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 begin considering how best to manage and develop their oversight of ESG issues.
To aid organisations in 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 to maximise the value of ESG opportunities whilst navigating the challenges ESG issues can present.
Why is ESG training
for boards necessary?
Businesses today increasingly face both opportunities and challenges linked to emerging environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Whilst ESG considerations have become embedded in companies of all sizes and across all 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 material ESG 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 that the company can meet the rapidly changing expectations of investors, markets, and regulators.
What does our training cover?
Sustainability and business ethics
Our training explores the on going transition from the dominant ideal of creating shareholder value to an emerging sustainability-centred model focused on generating value for all stakeholders. We examine the meaning of sustainability and its integration into corporate strategy in driving a new business model that creates both stakeholder value and profit.
The role of the board in ESG
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.
The integration of business and sustainability
We explore the evaluation of material environmental, social and governance issues, the development of a roadmap for implementation in addressing these material issues, and the KPIs and reporting metrics needed for board oversight.
The impact of the CSDDD on ESG management
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.
Q&A session and discussion
The session is designed to be interactive. You are encouraged to engage our speakers in discussion about key issues or concerns.
Our experts
Gareth Thomas
Director and Head of ESG
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 with the CEO of 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. He 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 tenure as CEO of the Total Antwerp oil refinery, the largest integrated petrochemicals complex in Europe. She is one of few women globally to have held 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.
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