This course enables finance and accounting professionals to deepen their knowledge and practical application for effective contributions to their company’s reporting and sustainability strategies.
Course ID: SRRFP
Sustainability Reporting: A Roadmap for Finance Professionals
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
– Apply the knowledge in analyzing and preparing carbon accounting disclosures
– Identify the role of controls in ESG reporting, how they support auditability, and how organizations can integrate controls in their ESG process to enhance data integrity, credibility, and transparency.
– Distinguish the critical role of Controllership in driving ESG strategy and readiness plans, and how organizations can leverage existing financial reporting expertise to navigate the complexities of ESG reporting, assurance, and governance.
– Distinguish the current and future landscape of auditability in ESG reporting, including the risks associated with errors in the audit process.
– Apply best practices for implementing carbon accounting strategies and building audit-ready climate disclosures.
Major Topics
– Climate Risk and Carbon Exposure: Why Finance Teams Should Care (Market pressures & examples of risk)
– How the regulatory landscape is increasing the demand for ESG Controls
– Auditability (current landscape and auditability risks)
– Controls vs Auditability
– Building Controls for ESG Reporting
– Role of Controllership in ESG Reporting
– Leveraging financial reporting expertise for ESG reporting, assurance, and governance
– Role of Technology in Supporting the Accounting Process
Who Should Attend
Finance and Accounting professionals
Fields of Study
AuditingPrerequisites
Carbon accounting fundamentals