The Sustainability in Finance Programme is designed as a one stop programme, which will help you to keep up to date with the current requirements when it comes to sustainability as well as encourage you to think outside of the box. 

Governments, organisations and individuals are recognising the need to be sustainable. However, there is widespread confusion over what specific action needs to be taken and how progress in this field can be measured. For this reason we have created this programme for you to gain the information you need. 

This programme is a cost effective way to gain access to 12 CPD Verifiable units through 6 webinars. Some of the webinars are available on-demand, whilst others are live. Do not worry if you cannot make the live date, as all sessions will be recorded and available to you on-demand as part of the programme, so that you can watch or re-watch at your own convenience. 

  • Sustainability in Finance
  • DEI and ESG - Re-framing your approach workshop
  • Understanding Green Taxes 
  • CSRD - Keeping up with the sustainability reporting requirements 
  • Ethical Dilemmas in an era of sustainability reporting 
  • IFRS Update

    Overview

    Governments, organisations and individuals are recognising the need to be sustainable. However, there is widespread confusion over what specific action needs to be taken and how progress in this field can be measured.

    The accountancy profession is really well placed to analyse and report on ESG performance in order to understand and manage the considerable risks and opportunities that are arising.

    The problem we have is what do we need to do and what should we measure? And crucially how do we do it? These are very real questions in a complex landscape of guidance and regulation.

    This introductory half day session will equip finance professionals with a better understanding of ESG and demonstrate how and why accountants are ideally positioned to lead on this global challenge. It will explore the latest developments in this field, focussing on the recently issues IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures and provide a portfolio of practical steps that accountants and finance professionals can take to ensure their organisation is ready to face the dramatic changes ahead of us.

    This webinar includes:

    • What do we mean by ESG and why should we care?
    • Discussion of what is meant by climate change risks and opportunities and associated financial implications
    • Discussion of why ESG issues are important for your/your clients organisations
    • Acknowledgements of the challenges around collecting, analysing and reporting ESG information​​
    • The requirements of the current reporting landscape and the challenges we face in reporting
    • An understanding of the UN SDG's and how they work.
    • An introduction the standards recently issued by the ISSB - IFRS S1 and S2
    • Opportunity for practical application

    Speaker: Clare Jones

    Duration: 3 hours 

    CPD Units: 3 CPD Units

  • Sustainability in Finance webinar

    Overview

    The accountancy profession is really well placed to analyse and report on ESG performance in order to understand and manage the considerable risks and opportunities that are arising.

    The problem we have is what do we need to do and what should we measure? And crucially how do we do it? These are very real questions in a complex landscape of guidance and regulation.

    This introductory half day session will equip finance professionals with a better understanding of ESG and demonstrate how and why accountants are ideally positioned to lead on this global challenge. It will explore the latest developments in this field, focussing on the recently issues IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures and provide a portfolio of practical steps that accountants and finance professionals can take to ensure their organisation is ready to face the dramatic changes ahead of us.

    This webinar includes:

    • What do we mean by ESG and why should we care?
    • Discussion of what is meant by climate change risks and opportunities and associated financial implications
    • Discussion of why ESG issues are important for your/your clients organisations
    • Acknowledgements of the challenges around collecting, analysing and reporting ESG information​​
    • The requirements of the current reporting landscape and the challenges we face in reporting
    • An understanding of the UN SDG's and how they work.
    • An introduction the standards recently issued by the ISSB - IFRS S1 and S2
    • Opportunity for practical application

    Speaker: Helen Kerrigan

    Duration: 3 hours 

    CPD Units: 3 CPD Units

  • DEI and ESG - Reframing your approach

    Overview

    This will be a bespoke webinar targeted at delegates who focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in their current roles or want to know more on this topic. It will focus on the role of the accountant first to understand, then to assess the impact on the organisation's short, medium and long term results.


    Key features

    1. Gain an appreciation of the scope of Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in business
    2. Understanding social impact inside ESG, and the historic linkages to topics to DEI and social
      justice.
    3. Developing strategies for talking about DEI and social impact topics within your varying
      organisational teams
    4. Understanding key concepts behind impact on short term and long term results - and examining
      the case for change.

    Speaker: Katherine Byam

    Duration: 1 hour

    CPD Units: 1 CPD Unit

  • Understanding Green Taxes

    Overview

    A course which looks at a range of taxes and will deep dive in to international issues.

    Key features include:

      • Landfill taxes
      • Aggregates,
      • Plastic taxes
      • Carbon taxes

    Speaker: Jeremy Mindell

    Duration: 2 hours

    CPD Units: 2 CPD Units

  • CSRD - Sustainability Reporting

    Overview

    Presented by expert speaker Dr Alexandra von Westernhagan, this session examines the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will substantially widen both the scope of those who must report on non-financial issues as well as the reporting scope.

    Consideration will be given to the background to the CSRD, including the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive 2014 (2014/95/EU), as well as the impact of the EU Taxonomy Regulation on non-financial reporting.

    Key Features:

    • Background to the CSRD
      • Reminder of the framework of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD)
      • Reminder of the impact of the EU Taxonomy Regulation on non-financial reporting
    • Who is covered and by when?
    • What is covered?
      • Overview EFRA reporting standards
      • Comparison reporting requirements NFRD / CSRD
      • Assurances & digital tagging
    • Outlook

     

    Speaker: Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen

    Duration: 2 hours

    CPD Units: 2 CPD Units