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ESG Designation
Master the environmental, social and governance topics that confront today’s senior business leaders.
- Live interactive discussions
- World-renowned experts
- 12 modules over 24 weeks
Become a force
for positive change
Get the leading-edge knowledge that investors, nomination committees and recruiters are seeking.
- Climate change
- Human rights
- Supply chain
- Cybersecurity
- Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
- Disclosures
- Taxation
- Executive pay
- Anti-corruption
- Stakeholder engagement
What You Will Earn
From This Program
Earn a GCB.D designation and Credly™ digital credential.


What you'll get from this program
- Get equipped to effectively participate in discussions around the fast-evolving international ESG landscape.
- Enrich your understanding of the critical components of good ESG performance, and enhance important competencies essential to be an effective, insightful senior executive.
- Learn how to better respond to new enterprise risk, business complexity, technological disruptions, and social and environmental obligations.
- Prepare yourself for future C-suite and board positions and what’s needed to be a future-fit leader.
- Learn to ask the right questions and approach sustainability discussions more effectively.
- Leverage the experience of world leading experts at the forefront of international ESG best practices, and learn how ESG issues play out at a broader strategic level.
- Get up to speed on global trends and developments, and what’s likely to gain greater relevance going forward.
- Have greater visibility into what other leading companies are doing and why.
Program Details
12 Sessions
1.5 hours per session
CERTIFICATE
bi-weekly
USD $5,495
9:30AM – 11AM (ET)
- Please be aware that your start time will vary according to your own local time zone
Who should take this course
This program is ideal for board directors, investors, senior business leaders and their advisors of public, family-owned, and other organizations who are looking to improve their ESG competency.
If you still have questions, please contact us:



Our contributing experts include:
Our contributing experts include:
Upcoming Program cohorts
Board Member cohorts
For non-executive directors, independent directors, or executive directors of a company with 100+ employees.
Business Leader cohorts
For senior executives, investors, or board advisors.
Session Topics
- Understanding New Geopolitical Risks and Expectations for Companies
- Dealing with Dilemmas: Turning Business Risks Into Opportunities
- How to Use the UN Sustainable Development Goals Strategically
- Learning the Impacts of Climate Change and a Board’s Accountability
- How to Build ESG Oversight and Foresight
- Understanding Human Rights and Environmental Issues in Supply Chains
- Creating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Wellness in the Boardroom and Beyond
- Gaining Trust: Anti-Corruption, Integrity and Transparency Best Practices
- Understanding Responsible Use of Data, Cybersecurity and Digitalization
- Addressing Tax, Investment and Pay in an ESG-Focused World
- Maximising Shareholder and Stakeholder Engagement Around Disclosures
- Becoming a Steward of the Future: Best Practices in Corporate Governance
Please see program brochure for detailed session information.
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