The Professional Diploma in Sustainability Learning (The Sustainability Certificate Series)
About series: All four certificates are available for purchase together as part of ACCA's Sustainability Certificate Series. The Series contains a bonus course to provide additional learning on the European Sustainability Reporting Standards. The total learning experience across the four certificates is 60 hours.
Duration: 60 hours
Prices: £950 (£1,300 for non-ACCA)
Certificate in Sustainability Frameworks and Ethics
About course: Gain a rigorous grounding in sustainability frameworks, how they differ globally, as well as ethical standards for organisations and individuals.
Syllabus topics
- Sustainability overview
- Frameworks and global differences
- Roles and responsibilities in relation to sustainability matters
- Ethical behaviour for organisations
- Ethical behaviours for professionals
Duration: 7 hours
Prices: £150 (£200 for non-ACCA)
Certificate in Sustainability Strategy and Management
About course: Understand how to translate your organisation’s sustainability goals into business activities and policies – as well as measuring risks, monitoring performance, and setting up measurement systems.
Syllabus topics:
- Strategic planning and alignment
- Governance, risk and control
- Decision-making and measurement
- The role of technology and information systems
Duration: 18 hours
Prices: £300 (£400 for non-ACCA)
Certificate in Sustainability Reporting
About course: Understand how to create compliant sustainability reports, and learn what makes reporting useful to investors. Also learn how financial statements should account for sustainability.
Syllabus topics:
- Preparing sustainability reports
- IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards
- Interactions between sustainability reporting frameworks
- Analysis of sustainability reports
- Sustainability and the financial statements
Duration: 15 hours
Prices: £300 (£400 for non-ACCA)
Certificate in Sustainability Assurance
About course: Understand the need for assurance – as well as the challenges associated with it – and the sustainability assurance cycle.
Syllabus topics:
- Frameworks for sustainability assurance
- Sustainability assurance: acceptance and planning stages
- Sustainability assurance: completion and reporting stages
- Current issues and developments in sustainability assurance
Duration: 15 hours
Prices: £300 (£400 for non-ACCA)
