Course description
Materiality using SASB
This ESG course is available as a face to face event or as a virtual, online training!
How do companies decide what they will measure, track, and report?
Why do companies choose some disclosures over others?
How should my company decide what is most important for us to disclose in ESG reporting?
In November of 2021, during COP26, the IFRS Foundation announced the creation of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), to help meet the growing demand for high quality, transparent, comparable Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting. The purpose of this move is for the ISSB to deliver a global baseline of sustainability disclosure standards for capital providers to use in understanding companies’ sustainability-related risks and opportunities and to inform capital allocation decisions.
This move not only seeks to consolidate the ‘alphabet soup’ of sustainability reporting, but also add clarity to an often murky and difficult landscape to navigate.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board(SASB) represents one of the most referenced and ubiquitous sustainability and ESG reporting frameworks in the world.
Many have noted the apparent merger of different standards taking place under the ISSB. Certainly, SASB and TCFD principles and standards are being brought together. Likewise, Global Reporting Initiative and Carbon Disclosure Project disclosures will be included. What’s useful and relevant to those of us tasked with leading and producing ESG or sustainability reporting is that the ISSB will involve the merger and simplification of ESG reporting. A core piece of this process will be led by SASB and its materiality process.
SASB Standards are financially material and help to identify the subset of ESG issues most relevant to financial performance in each of 77 industries. SASB Standards are developed based on extensive feedback from companies, investors, and other market participants as part of a transparent, publicly documented process. Not all sustainability issues matter equally to each industry, and the same sustainability issue can manifest differently across industries--that's why SASB Standards are industry-specific.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is aimed at business leaders, investment leaders and those beginning their ESG reporting journey. The course is appropriate for those both overseeing and those executing current or future ESG and Sustainability reports on behalf of their companies, partners, or organizations.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- List key elements of an ESG report and the value and benefits of ESG disclosures
- Describe SASB, in relation to other standards
- Apply and use the SASB Materiality Map
- Identify an organization’s impacts and determine material topics.
- Explain how an organization manages its material topics.
- Manage the material topics for an organization.
CPE credits are available for all courses.
Training Course Content
This course is designed to cover the following key topics:
- Materiality
- SASB Materiality Map
- ESG reporting with SASB: Standards and disclosures
- The ESG arbitrage effect
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.
Expenses
The cost of this training course is $2,650 + VAT for face to face events and £1,850 + 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.