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The EIMF Live Online Learning Experience

EIMF subject-matter experts deliver engaging and interactive courses across a broad spectrum of areas, that can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own chosen environment. 

Course Overview 

An organisation’s sustainable development depends on many factors, such as its sensitivity in environmental issues, it’s social contribution as well as its governance policies (ESG). It is important to understand how all these factors affect an organisation and its impact and use clear Key Performance Indicators that provide the metrics to facilitate decision making.  

All this requires consistent and reliable data on the performance of an organisation regarding its footprint on the environment and society and that is why Corporate Sustainability Reporting has been mandatory for large sized (meaning with over 500 staff) and public organisations since 2017 through the NFRD (Non-Financial Reporting Directive). 

In 2021, the Commission adopted a proposal for a “Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)” which would amend the existing reporting requirements of the NFRD. The proposal extends the scope to all large companies with over 250 personnel or over 40 mln revenue and all companies listed on regulated markets including banks and insurance companies or other large organisations in regulated industries. Criteria will become even stricter in the near future with non-public organisations expected to be included in the very near future, which means that almost all companies will need to be made aware of these new directives and guidelines in order to be able to comply and meet new requirements as set by the EU.  

The aim of this course is to offer a thorough review of the various Sustainability Reporting Frameworks and principles available, focusing on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards – being the most widely used at Worldwide level.  

ΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟΥ

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to: 

• List various reporting standards & frameworks and select the most suitable for them 
• Name the key obligations that corporations will be required to meet relevant to ESG and Sustainability  
• Identify the requirements stemming from existing regulations 
• Express the importance of producing appropriate ESG Reports  
• Convey the ESG and Sustainability challenges corporations are expected to face 
• Prepare the Compliance Unit to be best equipped for current and future ESG and Sustainable-related regulations  
• Choose the relevant tools to use for ESG reporting 
• Compare best practices in monitoring and reporting ESG for a corporation  
• Communicate ESG actions & performance 

ΣΕ ΠΟΙΟΥΣ ΑΠΕΥΘΥΝΕΤΑΙ

• Lawyers 
• Legal advisors to public and private bodies 
• Regulatory compliance officers of public and private bodies 
• Internal control officers of public and private bodies 
• HR officers of public and private bodies 
• Middle and top management of public and private bodies 
• Regulatory/supervisory authority officers 
• Judicial and prosecutorial officials 
• Journalists 
• Those aspiring to build a career in corporate control functions 

ΠΕΡΙΣΣΟΤΕΡΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ

Training Outline

• Overview of the EU’s new CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) 
• The Business Case for Reporting – Moving ahead of compliance to operational effectiveness 
• Available Reporting Standards & Frameworks 
• Setting up your sustainability governance structure 
• GRI Sustainability reporting principles & Structure 
• Stakeholder Mapping & Engagement 
• Materiality Assessment 
• Topic specific disclosures & indicators 
• Data collection 
• GRI Index 
• The new GRI Updated Universal Standards 
• External Assurance 
• Communicating Key Report Findings 

Industry Expert | Irene Loucaides

Irene is a communications professional specializing in sustainability related issues and stakeholder engagement.  Leveraging 18 years of experience having held leadership positions in organizations from various industries such as advertising, NGO/fundraising & marketing/ PR, she has used CSR disciplines in both the business and civil society sectors. Irene works with organizations of all sizes to maximize the impact of their sustainability strategies by communicating how these are making a difference in their business and our world. “I believe that solving the world’s most challenging societal problems requires new ways of thinking and behaving both on a personal and collective level. Meeting your organization’s objectives is best done through innovations that address society’s needs and challenges.”

Training Style 

The course is designed to deliver knowledge, initially by offering a theoretical assessment of ESG, and then adopting a more practical perspective that seeks to illustrate the challenges and obligations relating to ESG Reporting. The teaching methodology rests on an interactive approach that will seek to engage the participants and accordingly place emphasis on those aspects/issues discussed that are deemed to have the greatest value for the participants.   

CPD Recognition

This programme may be approved for up to 7 CPD units in Financial Regulation. Eligibility criteria and CPD Units are verified directly by your association, regulator or other bodies which you hold membership.