Drivers, Guidelines, And Future Of Corporate Sustainability

This course covers the role of corporations in society and the drivers of corporate sustainability.

What you'll learn

Identify the role of corporations in society.

Explore the drivers of corporate sustainability.

Identify the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Identify the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC).

Identify the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

Explore the guidelines on sustainability reporting and assurance.

Explore best practices of sustainability reporting and assurance.

Explore future trends in sustainability performance, reporting and assurance.

Recognize the emergence of Benefit Corporations in the United States.

Recognize the gatekeepers (board of directors, executives, auditors) role in corporate sustainability.

Explore the future of Sustainability Performance Reporting and Assurance.

Explore the Future of Corporate Reporting in XBRL/integrated Reporting.

Requirements

No Advanced Preparation or Prerequisites are needed for this course, but completion of the other courses in this series will be helpful.

Description

Business organizations play important roles in society by interacting with a variety of constituencies in creating value for all stakeholders. Corporations report their economic activities and performance in compliance with regulatory requirements and contractual covenants to satisfy financial information demands by investors.Corporations also voluntarily disclose their non-financial information on corporate governance, ethical, social, and environmental matters for a variety of reasons, including the demand by stakeholders as a means of avoiding the attention of regulatory bodies where sanctions for noncompliance are imminent, to comply with industrial codes and best practice and to fulfill their corporate social responsibility.Corporate sustainability can be promoted through market forces, mandatory sustainability compliance and a combination of mandatory and voluntary initiatives.This course covers the role of corporations in society and the drivers of corporate sustainability, along with supporting frameworks in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as promulgated by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB). We also cover guidelines on sustainability reporting and assurance, best practices of sustainability reporting and assurance and future trends in sustainability performance, reporting and assurance.This course is brought to you by Illumeo. Illumeo, incorporated in 2009, is revolutionizing the hide-bound world of corporate learning. Illumeo works with corporate professionals and organizations of all sizes to build the skills and capabilities that help everyone be an expert at their job. Based in Silicon Valley, CA, Illumeo serves thousands of corporations and corporate professionals across Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Sales and Marketing. The platform offers assessments, industry-benchmarked competency analyses, hundreds of expert-developed courses, collaborative tools, and the ability for companies to self-publish internal courses that promote institutional knowledge retention and dissemination. Illumeo is the place for expertise management and we are dedicated to the proposition that everyone can be an expert at their job.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to Drivers, Guidelines, and Future of Corporate Sustainability

Lecture 2 Role of Corporations in Society

Lecture 3 Value - Relevance of Sustainability Information

Lecture 4 Value - Relevance of Sustainability Information (Continued)

Lecture 5 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting

Lecture 6 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting (Continued)

Lecture 7 Best Practices of Sustainability Reporting

Lecture 8 Sustainability Assurance

Lecture 9 Best Practices of Sustainability Assurance

Lecture 10 Sustainability Risk Management

Lecture 11 XBRL Sustainability

Lecture 12 Sustainability Movement

Section 2: Supporting Materials

Lecture 13 Slides: Drivers, Guidelines, and Future of Corporate Sustainability

Lecture 14 Drivers, Guidelines, and Future of Corporate Sustainability Glossary/ Index

Section 3: Review and Test

Anyone interested in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or related fields.