Understanding the “E”, the “S” and the “G” and why an ESG approach is a must for any kind of business, regardless of the sector in which it operates, and not just for financial organisations.
Grasping the essentials of a new language on sustainable activities and understanding how the EU Taxonomy and its Delegated Acts interact with the other measures of the Sustainable Finance Action Plan.
Learning about the most relevant goals and measures of a broad and ambitious European plan, including with respect to climate neutrality, which has triggered a legislative avalanche with impacts on every organisation.
Gaining an overview of an extensive regulatory package that will dramatically change the face of the financial system and anticipating its main impacts on business life.
Learning about the basic characteristics and objectives of green bonds, blue bonds, SDG-linked bonds, social bonds, sustainability-linked bonds, how these operations are structured, and identifying how they relate to the sustainable finance regulatory package.
Understanding the extensive new reporting obligations and why sustainability information is now on equal footing with financial information, based on specific KPIs.
Grasping the overarching impact that the Regulation known as "SFDR" will have on entities operating in the financial market and learning how it purports to deter greenwashing.
Understanding the main drivers, features and implications of legislation that imposes a legally binding net zero emissions target for 2050 in a bid to ensure an irreversible transition to climate neutrality.
Gaining awareness of the expected new legal obligations on businesses' liability for any human rights (including environmental) violations because of their operations and supply chain.
Learning about the concerns motivating the change in sustainable corporate governance’s legal status quo, particularly in connection with fiduciary duties, senior officers’ compensation policies, and the organization's sustainability goals.
Appreciate the importance of leveraging the company's success and economic growth on effective employee engagement with the business purpose, with diverse impacts on productivity, loyalty, and talent retention.
Understand why proper management of diversity and inclusive employment issues by companies contributes to better performance, including financial performance.
Acquire key knowledge on how to implement effective compliance systems to prevent money laundering and avoid misdemeanor, criminal and financial liabilities.
Understanding the challenges posed by the green hydrogen strategy and identifying the opportunities afforded by the different “hydrogen economy” supports.
Learning about the legal mechanisms and good practices that enable sustainable public procurement, turning it into a powerful tool to protect the environment and contribute to the achievement of the applicable stringent climate targets.
Analyzing the main metrics and guiding principles of the different tax regimes as they relate to ESG issues and learning how to align tax strategy with the organization's sustainability objectives and how to define a "tax integrity" line.
Learn about different strategies to address the high cyberattack and other data breach risks to which organizations can be exposed.
Keep up with EU’s prolific AI regulatory production, heavily predicated on mitigating the risk of algorithmic discrimination, in the context of the current coordinated European approach to AI’s human and ethical implications.
Learning about the new ESG reporting requirements, their expected impact on companies, the architecture of the new European reporting standards, and what must be done to comply with these new requirements.
Understanding what measures will be adopted to ensure the energy transition and achievement of the European targets, and what sectors will be most affected by this extensive package of new measures.
Understanding the European Central Bank’s supervisory expectations on the management of climate and environmental risks by financial institutions and how these risks may affect capital requirements.
Analysing how compliance with the Minimum Safeguards (with respect to human rights, corruption/bribery, responsible taxation, etc.) is essential for an activity to be considered environmentally sustainable under the Taxonomy Regulation.