// ESG & Sustainability

ESG Essentials: A Strategic Overview

Understand what ESG requires of your organisation and where responsibility for it sits.

Course details

Duration: Half day
Format: In person, Virtual live, In-house
Location: Singapore
Next date: Confirmed on enquiry
Price: On enquiry
In-house delivery: Available

// Overview

About this programme

ESG arrives in most organisations as a set of external demands before anyone internally has been given a working definition of it. This programme provides that definition, and sets out what the requirements actually ask organisations to do.

The session is built for people who need to participate in ESG decisions rather than run them: managers, functional leads and professionals who have been given ESG responsibilities alongside an existing role.

It covers the reporting landscape as it applies in Singapore and the wider region, the difference between the frameworks people commonly conflate, and how ESG obligations translate into work for specific functions.

// Audience

Who should attend

Managers given ESG responsibilities alongside an existing role
Finance, risk, legal and operations professionals supporting ESG work
Business owners and directors of small and mid-sized companies
Teams preparing for a first sustainability reporting cycle

// Outcomes

What you will be able to do

Define ESG accurately and distinguish it from adjacent terms such as sustainability and CSR
Identify the main reporting frameworks and what each is for
Describe the reporting obligations applying to organisations in Singapore and how they are phased
Explain the concept of materiality and its role in determining what an organisation reports
Recognise where ESG requirements create work for specific business functions
Identify the first practical steps an organisation should take

// Curriculum

Course contents

What ESG is, and what it is not

Environmental, social and governance components
How ESG differs from sustainability, CSR and philanthropy
Who is asking, and why: investors, customers, regulators and lenders

The reporting landscape

The main frameworks and standards, and what each addresses
Climate-first reporting and ISSB-aligned disclosure
How reporting obligations are phased in Singapore

Materiality

Why materiality determines everything downstream
Financial materiality and double materiality
How material issues are identified and validated

ESG in the business

Governance and ownership: who is accountable
What ESG requires from finance, procurement, HR and operations
Common failure patterns and how to avoid them

Getting started

Sequencing a first ESG programme
Data and capability prerequisites
Practical first steps by organisation size

// Delivery

How it runs

Duration: Half day
Formats: In person, Virtual live, In-house
Location: Singapore
Materials: Course materials are provided to every participant.
Scheduled dates: Public dates are set according to demand. In-house dates are arranged to suit your organisation.

// Certification

What participants receive

For confirmation of what this programme awards, please ask when you enquire.

// Instructor

Who teaches this

Raymond Cheung

Advisor & Lead Trainer

Over twenty years in actuarial science and risk management, working across ESG, sustainability and ESG investment.

Bachelor of Business, Actuarial Science major, Nanyang Technological University

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// In-house delivery

Run this programme for your team

This programme can be delivered privately for a single organisation. In-house delivery allows the exercises to use your own data, register or supply base, which is generally what makes training translate into changed practice.

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In-house delivery includes

Delivery at your premises or virtually
Content adjusted to your sector and maturity
Exercises using your own data where appropriate
Scheduling around your team availability
A single invoice rather than per-seat pricing

// Questions

Frequently asked

Do I need prior ESG knowledge?

No. The programme assumes no prior background and starts from definitions.

Is this suitable for a whole team?

Yes. It is frequently delivered in-house as a shared grounding before an organisation begins an ESG programme, so that everyone is working from the same definitions.

// Enquire

Enquire about this course

Tell us whether this is for you individually or for a group, and your preferred timeframe. We will come back with available dates, delivery options and pricing.

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