Hybrid
In-Person

Certification in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Management

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Length
6 days
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Networking cocktail on the last day, in the evening.

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  • Downtown

    • October 23, 30,
      November 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024

  • Hybrid

Rate
$5,395
$5,395
Language

Français

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Customized for

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Nadia Uria-Fernandez
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This unique, hands-on program is designed to help you acquire vital competencies so you can measure, validate and report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within your organization.

In addition to identifying and assessing the risks related to these factors, learning about current regulatory requirements and developing a cohesive strategy, you will explore the topic in more depth, become familiar with tools to measure and report your ESG performance more effectively, and discover solutions to manage reputational risk.

Join us for this compelling learning journey and become a credible ESG leader equipped to drive meaningful and sustainable change in your organization.

ENGAGE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

The successful completion of this program entitles you to a digital certificate. These credentials are trusted, secure, verifiable, and sustainable.

GOALS

  • Explore the opportunities and challenges arising from ESG factors.
  • Deepen your knowledge of the regulatory framework underpinning sustainability-related issues.
  • Assess and manage ESG risks.
  • Measure the impact of ESG performance.
  • Leverage financial and extra-financial data to generate reliable, impactful ESG reports.
  • Share clear, powerful information about your ESG commitments with key stakeholders.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

This course is for:

  • Executives, leaders and managers looking to gain a better understanding of ESG practices so they can make better and more informed strategic decisions.
  • Members of boards and governance committees tasked with evaluating the impact of ESG factors in their organizations and managing the corresponding risks.
  • Consultants, legal advisors, accountants and other specialists in ESG reporting and strategy.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Sharpen your decision-making skills with practical tips and strategies.
  • Elevate your professional toolbox, with precise, powerful tools and metrics you can use to share your ESG performance.
  • Draw inspiration from best practices to boost your credibility and wield more influence over stakeholders.
  • Capitalize on an extraordinary network of participants and industry specialists.

Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.

DAY 1 - ESG BASICS: RISKS, STANDARDS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini

  • Identifying and assessing ESG risks inherent in your operations
  • Sustainability-related regulatory frameworks and standards: ISSB, SASB, ESRS, CSSB
  • ESG strategy development
  • Single vs. double materiality matrix
  • New strategies and structures for facing these new challenges

DAY 2 - E FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: MANAGING YOUR FOOTPRINT

Laure Patouillard - morning

Introduction to quantitative concepts and tools

  • Life cycle assessment
  • Environmental footprint
  • Carbon and water footprint
  • Ecodesign
  • Emerging topics: biodiversity, plastics, water, etc.

Understanding what goes into your organization’s carbon footprint

  • Calculating your organization’s Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions
  • Setting your voluntary reduction goals (e.g., science-based targets)
  • Developing, implementing and monitoring your GHG reduction strategy

Laure Patouillard - afternoon

  • Introduction to the standardization landscape and initiatives at the local and global level to measure environmental footprint
  • Life cycle assessment standards and benchmarking methods
  • Carbon quantification standards, methods and programs
  • Regulatory considerations (Clean Fuel Regulations, proposed legislation in Canada, etc.)

DAY 3 - E FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: CLIMATE LEADERSHIP

Magali Despras and Dominique Anglade

  • Managing climate risks
  • Corporate responsibility
  • Educating and informing stakeholders
  • Net zero strategy

DAY 4 - S FOR SOCIAL

Gildas Poissonnier and Julien Le Maux - morning and Isabelle Martin - afternoon

  • Health, safety and the environment
  • Fair wages
  • Human rights and labour standards
  • Local community engagement

DAY 5 - G FOR GOVERNANCE

Stéphane Rousseau - morning and Julien Le Maux and Louise Champoux-Paillé - afternoon

  • Board composition and responsibilities
  • Role of audit and governance committees
  • Emergence of new positions (e.g., Chief Sustainability Officer)
  • New risks and responsibilities
  • Anti-corruption efforts

DAY 6 - ESG REPORTING

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini - morning

  • ESG data collection and cybersecurity
  • New ESG reporting tools
  • Greenwashing
  • Stakeholder interactions
  • Intraorganizational and extraorganizational mobilization
  • Reputational risk management

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini - afternoon

  • Case study

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Case studies and simulations
  • Workshops
  • Lectures
  • Discussions between participants and specialists

Coordinator and instructor:

Julien Le Maux
Julien Le Maux

PhD, MSc (Finance), CFE, C.Adm.

Professor, HEC Montréal

Instructors:

Dominique Anglade
Dominique Anglade

Eng., MBA

Adjunct Professor and Co-Leader, Sustainable Transition Office, HEC Montréal

Valérie Cecchini

M.Sc., CFA, CPA

Managing Partner, Borealis Global Asset Management

Louise Champoux-Paillé

MBA, CM, C.Q., F.Adm.A., ASC Émérite

Co-Director, Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women in Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Concordia University

Isabelle Martin

DCL

Associate Professor, School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal and Director, Michael D. Penner Institute on ESG

Laure Patouillard

PhD (Industrial Engineering)

Research Associate, International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) and Polytechnique Montréal; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences (ISE), Université du Québec à Montréal

Gildas Poissonnier

MBA

Chief Sustainability Officer, Desjardins Group

Stéphane Rousseau

Professor, Governance and Business Law Chair and Vice-Dean, Université de Montréal Faculty of Law

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Hybrid
In-Person

Certification in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Management

This unique, hands-on program is designed to help you acquire vital competencies so you can measure, validate and report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within your organization.

In addition to identifying and assessing the risks related to these factors, learning about current regulatory requirements and developing a cohesive strategy, you will explore the topic in more depth, become familiar with tools to measure and report your ESG performance more effectively, and discover solutions to manage reputational risk.

