ESG Reporting for Professionals: An Overview and Starter Strategy

Learning Objectives

• To analyze at least 10 technological, business, and social trends driving ESG adoption.
• To explain at least five leading trends in the current ESG landscape.
• To appraise at least 10 key considerations when operationalizing ESG and shifting from theory to practice.
• To discuss at least 10 leading case studies of ESG reporting.
• To summarize at least five ways practitioners can prepare for ESG success. 

Course Description

Attention all accounting professionals! 

Are you interested in learning about the emerging system of non-financial record-keeping and governance known as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting? Join our concise and informative webinar to gain situational awareness of ESG reporting and an ESG starter strategy.

This CPE course provides an overview of ESG reporting, which is becoming increasingly important as organizations of all sizes and kinds face growing pressure to provide a fuller and more integrated picture of how they operate, invest, and create value. You will learn about 10 technological, business, and social trends driving ESG adoption and five leading trends in the current ESG landscape.

Major topics covered in this ESG webinar:

• What is ESG?
• Key Technology, Economic and Social Drivers of ESG
• ESG Current Landscape
• Issues in Shifting from Theory to Practice
• COP26:  Implications for the Accounting Profession
• Technical Examples of ESG Reporting 
• The “S” in ESG:  Social Metrics
• The “G” in ESG:  Governance Ethics
• ESG as an Emerging Client Advisory Service
• ESG Reporting Best Practices
• ESG and Blockchain
• Leading ESG Reporting Frameworks
• ESG Certifications
• Prominent ESG Software and Calculators
• ESG Starter Strategy

Join Garrett Wasny's webinar to gain ethical insights and a basic understanding of ESG reporting. Learn how to position yourself for long-term success in an era of growing demands for non-financial disclosures and meet the expectations for conscious capitalism and moral leadership. Register now! 

Overview

• What is ESG?

  9 mins
• PwC: Examples of ESG metrics

  16 mins
• A message for skeptics

  25 mins
• New ESG screening protocols for lending and investment transactions

  36 mins
• Challenge: Two key conversations underway

  56 mins
• ESG Stakeholder communication challange

  75 mins
• ESG: Where to start

  89 mins
• Accounting and financial reporting for environmental costs and liabilities

  105 mins