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In Course 1 we start with an overview of managing ESG and the architecture surrounding ESG before developing ESG objectives and considering why ESG is more than GRC. We then start investigating the topic of ‘material topics’ which is further covered in the second and third hours of this course.
The second hour looks at ESG objectives in practice and how to identify detailed ESG topics and make a long list of those topics. We then take that long list and reduce it to material topics which are vital for ensuring that the firm is able to tackle the most important ESG topics and does not get ‘drowned in data’.
This course provides a theoretical and practical introduction to ESG and its material topics, covering:
These basic processes are suitable for any ESG practitioner, risk practitioner and member of management who wants to get familiar with the processes required to manage ESG exposure. Based on previous RiskLogix courses, this course is at the post-graduate/Master's degree level.
The course comprises one three-hour session and is a live online intensive course that provides a technical, yet practical, analysis of ESG data that is designed to improve your knowledge, skills and expertise in ESG management techniques, practises and systems. The session is self-contained and can be booked and taken separately. All three sessions of the full ESG set taken together will give the participant an unrivalled understanding of ESG management. You will be encouraged to use this live session to ask questions as they occur to you.
You will be eligible to receive a CPD certificate based on successful completion of the course. You will also be eligible to receive an ESG Manager certificate based on a successful performance in the optional examination, after attending all three courses and successfully passing the examination.
Each three-hour session is self-contained and can be booked and taken separately or as a series.
Each session is priced at £450 for members or £575 for non-members.
For more information, or for help in booking your place, please contact our Training team.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
“I felt the pace and style of training was very helpful and the … discussions helped to drive the topics home. The vast nature of the course content has given me a lot of confidence on the remit … with lots of concepts to bring into my firm. The materials … have also become invaluable reference materials.” Manager, Global Japanese Bank
"This course has undoubtedly marked a before and an after in my career development. It’s been very useful and I gained the technical knowledge I was lacking. Professor Tony Blunden made the intense topic … something easy to understand.” Risk Officer - Large, Well Known Fin Tech Start Up
The training and development programme is both theoretical and practical. Numerous examples relevant to different industries will be used to illustrate the principles. Each module will use a stimulating combination drawn from real life experience and clear realistic examples. The trainer will draw on his broad and deep experience to provide you with thought-provoking and motivating presentations and questions. You will gain an understanding during the training that is a distillation of many years of experience. You will also be able to benchmark the organisation you work for against the many examples that will be given. The focus will be practical, rather than theoretical, with a considerable number of anonymised and incisive client-led examples.
The style of the course will be participative and inclusive, encouraging learning through the application of each newly acquired (or newly reinforced) skill. The training program will also include an optional exam to confirm that active participation and a reasonable level of understanding of the concepts were achieved during the training sessions.
COURSE 1-1: ESG Approach: Strategy and Objectives
COURSE 1-2: ESG Topics: What are they?
COURSE 1-3: Deducing the Material Topics
Hon. Professor, GCU and Head of Consulting at RiskLogix
Professor Tony Blunden has worked in the City of London for over thirty years primarily within risk management and related areas in financial services...
Professor Tony Blunden has worked in the City of London for over thirty years primarily within risk management and related areas in financial services organisations. Prior to joining Risk-Logix, he spent four years as Director of Operational Risk within the Financial Services Risk Management Practice at Ernst & Young. Tony's area of focus is the identification and development of clients' needs in risk management.
Client consulting engagements have included advising and guiding on risk frameworks, governance and culture, risk and control assessments, indicators of key risks, loss databases and their use, scenarios and stress tests, modelling of operational risk and risk reporting as well as risk appetite, the use of six sigma, ICAAP, ILAAP and enterprise wide risk management. Risk appetite frameworks and model validation have been a particular feature of Tony's work in the last few years.
Tony is a frequent conference and bespoke training speaker having spoken at over 150 international risk and compliance conferences. He is also a well-known author of articles, chapters and books on risk management and compliance. His latest book is 'Mastering Operational Risk' which has sold over 12,000 copies, been translated into Chinese and is published by Financial Times Prentice Hall. He has been appointed an Honorary Professor by Glasgow Caledonian University. Tony is also a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute.
Tony is recognised throughout the industry as a world leading authority on operational risk and brings deep domain knowledge and the practical experience of advising a considerable number of blue chip companies on risk management.
Suitable those who have an interest in understanding the business benefits that can be gained through good ESG management as well as ESG professionals, new joiners to ESG management and allied areas such as risk management.
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