Expert led ESG training for board members and directors

Increasing legislation, stakeholder expectations and societal pressure have led many boards and senior leadership teams to consider how best to manage and develop their oversight of ESG issues. To aid organisations who are looking to this, GoodCorporation offers personalised, expert-led board training sessions on the essentials of ESG in business. These sessions will provide valuable, tailor-made insights into how best the organisation can maximise the value of ESG opportunities whilst navigating the challenges ESG issues can present.

Why is ESG training for boards necessary?

Businesses today are increasingly facing both opportunities and challenges linked to emerging environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. While ESG considerations have become deeply embedded in companies of all sizes and industries, it is the board that is increasingly being held accountable for managing these issues.

Given recent regulatory changes, such as the introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, robust governance of an organisation's ESG material issues is becoming a priority. For board members, it is essential to remain well-informed and up to date on their company's ESG related issues and activities, not only to provide effective oversight of strategy and risk management, but also to ensure the company can meet the rapidly changing expectations of investors, markets, and regulators.

What does our training cover

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Sustainability and business ethics

Our training explores the transition from the dominance of shareholder value in the business to an emerging sustainability model focused on all stakeholders.We examine the meaning of sustainability and its integration into corporate strategy to drive a new business model that creates both stakeholder value and profit.

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The role of the board

ESG requires corporate governance oversight. Our training explores the role of the board in evaluating ESG impacts, risks and opportunities and the integration of ESG management into corporate strategy.

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The integration of business and sustainability

We explore the evaluation of material environmental, social and governance issues, the development of a roadmap for implementation to address the material issues, and the KPIs and reporting metrics needed for board oversight.

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The impact of CSDDD

The CSDDD places specific expectation on in-scope companies. Our training examines the board oversight needed to ensure compliance with these emerging expectations with insights into anticipated models of governance best practice.

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Q&A

The session is designed to be interactive. You are encouraged to engage our speakers in discussion about your key issues or concerns.

Our experts

Gareth Thomas

Director and Head of ESG at GoodCorporation

Gareth Thomas is a Director at GoodCorporation. He co-leads GoodCorporation’s work in ESG, and has considerable expertise in advising corporates on their response to regulatory change.

He started his career with Logica, writing multi-client reports on telecommunications and technology markets before joining KPMG’s Strategy, Economics and Marketing team where he continued to advise international corporates on the impacts of regulatory change. He led a strategy review of NatWest Bank’s trade and international banking services and as Strategy Director, worked directly to the CEO NatWest Markets and the Group CEO.

Gareth also held an investment banking role in telecommunications prior to becoming Head of Technology at Investment Bank Europe. He set up a boutique financial advisory firm focussing on tech, media and telecoms M&A and VC opportunities and joined GoodCorporation in 2016.

Hilde Luystermans

Former President of the TotalEnergies Ethics Committee

As the President of the TotalEnergies Ethics Committee, Hilde reported directly to the Company President and CEO.  Hilde was appointed to the Ethics Committee following her role as the CEO of the Total Antwerp oil refinery, the largest integrated petrochemicals complex in Europe (one of few women globally to hold such a position). 

During her 22 years at TotalEnergies, Hilde developed significant expertise on how a global business can respond to sustainability and ethical challenges. She has an acute appreciation of systems and processes and how the varying demands of sustainability can be addressed in practice. This board engagement session will enable company directors to learn from Hilde’s pragmatic, business-orientated experience.

Our ESG services

GoodCorporation's ESG services help businesses to address their material ESG risks and issues. The emphasis is on pragmatic and effective actions that ensure regulatory obligations are satisfied but also demonstrate a real commitment to change. Putting these steps in place will enable an organisation to meet the demands of regulators, investors and other stakeholders.

We also offer frameworks on CSDDD, environmental management and human rights, providing a clear structure for the effective management of these areas. Find out more about our ESG services by clicking below.

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