ESG: Knowledge and Resources

Company Secretarial Practice for PLCs

• Includes a section on ESG issues and non-financial reporting - Key things the Company Secretary needs to know
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Are you prepared for the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015) new compliance requirements?

• Identify what the legal requirements of the Modern Slavery Act are
• Describe the requirements of the UK Guidance on modern slavery reporting
• Understand what due diligence procedures should be met
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• Governance 2022 recordings - Includes the recording of the session 'ESG: what does it mean in the boardroom?'
• The Good Governance Guide to Boardroom Dynamics - Book
• Boardroom culture: ESG on the agenda - Webinar
• Getting menopause on the agenda - Podcast
• ESG: A maturity matrix for charities - White paper (requires a login to download)
• The Tom Morrison essay prize 2022 asked for submissions on Climate change: the existential threat of the century. Discuss the opportunity for the governance professional to be a part of the solution. View the first place and second place essays.

• Governance is a contact sport - June 2022
• Enough is enough - Imposter syndrome can hold us back from reaching our full potential - May 2022
• TCFD - the way forward - Take a look at the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures - April 2022.
• Operationalising ESG: A roadmap for organisations - April 2021
• Does your company have an ESG Committee? ESG reporting, disclosures, and committees - March 2021

• COP27 – Highlights from the first week - November 2022
• The boardroom of the future: stakeholder capitalism and engagement - November 2022
• Reflections on COP26 – The Glasgow Climate Pact - November 2022
• Diversity on a board is a nice to have not a need to have – true or false? - October 2022
• Engaging boards with ESG-related risk - October 2022
• Businesses, human rights and modern slavery: 2022 legislative review - October 2022
• Benefits of engaging with ESG – pointers for governance professionals - October 2022
• How can you make sure that you're considering senior citizens in the office culture? - October 2022
• The environment: FTSE 350 Boardroom Bellwether survey - October 2022
• Using circular economy models and virtuous circles to build continuous improvements in governance - September 2022
• The globalisation of governance - September 2022
• An Introduction to the ESG resource hub - September 2022
• The work-life hack to put your personal life back - August 2022
• Why is it important to have menopause on your organisational priority list? - July 2022
• ESG: ‘Don’t try and do everything’ - June 2022
• ESG: Driving the sustainability agenda – a global outlook - June 2022
• One way out of our debt: clean energy and social enterprise - May 2022
• Workplace wellbeing re-examined: could empathy and kindness be the lasting legacy of the pandemic? - May 2022
• Effective governance: the key to delivering ESG success? - April 2022
• Every day is Earth Day for companies committed to ESG and CSR - April 2022
• Why is ESG relevant to organisations with a social purpose? - April 2022
• Six things all companies need to know about ESG reporting - March 2022
• A voice for small and mid-caps on ESG - March 2022
• One year on from SFDR: how have ESG reporting demands changed? - March 2022
• COP26 climate change actions - November 2021
• ESG – does the ‘S’ include slavery? - October 2021
• How modern governance meets the ESG imperative - June 2021
• Climate change governance: action, not words, will support the greatest reallocation of capital in history as we move to net zero - June 2021
• ESG and Brexit - April 2021
• ESG Rating schemes: Which to target, and how to do well - April 2021
• Three ESG lessons organisations should learn from COVID-19 - April 2021

• COP27 - The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• The United Nations - Sustainable Development Goals
• IFRS Foundation - International Sustainability Standards Board