors
  • Scope 3 screening prioritises categories by magnitude, influence and data quality
  • Base-year recalculation policies address acquisitions, divestments and methodology changes
  • GHG inventories document uncertainty, exclusions, biogenic emissions and offsets

Participants can identify energy and emissions-reduction actions and prioritise them through financial and operational criteria.

  • Energy review separates baseload, process loads, building services and losses
  • ISO 50001 energy performance indicators establish normalised consumption baselines
  • Abatement cost curves compare capital cost, savings, emissions and payback
  • Science-based target criteria distinguish near-term targets from net-zero commitments
  • Transition plans connect decarbonisation initiatives, capital allocation and accountability
  • Renewable electricity claims assess contractual instruments, location and market methods

Participants can assess climate-related risks and connect them to operational and financial planning.

  • Climate scenario analysis tests physical and transition risk drivers
  • TCFD-style risk registers connect hazards, exposures, controls and financial effects
  • Physical risk maps assess heat, flood, water stress and supplier concentration
  • Transition-risk analysis evaluates carbon prices, regulation, technology and demand shifts
  • Financial planning translates climate assumptions into revenue, costs, assets and provisions
  • Adaptation plans prioritise resilience measures through likelihood-impact scoring

Participants can assess social ESG issues and define practical due-diligence and improvement actions.

  • Human rights due diligence follows UNGPs: assess, prevent, track, communicate
  • Supplier codes address labour, health, safety, grievance and working hours
  • Living wage assessments compare compensation against credible local benchmark methodologies
  • Community investment distinguishes philanthropy from shared-value economic development programmes
  • Grievance mechanisms require accessibility, non-retaliation, escalation and remedy tracking
  • Social indicators cover injury rates, turnover, diversity and training hours

Participants can strengthen ESG oversight, ethical controls and the substantiation of public claims.

  • Board ESG oversight defines mandates, information flows and challenge protocols
  • Executive incentives link verified ESG metrics to remuneration scorecards
  • Anti-bribery controls address third parties, conflicts, gifts and investigations
  • Whistleblowing systems protect reporters through confidential channels and non-retaliation policies
  • Greenwashing review tests claims against evidence, qualifications and substantiation files
  • Corporate governance disclosures explain accountability, ethics, controls and performance

Participants can incorporate ESG priorities into procurement, product, investment and growth decisions.

  • Local procurement strategies assess supplier readiness, quality, finance and inclusion
  • Supplier engagement plans set ESG expectations, improvement milestones and consequences
  • Lifecycle assessment identifies material impacts from sourcing through end-of-life
  • Product stewardship integrates circularity, durability, repairability and recovery pathways
  • Shared-value initiatives align commercial growth with local socioeconomic priorities
  • Responsible investment cases compare ESG benefits, costs, risks and returns

Participants can produce a phased ESG reporting roadmap linked to accountable improvement actions.

  • Reporting roadmaps sequence materiality, data build, assurance and publication milestones
  • ESG dashboards combine leading indicators, lagging indicators and management thresholds
  • Disclosure drafting uses balanced claims, quantified results and decision-useful explanations
  • Assurance plans define scope, criteria, evidence owners and remediation actions
  • Management review cycles convert performance gaps into funded corrective actions
  • Personal application plans specify stakeholders, first actions and ninety-day deliverables

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Double materiality assessment template
  2. ESG reporting framework crosswalk
  3. ESG data dictionary and control matrix
  4. GHG inventory boundary and calculation model
  5. Climate risk and resilience register
  6. Phased ESG reporting roadmap

Who should attend

  • Sustainability Managers — responsible for ESG strategy, performance management and reporting coordination
  • ESG Reporting Specialists — need consistent disclosures, data controls and assurance-ready evidence
  • Risk and Compliance Managers — assess climate, conduct and governance risks for oversight processes
  • Finance and Investor Relations Professionals — connect ESG performance with financial planning and market disclosures
  • Procurement and Supply Chain Managers — improve supplier ESG performance, local sourcing and due diligence
  • Operations and Energy Managers — identify emissions, energy efficiency and decarbonisation opportunities

Skills and tools covered

ESG materiality assessmentSustainability reportingGHG accountingClimate risk analysisESG data governanceSustainable value creation

Tools and standards

GRI Standards, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, European Sustainability Reporting Standards, GHG Protocol

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short instructor briefings to introduce standards, reporting methods and decision frameworks. Participants work through realistic ESG reporting cases, including emissions boundaries, materiality evidence, supplier risks, climate scenarios and disclosure claims. Group exercises apply templates to common organisational problems, while reporting simulations test data quality, governance and assurance readiness. Facilitated discussion compares sector approaches and trade-offs. The final sessions focus on application planning, allowing participants to adapt the course methods to their own reporting cycle, operating model and improvement priorities.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have working familiarity with their organisation's operations, reporting processes, risk management, finance, procurement or sustainability responsibilities. Experience using business data, performance indicators or internal reports is helpful. Participants should be comfortable discussing emissions, supply-chain issues and governance controls at a practical level. Prior formal ESG reporting experience is not required, and the course does not assume specialist environmental science, carbon-accounting certification, legal training or advanced financial modelling skills. Participants benefit most when they can relate course methods to a current organisational reporting or improvement priority.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

Participants should understand their organisation's business activities and have some exposure to reporting, operations, risk, finance, procurement or sustainability work. Specialist carbon-accounting, environmental science or legal knowledge is not required.

Participants should bring examples of current ESG reports, sustainability policies, emissions data, risk registers or supplier requirements if these can be shared appropriately. A laptop is useful for reviewing templates and applying methods to organisational priorities.

The course is designed for sustainability managers, ESG reporting staff, risk and compliance professionals, finance teams, procurement leaders and operational managers. It is particularly relevant for professionals coordinating inputs from several functions.

Carbon accounting courses focus primarily on calculating greenhouse-gas emissions, while climate risk courses concentrate on physical and transition risk assessment. This course connects those subjects with reporting standards, social performance, governance, data controls and sustainable growth planning.

Participants can use the templates to assess material issues, clarify data ownership, review reporting claims and prioritise emissions or supplier actions. The reporting roadmap provides a practical basis for discussion with management, internal audit, finance and operational teams.

The course runs from 08:30 to 16:30 each day, providing approximately 6.5 contact hours daily. Time is divided across ten teaching modules, with instructor input, case analysis, group work, reporting simulations and application planning.

Questions about this course?

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