Fundamentals of ESG & Impact Management for SMEs

Course Overview

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have emerged as critical elements driving business success and resilience. For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Canada, understanding and integrating ESG principles is not just a matter of compliance or corporate responsibility; it’s a strategic imperative that unlocks new opportunities, enhances brand value, attracts investments and talent, and fosters long-term value creation and growth.

Moreover, current regulatory trends are rapidly moving toward mandatory disclosure of ESG factors starting in 2024 in many jurisdictions for listed companies and large private companies. These trends will have significant ripple effects on SMEs in the globally interconnected supply chains, underscoring the critical importance for SMEs to build capacity in ESG practices and reporting.

Our training course on ESG for SMEs is meticulously designed to equip business leaders and their teams with the essential skills and insights needed to navigate the complexities of ESG in the SMEs context, while also going beyond financially material ESG principles to cover topics related to impact and contributions to the U.N. SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), as well as understanding the role of small business in advancing Indigenous reconciliation.

This unique approach makes our course comprehensive, tackling a wide range of issues to help SMEs not only leverage ESG principles strategically to improve business competitiveness and climate resilience but also to consider their positive societal impact, including their contribution to reconciliation.

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