Sustainability in Action Webinar Series FY 23/24
Reporting
Tuesday 30th May 2023 17:00 BST
This interactive webinar, developed and delivered by A4S, will focus on how companies can improve their understanding of the evolving reporting landscape and provide insights into the challenging areas of reporting.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the benefits of efficient and effective reporting standards and frameworks
- Identify the appropriate tools and knowledge to tackle sustainability reporting
- Translate the experience and learnings of others (from practical examples shared during the webinar) to their work
Transition planning
Thursday 29th June 2023 8:00 BST
This interactive webinar, developed and delivered in partnership with ICAEW, explores the key considerations of transition planning. Providing practical solutions, drawing on insights from investors and companies, the session reviews recurring issues such as standardization, the integration of financial reporting, and the complexity of materiality assessments.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
Identify the steps to setting out a clear roadmap for delivering their net zero commitments
Explain how to set out a transition plan
Translate learnings of others (from practical examples) on building a finance culture that embeds sustainability into day-to-day practices
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Debt finance
Thursday 6th July 16:00 BST
This interactive webinar, developed and delivered by A4S, focuses on to factoring environmental and social concerns into debt financing decisions. The session speakers will also introduce the practical concepts, tools, and case studies to help finance teams discern risk from opportunity, and how to strategize accordingly.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
Describe how ESG risks are considered in debt finance decisions
Identify the benefits of implementing a sustainable finance framework
Translate learnings the experience and learnings of others (from practical examples) on sustainable financing to your own words
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Strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting
Tuesday 26th September 16:00 BST
This interactive webinar considers how companies have incorporated sustainability into their strategic planning, budgeting and forecasting activities.
After the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the business benefits of integrating sustainability into strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- List good practice examples of integrated strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- Translate the experience and learning of others (practical examples shared during the webinar) to your work
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TNFD and Natural Capital Accounting
Tuesday 31st October 08:00 GMT
Content TBC
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Capex (2024)
Wednesday 24th January 16:00 GMT
This interactive webinar, developed and delivered by A4S, focuses on how traditional financial return-based investment decisions can be broadened to make sustainability issues more explicit and transparent as well as introduced to practical concepts, tools, and case studies.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
Describe the business case for embedding sustainability into capital investment appraisal.
Outline the approach and steps for adapting existing capex processes.
- Translate the experience and learnings of others (from practical examples shared during the webinar) to their work.
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Management information
Tuesday 27th February 08:00 GMT
This interactive webinar, developed and delivered by A4S, will focus on the techniques to help finance professionals develop and integrate information needed to respond to social and environmental risks and opportunities into core management information processes.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the business benefits of integrating sustainability into management information
- Describe the steps to develop an integrated management information framework
- Translate learnings of others (from practical examples) on building a finance culture that embeds sustainability into their day-to-day practices
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Capitals Accounting
Thursday 28th March 08:00 GMT
This interactive webinar explores various aspects of capitals accounting from looking at biodiversity, to how companies are considering their human capital.
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the risks to business due to biodiversity loss
- List the principles/steps in the Natural Capital Protocol and the Social and Human Capital Protocol
- Translate the learnings of others (from practical examples) to your work
