Regulators, investors, and customers no longer settle for a line about sustainability tucked into the annual report — they expect a credible, measurable ESG strategy. Companies that cannot show one risk losing tenders, capital, and market access, while those that get it right turn compliance into a genuine competitive edge. This is exactly the gap the ESG Corporate Strategy training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy is built to close, moving participants from ESG theory into strategies their boards can actually stand behind.

The course maps how environmental, social, and governance factors connect to enterprise risk, national regulation, and stakeholder trust, then works through the taxonomies, accounting standards, and reporting frameworks that turn ESG principles into board-level decisions. By the end, participants leave with the insight needed to shape sustainable corporate strategies that satisfy regulators and stakeholders alike, and to fold ESG directly into their organisation's existing risk management practice.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Read Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles as a direct input to corporate strategy and enterprise risk management, not a separate compliance exercise.

• Build the technical fluency to weave ESG considerations into strategic planning, day-to-day operations, and performance management.

• Apply international reporting frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD) to produce transparent, defensible ESG disclosures.

• Track evolving global ESG regulation and align it with internal policies and procedures.

• Balance profitability with environmental protection and social accountability when making core business decisions.

• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate ESG-related risks that threaten business resilience and stakeholder trust.

• Communicate ESG strategy persuasively to investors, regulators, communities, and internal teams, and lead ESG transformation initiatives across the organisation.

Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for:

• Sustainability, Environment, Quality, Health and Safety Managers

• Financial and Investor Relations Officers

• Corporate Affairs and Media Relations Professionals

• HR Professionals

• Procurement and Supply Chain Specialists

How Will Attendees Benefit?

• A working command of ESG principles connected directly to sustainability-linked business goals.

• Practical frameworks for embedding ESG into strategy, decision-making, and risk management, built from real case studies.

• Up-to-date regulatory and reporting insight that keeps the organisation compliant and protected from legal or reputational exposure.

• A stronger competitive position by turning ESG-driven innovation, cost savings, and differentiation into real advantage.

• Sharper stakeholder communication skills, plus a risk management approach that anticipates and responds to long-term sustainability challenges.

Module 1: Why ESG Now Sits at the Centre of Corporate Strategy

• Introduction to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria

• The full range of issues that fall under the ESG umbrella today

Module 2: Stakeholders, Supply Chains and the Regulatory Landscape

• Stakeholder classifications and how a company's ESG policies affect each group

• Systemic changes in the supply chain and their ESG impact

• Practical, ethical and legal issues in communicating with stakeholders

• The SDGs and the regulatory frameworks that shape corporate decisions

Module 3: Building and Measuring the Sustainability Report

• Concrete steps for producing a sustainability report

• ESG metrics and the real-world challenges of measuring them

• Core sustainability reporting standards

Module 4: Taxonomies, Frameworks and Investor Expectations

• Taxonomies, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), and Sustainability Return on Investment (SROI)

• Applying ESG reporting standards in practice

• Understanding investor expectations and the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI)

Module 5: Global Perspectives on ESG Strategy

• Global perspectives and insights on where corporate ESG strategy is heading