ESG Corporate Strategy and Risk and Control -Master Class

COURSE DURATION  5 DAYS
Date: 16^th – 20^th March 2026

 

Introduction

ALARDI Africa envisions that integrating ESG into corporate strategy helps businesses manage risks, enhance financial performance, and fulfil stakeholder expectations. Companies actively linking ESG criteria to traditional risk management frameworks and planning platforms effectively address emerging challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, labor issues, and governance concerns.

 

Modern investors and shareholders want to see businesses making efforts to make the world a better place as they generate those profits. To do this, companies need to make an ESG business strategy to guide their approaches. Developing an ESG strategy helps businesses achieve not only new levels of success, but significance.

 

Highlights of the Course

This ALARDI Africa course will provide companies with a framework to track progress towards sustainability goals, offering valuable quantitative information for investors and stakeholders who value environmentally and socially conscious organizations. Implementing an effective ESG plan contributes to financial wellness, efficiency, and growth objectives, helping businesses achieve new levels of success.

 

Objectives

This course will help delegates:

• To gain knowledge and skills to integrate ESG in investment decisions.
• To highlight the role of stakeholder engagement in ESG reporting.
• To identify and assess ESG risks and develop strategies for risk mitigation.
• To enhance the ability to align business strategies with ESG and foster sustainability.

 

Training Methodology

Informative presentations, group discussions, case studies, hands-on exercises, and recent real-world developments will be used. The training course methodology encourages active training participation and reflection, enabling the participants to then more easily apply this new knowledge in their organisations.

 

Who Should Attend?

This ESG Corporate Strategy training course will greatly benefit the following:

• Sustainability Managers
• Financial Officers
• Corporate Affairs Officers
• Professionals in the Oil, Gas and Energy Sector
• HR Professionals
• Media Relations Professionals
• Environment, Quality, Health and Safety Employees
• Investor Relations Personnel
• Procurement and Supply Chain Specialists

 

Course Outline

 

DAY 1: Overview of ESG

• Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework/criteria.
• Introduction to all the related issues of ESG.
• Why and how are ESG initiatives and policies measured?
• How have sustainability and circularity become integral components of ESG policy-making?
• The ESG, Sustainability, and Circularity Business Cases with specific business models.
• Criticism of ESG and an examination of alternatives.

 

DAY 2: The Big Picture

• Understanding the BIG Picture or the ESG landscape (i.e., the whole system).
• Systemic changes in the supply chain and their impact.
• Stakeholder classifications and the impact of the company’s ESG policies on them.
• Effective Stakeholder Management strategies.
• Practical, ethical, and legal issues related to communication with stakeholders.

 

DAY 3: The Regulatory Framework

• SDG and the many regulatory frameworks that affect your company’s decisions.
• Concrete Steps for Sustainability Report Creation.
• ESG Metrics and measurement challenges.
• Sustainability Reporting Standards.
• Taxonomies, Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) Standards, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Sustainability Return on Investment (SROI), etc.

 

DAY 4: Creating Your Own ESG Roadmap

• Understand ESG Reporting Standards.
• Understand investor expectations.
• Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI)
• The role of Certifications
• Compare Circulytics, Ecovadis, and Solvay SPM

 

DAY 5: Global Perspectives & Insights

• The Future Outlook
• The Role of Technology
• Introduction to Doughnut Economics
• The Agile Strategy

 

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

Kenya-Mombasa                  Cost USD 1800

Malaysia -Kuala Lumpur    Cost USD 2500

Date: 16^th – 20^th March 2026