Why Attend
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations and climate-related risks have become increasingly important to organisational strategy, financial resilience, investment decisions, regulatory compliance, and long-term value creation. Organisations are expected to demonstrate how they identify, assess, manage, and communicate sustainability-related risks and opportunities.
Climate change introduces complex financial and operational challenges through physical risks, such as extreme weather events and environmental disruption, and transition risks arising from changes in regulations, technology, markets, and stakeholder expectations. These developments can affect asset values, operating costs, supply chains, financing conditions, insurance availability, and business continuity.
At the same time, organisations face growing expectations for transparent ESG governance, reliable sustainability data, responsible investment practices, and credible climate-related disclosures. Meeting these expectations requires a structured approach that connects ESG considerations with enterprise risk management, corporate governance, financial planning, and strategic decision-making.
The Certificate of Practice in ESG and Climate Risk Management course provides participants with practical knowledge of ESG risk frameworks, climate risk identification, materiality assessment, climate scenario analysis, sustainability reporting, and risk mitigation strategies.
Participants explore internationally recognised frameworks and standards, including the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and relevant elements of ISO 31000. The programme also considers jurisdiction-specific regulatory developments and the implications of ESG requirements for financial institutions and non-financial organisations.
Through practical exercises, case studies, risk assessments, and climate scenario workshops, participants develop the capabilities needed to integrate ESG and climate risk management into organisational governance, strategy, operations, and performance monitoring.
Professional Problems This Course Is Designed to Solve
Limited understanding of ESG and climate-related risks: Establishing a structured approach to identifying environmental, social, governance, physical climate, and transition risk exposures.
Weak integration of ESG into enterprise risk management: Connecting sustainability-related risks with existing risk registers, governance arrangements, internal controls, and strategic planning processes.
Difficulty assessing climate-related financial impacts: Evaluating how climate scenarios may affect revenues, operating costs, asset values, financing, and organisational resilience.
Unclear ESG governance and accountability: Defining board oversight, management responsibilities, risk ownership, and escalation procedures for sustainability-related matters.
Inconsistent ESG data and reporting: Establishing reliable sustainability indicators, data collection processes, reporting controls, and disclosure methodologies.
Exposure to regulatory and reputational risks: Understanding applicable sustainability reporting obligations, greenwashing risks, and the importance of evidence-based ESG communications.
Insufficient climate risk mitigation planning: Developing practical risk responses, adaptation measures, transition planning priorities, and monitoring mechanisms.
Course Methodology
The programme combines instructor-led discussions, ESG governance case studies, climate risk assessment workshops, regulatory framework reviews, sustainability data exercises, and scenario-based financial risk analysis.
Participants work with realistic organisational scenarios involving climate-related physical hazards, carbon-intensive activities, supply chain vulnerabilities, investment exposures, stakeholder expectations, and sustainability reporting challenges.
Practical exercises include developing ESG risk registers, conducting materiality assessments, evaluating climate scenarios, designing ESG performance indicators, and preparing climate risk management recommendations.
The programme emphasises practical implementation, sound risk management judgement, credible disclosures, and the integration of ESG considerations into established organisational decision-making processes.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Explain ESG principles and their relevance to organisational governance and financial performance
Identify major environmental, social, governance, and climate-related risk categories
Distinguish physical climate risks from transition risks
Assess ESG risks using structured materiality and risk evaluation techniques
Integrate ESG considerations into enterprise risk management frameworks
Establish governance arrangements for ESG and climate risk oversight
Apply climate scenario analysis to evaluate organisational vulnerabilities
Assess potential financial and operational consequences of climate-related risks
Understand relevant ESG disclosure standards and sustainability reporting frameworks
Develop ESG and climate risk indicators, controls, and monitoring procedures
Recommend appropriate climate adaptation, transition, and risk mitigation measures
Prepare an integrated ESG and climate risk management action plan
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
Enterprise risk managers and risk management professionals
ESG and sustainability managers
Climate risk and environmental risk specialists
Corporate governance and compliance professionals
Internal auditors and assurance professionals
Banking and financial services risk officers
Investment analysts and responsible investment professionals
Finance managers and financial controllers
Corporate strategy and business continuity managers
Senior executives responsible for sustainability governance and organisational resilience
Target Competencies
Participants will develop competencies in:
ESG risk identification and assessment
Climate physical and transition risk analysis
ESG materiality assessment
Enterprise risk management integration
Sustainability governance and accountability
Climate scenario analysis and stress testing
ESG performance measurement
Sustainability disclosure and reporting controls
Climate risk mitigation and transition planning
ESG risk communication and strategic decision-making
