Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Introduction to Sustainability and Business Value
CPA Australia
This course explored sustainability and the impact to organisations that are required to report on their approach to improving sustainable operations. The course helped build awareness of common sustainability frameworks, changes to stakeholder expectations and regulatory requirements. It showed how sustainability is applied in different types of organisations and the importance of integrating sustainability into an organisation’s strategy, business model and risk profile.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Karen Hellwig
Executive General Manager Education
CPA Australia
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss the evolution of sustainability and its main goals.
- Apply the three components of sustainability and Integrated Reporting Framework capitals in reviewing an organisation's sustainability impacts.
- Explain how the organisational drivers of sustainability can be leveraged to meet stakeholder demands.
- Develop recommendations on the integration of sustainability practices into an organisation's strategy to drive value creation.
Syllabus
This course focuses on the value business and finance professionals can provide to their organisation in regard to sustainability. It covers:
- the evolution of sustainability as a concern for organisations.
- the growing demand from investors and external stakeholders for businesses to shoulder their social and environmental responsibility and be more transparent.
- an awareness of relevant changes to stakeholder expectations, regulatory requirements, and the most common sustainability frameworks.
- how sustainability is applied in different types of organisations.
- the importance of integrating sustainability into an organisation’s strategy, business model and risk profile.
Issued on 10th December 2023
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