COMPETENT BOARDS
ESG Designation Program
September 2023
Understand new regulations, address risks, and gain competency in corporate ESG through 12 expert-led educational sessions.
Program Details
12 Sessions
1.5 hours per session
FACULTY OF WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS
LIVE BI-WEEKLY INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS
DESIGNATION, CERTIFICATE AND CREDLY™ BADGE
global networking opportunities
CURATED TOOLBOX FOR EACH SESSION
For your success. For our business landscape.
We teach board members and senior executives to make better-informed decisions that impact their business today — and tomorrow.
This program is ideal for board directors, investors, and senior business leaders who are looking to improve their ESG competency.
"Invaluable guidance on what boards must do if the businesses they guide are to respond successfully to today’s enormous economic, environmental and social challenges."
Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Meet some of your Faculty Speakers
Herman Mulder
Co-founder & Chair Impact Economy Foundation and True Price Foundation; Co-founder & Chair SDG Netherlands Foundation
Sarah Chapman
PhD Chief Marketing Officer, Manulife Investment Management and Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Manulife
R. Gopalakrishnan
Author, Doodles on Leadership: Experiences Within and Beyond Tata; Non–Executive Chairman, Castrol India; Former Chairman, Unilever Arabia
Francesca Ecsery
NED, AIR FRANCE S.A, Henderson High Income Trust plc., Haffner Energy S.A, Association of Investment Companies; SID, CT Automotive plc.
Bojana Bellamy
President, Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Hunton & Williams LLP; Advisory Board Integrity and Sustainability, Mercedes-Benz
Chris Hagler
Partner, ESG, Independent Point Advisors, Former Ey Sustainability Practice Leader
"The Competent Boards Program is hands down the best director education out there. Global in its scope, deep in its content, extraordinary speakers and excellent interactivity, I am so glad I found it"
Eric Wetlaufer (GCB.D)
Managing Partner, TwinRiver Capital and Board Member, TMX Group, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO), Enterra Solutions LLC, and Niyogin Fintech Ltd.
Transform 12 weeks of ESG knowledge into long-term, successful, and sustainable business practices
- Get ESG education designed specially for board members and executives
- Upgrade your ESG competencies and prepare yourself for future C-suite and board positions with the knowledge that investors, nomination committees, and recruiters are looking for
- Challenge yourself and elevate your ESG awareness through our toolbox of self-reflecting questions, readings, case studies, and mind-opening recordings of leading ESG experts
- Live access to our faculty of world leading experts who are at the forefront of international ESG best practice
- Learn how to better respond to new enterprise risk, business complexity, technological disruptions, and get up to speed on global trends, obligations, and standards
- Get equipped to effectively participate in discussions around the fast-evolving, international ESG landscape and enhance important ESG competencies essential to be a future-fit leader
- Connect with peers to discuss pressing challenges and build a global network
- Finish your program with our famous boardroom simulation, giving you an opportunity to showcase your learnings in front of a live panel of ESG experts
Trusted by:
Here's what global board members and business leaders say about our programs.
"The ESG Designation program is a very structured and professionally executed global program which should be a must on every senior executive’s to-do list."
Indraneel Bhattacharyya (GCB.D)
Sr. Vice President - Global Compliance and Operational Risk, Bank of America
"What makes this course a step above many others is the quality and experience of speakers who are global industry experts as well as the fellow participants who were from all over the globe! The discussions were open, transparent and very practical."
Nicole Paquin (GCB.D)
Corporate Director, Logistec Corporation
"The Competent Boards ESG Designation Program provided an excellent opportunity to learn first hand from experts with real world experience. Not only was the course a great education in ESG matters, but also in how today’s Boards function and are evolving to adapt in a rapidly changing world."
Robert Buchanan (GCB.D)
Director, Investor Relations, Karora Resource Inc.
Find your cohort
AMERICAS/EMEA/SOUTHWEST ASIA REGION
Session times: 9:30 – 11:00AM ET
Eastern (ET)
Central European (CET)
India (IST)
Business Leaders
For senior executives, investors, and board advisors.
Board Members
For non-executive directors, independent directors, and executive directors.
AMERICAS & ASIA PACIFIC REGION
Session times: 5:00 – 6:30PM PT
China (CST)
India (IST)
Japan (JST)
Hong Kong (HKT)
Singapore (SGT)
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Pacific (PT)
Australia (AET)
Business Leaders
For senior executives, investors, and board advisors.
Board Members
For non-executive directors, independent directors, and executive directors.