To successfully meet the demands of these various global and national, voluntary and mandatory sustainability disclosure and reporting frameworks, organizations have to consider align their internal systems and processes in accordance with the broader sustainability transition happening both inside and outside the organization. Commensurate with this recognition, this programme sets out to address the following questions:

• What is driving corporate sustainability globally and in the Indian contexts?
• What are the existing and emerging sustainability disclosure and reporting frameworks, both globally and in the Indian contexts?
• What are the opportunities from emerging avenues like responsible investment and green financing? 
• How can organizations measure and monitor key sustainability metrics from the point of view of sustainability reporting?

This program is specifically designed to address the above questions and to strengthen the capacity of organizations in sustainability disclosure and reporting. This program will give and overview of the global and national sustainability landscape, domestic and global sustainability reporting frameworks, cover key necessary approaches related to responsible investment and green financing, equip the necessary skills to measure and monitor key sustainability metrics to be reported, and thus, help develop skills required for effective sustainability reporting and disclosure. 

The pedagogy will comprise of lectures from eminent experts, case discussions and analysis, experiential learning, short-videos, experience sharing sessions and hands-on strategy formulation exercises. The participants should be able to relate the discussions to their respective roles in an organization.

This program is meant for junior, middle and senior level executives from the corporate sector, particularly those involved in the preparation of annual reports and/or sustainability reports. Using different pedagogical tools, the program is designed to help organizations understand the existing and evolving sustainability reporting frameworks, mandates, and approaches in the Indian and the global context.

The programme will comprehensively involve and expose participants to existing and emerging approaches, frameworks, and tools for sustainability reporting, both in the Indian and the global contexts. The strength of the program lies in its design, content, relevance, and program delivery. By the end of the two-day programme, the participants will be able to have a good understanding of the existing and evolving landscape of sustainability reporting in the Indian and the global contexts.

• Evolution and drivers of Corporate Sustainability: Global and Indian context.
• Various voluntary and mandatory sustainability reporting frameworks (e.g., GRI, IFRS, BRSR etc.): Global and Indian context.
• Best-in-class sustainability reporting practices
• Green Finance and Responsible Investment
• Sustainability measurement tools (e.g., Carbon Pricing, Scope 1/2/3 emissions,
  Footprint calculations etc.)
• Resource implications in managing change.

05 – 06 December 2024.           XLRI , Jamshedpur