CPA Australia
Sustainability: Building Resilience through Leadership
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Beginner
- Duration: 5 hours
- Course Type: Short Course
- Total Price: $519.75
Provide you with an understanding of the IFRS Sustainability Standards disclosure requirements and how best to communicate the value of ESG in your organisation.
Course overview
CPA Australia’s Micro-Credentials are based on technical and non-technical competencies and align with our Accounting and Finance Capability Framework. Our partner, Credly, will provide you with a digital badge to complete the assessment. Your digital badge demonstrates your capability and achievement and can be placed on your LinkedIn profile, digital CV or email signature.
About Sustainability: Building Resilience through Leadership
Successful organisations integrate sustainability in their strategy, planning, risk management and operations to facilitate the creation of long-term sustainable growth. Finance professionals in leadership roles are best placed to partner in communicating the benefits of sustainability and embedding it in organisational culture, developing and executing sustainable growth strategies and making decisions that consider the trade-offs between social, environmental and financial performance.
This five-hour interactive course includes content, videos and activities that will help you understand the IFRS Sustainability Standards disclosure requirements and how best to communicate the value of ESG in your organisation.
Featuring examples and real-world applications provided by industry experts and financial leaders to embed the learning and bring the content to life, through this course, you will gain the requisite tools and techniques that are increasingly important in modern finance roles.
This highly interactive course, focusing on various industries, includes activities, videos and simulations to keep you engaged.
Key facts
What you will study
The Business Case for Sustainability
- Learn about sustainability and sustainable development in an organisational context and how to structure a business case that includes components including scope, sustainability considerations and value creation impacts.
Engaging Stakeholders to Drive Sustainability
- Explore relevant frameworks to engage internal and external stakeholders with the value of sustainability and drive the case for organisational sustainability.
Culture, Leadership, Governance and Risk Management
- Learn about best practice policies and approaches that create an organisational culture that embraces sustainability.
- Explore ways into which to integrate sustainability into an organisation’s risk framework.
Managing Sustainability Performance
- Explore how best to manage an organisation’s sustainable performance by setting goals, objectives and targets, as well as establishing metrics that align with the organisation’s sustainability goals
This course consists of one online course with a PDF learning manual and one online assessment.
The assessment will be subject to security measures such as identification verification and webcam monitoring. Please ensure you read the Assessment and security policy and system requirements prior to making your purchase.
What you will learn
- Advise on the key components included within a business case for sustainability that creates organisational value.
- Integrate sustainability into an organisation’s culture, strategy, governance structures and risk management framework.
Who should attend
This course is suited to finance and accounting professionals looking to apply best-practice approaches to integrating sustainability to facilitate long-term sustainable growth.