Certified Sustainability Officer (ESG)

The "Hellenic Association of Risk Managers" (www.harima.gr) member of FERMA (Federation European of Risk Management Associations, www.ferma.eu) & FECMA (Federation of European Credit Management Associations, www.fecma.eu), with the support of "Academics University of London Worldwide", SEV and powered by GRANT THORNTON and in collaboration with the "Risk Training Institute" of ICAP CRIF, present the "Certified Sustainability Officer (ESG)" training program that leads to the corresponding certification after examinations.

The "Certified Sustainability Officer (ESG)" certification by the "Hellenic Association of Risk Managers" is awarded only to Association’s members and they keep their title as long as they are up to date regarding their membership. The H.A.RI.MA. first year’s registration fee is free of charge for the attendees that successfully graduate from the certificate program.

Description

This certification program validates that the executive has knowledge of sustainability concepts and can help organizations integrate sustainability practices into their operations but also enhance reporting, illustrating the efforts and action taken complying to local and international institutional framework.

Target Audience

Sustainability Consultants / Professionals
Legal Counsels
Compliance Professionals
Financial Analysts
Investment Professionals
Mid-level and Senior Managers
Risk Professionals
Anyone dealing with Sustainability or ESG capacity in the organization

Subject Areas

MODULE 1: Introduction to Sustainable Development and ESG concept (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance)
- Introduction, history and background
- International and European Trends on ESG & Sustainability
- Initiatives and International Standards
- Sustainable Finance Regulation
- ESG corporate impac
MODULE 2: Environment
- Introduction, history and background
- Sustainability and Climate Change
- Environmental Regulation and European Directives
- Environmental risk assessment
- Climate crisis: Challenges and opportunities
- Cases of Greenwashing
MODULE 3: Social
- Introduction, history and background
- The elements of the Social Pillar
- Human resources
- Human & Labour Rights
- Health, Safety and employee well-being
- Marketplace responsibility and sustainable products
- Supply chain management
- Relevant Regulation and European Directives
MODULE 4: Governance
- Introduction, history and background
- Sustainability and ESG criteria as keys to the corporate governance model
- Company Governance and risk management
- Integrating ESG into corporate policies & procedures
- How ESG drives Investors’ confidence
- The role of stakeholders
- Stakeholder engagement framework
- Embedding sustainability into core strategy and business operations
MODULE 5: ESG & Sustainability Reporting
- Overview on sustainability reporting
- Relevant Regulation and European Directives (NFRD, CSRD)
- Sustainability and integrated reporting: main frameworks
- Other specific standards on ESG reporting
- ESG report Assurance
- ATHEX
MODULE 6 - SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND RELEVANT IMPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES (CORPORATIONS, CONSUMERS ETC.)
1. CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE CORPORATE FINANCE
  - Introduction, history and background
  - Current EU Regulatory aspects
2. SUSTAINABLE INVESTING, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY
  - Introduction
  - Sustainable investing
  - Sustainable fixed income products
  - Investment funds
  - Advisory
3. SUSTAINABLE BANKING AND INSURANCE
  - Overview of financial institutions challenges and relevant implementation implications at other business
  - Sustainable / Responsible Banking principles – implementation challenge
  - Sustainable / Responsible Insurance principles – implementation challenges

What you will learn

The Objectives of the course is to provide knowledge about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Environmental Social Governance (ESG):

Understand current trends and opportunities for sustainable business
Develop and implement an ESG Strategy and link it with the Corporate Strategy Plan Get familiarized with ESG reporting and KPIs
Measure your environmental and social impact
Learn how to avoid greenwashing and how to communicate your impact

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Course Start Date
2 of October 2024

Cost of Attendance

€3.250

78 Hours
Live Online
Language: Greek
Certification
Certified Sustainability Officer
Subsidized by LAEK

Course Timetable

Scientific Associate

Dimitris N.
Koufopoulos, PhDDirector of University of London MBA Programmes,
Member of H.A.RI.MA.

Director of the Global Online MBA Programmes in University of London
Visiting Professor, School of Law, CCLS at Queen Mary University
Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck University of London

Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos is a Visiting Professor, School of Law, CCLS at Queen Mary University, Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck University of London and the Director of the Global Online MBA Programmes in University of London. He has held numerous academic positions at Brunel University (2002-2018) and Cardiff University (1991-2002) in UK.
Dimitrios began his career very early, in construction industry –simply put, a builder-as well as a guitar player and singer where he quickly realised that was not good enough. Then, he turned his attention to accounting, where he saw opportunities and potential employment successes.
He gained his university bachelor’s degree in Management from the Athens School of Economics and Business Sciences in Greece, in 1988. Two years later has embarked on postgraduate studies in UK. He earned his MBA at Cardiff Business School, and straight after was employed as a research assistant at Cardiff University, Cardiff business School. He started working on his PhD on Strategic Planning Systems alongside his academic and consulting career.
He has been a Full-Time academic member of staff at Cardiff Business School from 1991 to 2002 and then joined Brunel Business School until April 2018. He publishes extensively in academic journals and every year papers that co-authors are presented in major conferences all over the world.
He has been teaching online and developing online material since 2006; in the early beginning at Universitas 21, then Laureate-Liverpool in 2009, Laureate- Roehampton in 2012 and University of London-Queen Mary in 2016. He has an extensive experience in developing and testing online material and modules; like Learning and Leading in a Dynamic Era, Strategy and Innovation and Strategic Management. He is currently working on the second edition of his textbook “Essentials of Strategic Management” published by Sage in 2012.
His supervisory capabilities have been developed since 1992 and up to now has successfully supervised well above 400 hundred students at UG and PG level as well as over 10 PhD students at Brunel University and currently 3 DBA Students at University of Liverpool.
Back in 1994, alongside his academic career, he set up a boutique consulting firm providing intelligent reports on several business and management issues. In 1998, he set up the Gnosis Management Consultants (www.gnosisconsultants.com), specializing in executive training and niched strategic research. In 2007, he set up the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance (www.hocg.eu), where research on five distinct, important economic sectors for Greece are contacted. Since 2016 is a partner in www.proteas.io a business model innovation consulting firm.