ESG for Accountants

by Michael Harris

The growth of ESG has had a huge impact on businesses globally, and, therefore, on your role as advisors and reporters of financial records. This course will help you to get to grips with your ESG responsibilities.

price £75+vat
cpd hours 4 CPD hours
access 120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Recognise the significance of ESG and how it's being regulated
  • Understand how ESG compliance impacts the role of accountants
  • Discuss global frameworks and how they have progressed
  • Outline the risks associated with non-compliance and how to mitigate those
  • List the key steps involved in carrying out an ESG audit
  • Integrate ESG into your work using some simple techniques and processes

About the course

As global awareness of sustainability and climate-related issues grows, accountants may find themselves increasingly tasked with tackling compliance and reporting related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.

This course explores the impact of ESG regulation on businesses and the difficulties arising from the inconsistency of ESG regulation at local and international levels. It also looks at the role of accountants in implementing compliance and adapting your core skills to analyse ESG data, identify financial risk and help organisations to meet reporting requirements.

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Contents

  • ESG compliance - an overview
    • Accountants and ESG
    • The origins of ESG compliance
    • Defining ESG
    • International standards
    • Green finance explained
    • ESG and professional services
    • ESG, financial crime and greenwashing
    • Emerging trends and challenges
    • The impact on accountants
  • The global ESG regulatory landscape
    • The main global framework
    • The need for global compliance
    • Regional overview: USA
    • Regional overview: EU
    • Regional overview: UK
    • Is ESG compliance mandatory?
    • Regional overview: APAC
    • Be ready for regulation
  • Managing ESG risks
    • The low-down on ESG risks
    • Industry-specific ESG risks
    • ESG risks and accounting
    • Data sources for ESG risk assessment
    • Leveraging technology
    • Dealing with data
    • Supply chain risks
    • Supply chain compliance
  • Creating an ESG culture
    • Skill sets for ESG compliance officers
    • Do we need ESG experts?
    • Communication to collaborate
    • Integrating ESG into existing frameworks
    • Ethics and good business sense
    • What does the future hold for ESG?
    • Useful resources

How it works

Author

Michael Harris

Michael works with technology and data companies who provide anti-money laundering and anti-bribery compliance solutions. Michael offers unique insights into the changing geo-political risk landscape, the evolution of financial crime regulation, the genesis and development of AML and ABC regulation, and how data and technology can empower organisations.

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Course

Need just a few unitshourshours?
Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours4 unitshourshours
Access period120 days
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs

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All you need for this year's CPD.
Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours21 units20 hours21 hours
Access period120 days
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs
Learn more

Team

Keep your whole team up to date.
Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours800+ unitshourshours
Access period12+ months
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs
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