Course description
Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) (Virtual Classroom)
This ESG online training is being delivered live in three 4-hour sessions which run from 09:00 – 13:00 London (UK).
This course is focused on providing a sound understanding of the requirements of the Corporate Social Responsibility Directive (CSRD) that comes into effect for large public-interest companies from 1 January 2024 as well as the accompanying European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). The EU taxonomy is also covered as it interlinks with the CSRD.
Participants will gain a technical understanding of, among other things, procurement practices, anti-corruption, anti-competitive behaviour and tax.
This course will also cover:
- Voluntary and mandatory standards and regulations that ESG reporting in Europe.
- The requirements of the CSRD
- The application of ESRS
- Recent developments in the field within Europe
- Double materiality
- The links between CSRD, ESRS with standards such as GRI, TCFD, SFDR and IFRS sustainability standards
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is ideal for accountants, managers and all other professionals who are involved the ESG and Sustainability reporting cycle within a large company in Europe or who more broadly engage with impact and sustainability.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
At the end of this course participants will be able to:
- To comply with the requirements of CSRD
- To apply the ESRS
- To explain how CSRD and ESRS interlink with other standards in the field (TCFD, IFRS Sustainability Standards)
- To interpret and apply double materiality
- To discuss challenges and opportunities associated CSRD and ESRS reporting and disclosures
CPE credits are available for all courses.
Training Course Content
This course is designed to cover the following key topics:
- Introduction
- Introduction to ESG reporting reporting in Europe
- EU regulations taxonomy for sustainable activities
- CSRD:
- Reporting requirements for ESG information and the link to ESRS
- Requirements to certify that an adequate risk and control framework safeguarding and governing reported ESG information
- Assurance requirement of reported ESG information
- Requirements to digitally ‘tag’ the reported ESG information
- ESRS:
- ESRS 1 General Principles
- ESRS 2 General, strategy, governance and materiality assessment
- ESRS E1 Climate change
- ESRS E2 Pollution
- ESRS E3 Water and marine resources
- ESRS E4 Biodiversity and ecosystems
- ESRS E5 Resource use and circular economy,
- ESRS S1 Own workforce
- ESRS S2 Workers in the value chain
- ESRS S3 Affected communities
- ESRS S4 Consumers and end-users
- ESRS G1 Governance, risk management and internal control
- ESRS G2 Business conduct
Why choose IASeminars
We've been training for 20 years.
50% of our business comes from returning clients.
We offer instructor-led training in international locations, over Zoom or in house.
Reviews
Average rating 5
This was a very effective introduction to a field that is business critical for many institutions and will grow rapidly in the coming years.
Caroline was a patient, knowlegeable and open teacher and this course gives a great grounding in a complex and voluminous set of requirements for companies.
Expenses
The cost of this training course is £1,395 + VAT for virtual events.
In-House Training
In addition to the scheduled dates and locations, IASeminars can also run this course as in-house training, to meet the specific requirements of your team. Contact them here to request a customised training solution for your team.
had a 3-day course over Zoom on CSRD and ESRS, My overall feedback was what that it was such a informative and giving course. The teacher Caroline was so nice and competent ...