It's Time for Investor Relations and Sustainability Teams to Talk

Investor Perspectives on Sustainability
Webinar with BlackRock and MSCI

Thursday 23rd February

The interest in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors amongst mainstream investors is growing, but there is often confusion about how they incorporate ESG into their analysis and investment decisions. We’re bringing together ESG experts from BlackRock and MSCI to hear how they evaluate a company’s sustainability performance. 

We will also discuss how companies can better engage existing and prospective shareholders on their ESG performance and long-term value creation strategy.

Confirmed guest speakers:

• Verity Chegar, Vice President | ESG Strategist, BlackRock
• Eric Fernald, Executive Director, ESG Research, MSCI

Date: Thursday 23 February 2017
Time: 8am PT | 11am ET | 4pm GMT

*Please note that webinar spaces are limited, and will be allocated to those in sustainability, corporate responsibility and investor relations roles as a priority.

Corporate Citizenship's research report  'How to Demonstrate the Value of Sustainable Business to Investors' was created in association with S&P Dow Jones Indices and looks at how to bridge the gap between Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility teams.

Be Ready for the Transition to GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards

Upcoming training courses: London

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)’s guidelines are the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting disclosures. GRI recently launched the latest evolution of the guidelines – the GRI Standards.

Corporate Citizenship, a Certified Training Partner to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the UK, is offering two levels of training on the GRI Standard in 2017, depending on your existing knowledge and learning objectives.

GRI Standards Training – Two Day Workshop, London
This GRI-certified training programme will introduce you to the elements of a good sustainability report and prepare you to co-ordinate the sustainability reporting process using the GRI Standards. This program is offered on two dates:

When: 27-28 April 2017 / 29-30 June 2017
Timings: 2 full days (08:30-17:30)
Where: Corporate Citizenship, Holborn Gate (Fifth Floor), 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1PQ

Transition to Standards – Half Day Workshop, London
This GRI half-day 'Transition to Standards' module is for organisations currently reporting in line with GRI G4 and transitioning to Standards in time for the 2018 deadline. This workshop is offered on two dates.

When: 10 March 2017 / 19 May 2017
Timings: Half-day (08:30 – 12:30)
Where: Corporate Citizenship, Holborn Gate (Fifth Floor), 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1PQ

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Sustainability Reporting Training: Singapore

Register for upcoming SGX Workshops  

Singapore Exchange (SGX) introduced mandatory sustainability reporting on a “comply or explain” basis in June 2016 after a public consultation. One-day workshops to help listed companies prepare their sustainability reports are now being provided by SGX and Global Compact Network Singapore.

Corporate Citizenship is delighted to be a workshop training partner and will be delivering courses on the following dates:

February 23: Construction & Engineering
February 28: Materials
March 2: Materials
March 2: Industrials: Commercial & Professional Services

Find out more and access the full range of workshops here.