Join us for this compelling learning journey and become a credible ESG leader equipped to drive meaningful and sustainable change in your organization.

ENGAGE KEY STAKEHOLDERS.

The successful completion of this program entitles you to a digital certificate. These credentials are trusted, secure, verifiable, and sustainable.

Presentation Program Instructors Blog

GOALS

  • Explore the opportunities and challenges arising from ESG factors.
  • Deepen your knowledge of the regulatory framework underpinning sustainability-related issues.
  • Assess and manage ESG risks.
  • Measure the impact of ESG performance.
  • Leverage financial and extra-financial data to generate reliable, impactful ESG reports.
  • Share clear, powerful information about your ESG commitments with key stakeholders.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

This course is for:

  • Executives, leaders and managers looking to gain a better understanding of ESG practices so they can make better and more informed strategic decisions.
  • Members of boards and governance committees tasked with evaluating the impact of ESG factors in their organizations and managing the corresponding risks.
  • Consultants, legal advisors, accountants and other specialists in ESG reporting and strategy.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Sharpen your decision-making skills with practical tips and strategies.
  • Elevate your professional toolbox, with precise, powerful tools and metrics you can use to share your ESG performance.
  • Draw inspiration from best practices to boost your credibility and wield more influence over stakeholders.
  • Capitalize on an extraordinary network of participants and industry specialists.

Certificate issuance is contingent on session attendance and the results of the final exam.

DAY 1 - ESG BASICS: RISKS, STANDARDS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini

  • Identifying and assessing ESG risks inherent in your operations
  • Sustainability-related regulatory frameworks and standards: ISSB, SASB, ESRS, CSSB
  • ESG strategy development
  • Single vs. double materiality matrix
  • New strategies and structures for facing these new challenges

DAY 2 - E FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: MANAGING YOUR FOOTPRINT

Laure Patouillard - morning

Introduction to quantitative concepts and tools

  • Life cycle assessment
  • Environmental footprint
  • Carbon and water footprint
  • Ecodesign
  • Emerging topics: biodiversity, plastics, water, etc.

Understanding what goes into your organization’s carbon footprint

  • Calculating your organization’s Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions
  • Setting your voluntary reduction goals (e.g., science-based targets)
  • Developing, implementing and monitoring your GHG reduction strategy

Laure Patouillard - afternoon

  • Introduction to the standardization landscape and initiatives at the local and global level to measure environmental footprint
  • Life cycle assessment standards and benchmarking methods
  • Carbon quantification standards, methods and programs
  • Regulatory considerations (Clean Fuel Regulations, proposed legislation in Canada, etc.)

DAY 3 - E FOR ENVIRONMENTAL: CLIMATE LEADERSHIP

Magali Despras and Dominique Anglade

  • Managing climate risks
  • Corporate responsibility
  • Educating and informing stakeholders
  • Net zero strategy

DAY 4 - S FOR SOCIAL

Gildas Poissonnier and Julien Le Maux - morning and Isabelle Martin - afternoon

  • Health, safety and the environment
  • Fair wages
  • Human rights and labour standards
  • Local community engagement

DAY 5 - G FOR GOVERNANCE

Stéphane Rousseau - morning and Julien Le Maux and Louise Champoux-Paillé - afternoon

  • Board composition and responsibilities
  • Role of audit and governance committees
  • Emergence of new positions (e.g., Chief Sustainability Officer)
  • New risks and responsibilities
  • Anti-corruption efforts

DAY 6 - ESG REPORTING

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini - morning

  • ESG data collection and cybersecurity
  • New ESG reporting tools
  • Greenwashing
  • Stakeholder interactions
  • Intraorganizational and extraorganizational mobilization
  • Reputational risk management

Julien Le Maux and Valérie Cecchini - afternoon

  • Case study

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Case studies and simulations
  • Workshops
  • Lectures
  • Discussions between participants and specialists

Coordinator and instructor:

Julien Le Maux
Julien Le Maux

PhD, MSc (Finance), CFE, C.Adm.

Professor, HEC Montréal

Instructors:

Dominique Anglade
Dominique Anglade

Eng., MBA

Adjunct Professor and Co-Leader, Sustainable Transition Office, HEC Montréal

Valérie Cecchini

M.Sc., CFA, CPA

Managing Partner, Borealis Global Asset Management

Louise Champoux-Paillé

MBA, CM, C.Q., F.Adm.A., ASC Émérite

Co-Director, Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women in Entrepreneurship and Leadership, Concordia University

Isabelle Martin

DCL

Associate Professor, School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal and Director, Michael D. Penner Institute on ESG

Laure Patouillard

PhD (Industrial Engineering)

Research Associate, International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) and Polytechnique Montréal; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences (ISE), Université du Québec à Montréal

Gildas Poissonnier

MBA

Chief Sustainability Officer, Desjardins Group

Stéphane Rousseau

Professor, Governance and Business Law Chair and Vice-Dean, Université de Montréal Faculty of Law
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We’re hearing more and more about climate leadership and environmental leadership these days. But what does this concept mean exactly?

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TESTIMONIAL(S)

Morgane De Bellefeuille

“The Certification in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Management enabled me to become more knowledgeable about matters related to ecological transition, corporate social responsibility and governance, all while exploring strategic and operational issues that are key to today’s organizations. The insights of the program coordinator, Julien Le Maux, and the other instructors were eye-opening. And learning alongside such an inspiring and forward-looking group of peers for six whole days made all the difference!”

- Morgane De Bellefeuille, Associate Director, Direction des bibliothèques, Université de Montréal
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