ESG & Sustainability Reporting Certificate

Course overview

Materiality assessment through to ISSB, GRI and IFRS S1/S2-aligned sustainability disclosure.

Intended audience

Sustainability, finance and reporting teams

Duration & delivery format

6 weeks · 6 modules · Facilitator-led cohort · Corporate & in-house

Learning outcomes

• Map the current global sustainability reporting landscape and how it reached its present, consolidated form.
• Explain materiality in a sustainability context, including the financial-versus-impact materiality distinction.
• Apply IFRS S2's four-pillar structure (governance, strategy, risk management, metrics & targets) to climate disclosure.
• Identify the core social disclosure topics: workforce composition, health & safety, training and labour practices.
• Design a data collection process for ESG metrics that spans departments and sites.
• Structure a sustainability report that satisfies both ISSB (IFRS S1/S2) and GRI requirements in a single document.

Course outline

6 modules, with a short description of what each one covers. The expanded outline below adds fuller module detail, the practical skills each module builds, sample activities and key takeaways.

1. 01

   ESG & Sustainability Reporting Landscape

   ISSB, GRI and IFRS S1/S2 frameworks and how they interrelate.

2. 02

   Materiality Assessment

   Identifying and prioritising material sustainability topics.

3. 03

   Environmental Disclosures

   Climate, emissions and environmental impact reporting (IFRS S2-aligned).

4. 04

   Social & Governance Disclosures

   Workforce, community and governance-related ESG metrics.

5. 05

   Data Collection & Assurance-Readiness

   Building auditable ESG data trails.

6. 06

   Publishing the Sustainability Report

   Structuring and drafting an assurance-ready sustainability report.