Specialist Preparation Program in Sustainability and ESG

Program facts

Study fee

Free

subjects

8

lessons

32

Estimated time

19 hours

Content last reviewed

22 October 2026

Access period

30 days

Study language

Arabic and English

About the program

The program moves from a bounded specialist mandate to metrics, emissions, social and environmental risks. Learners solve fictional cases with numbers, sources and exceptions, then prepare a bilingual disclosure pack and handoff memo.

Practical relevance

Lessons use metric dictionaries, waste balances, inventories, risk registers and bilingual handoff memos. Exercises are self-practice; publication and assurance require separate authority.

Why this program

Professional results need reviewable boundaries, sources and calculations. Each figure is linked to its claim, supporting evidence and required decision.

What you will learn

• Mandate and material topics: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Sustainability data and controls: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• GHG inventory and checks: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Climate, nature and disclosure: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Social impacts and governance: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Products, materials and waste: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Targets, transition and improvement: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.
• Disclosure, review and handoff: prepare bounded evidence, calculation and judgment.

Who it is for

• Sustainability and data team members preparing calculations and evidence for review
• Learners moving into a bounded specialist execution role
• Finance, operations and HR staff asked to supply documented data to sustainability reports.
• Compliance and quality coordinators who prepare verifiable evidence files ahead of internal or external review.

Curriculum

1. Subject 1 Open for free

   Mandate and material topics

   Mandate and material topics: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Translate an ESG request into a bounded work order and evidence inventory 30 min
   2. Map activities, value chain and affected stakeholders 30 min
   3. Assess impact significance under GRI 3 with a traceable case 30 min
   4. Separate impact materiality from IFRS S1 decision-useful financial information 30 min
2. Subject 2

   Sustainability data and controls

   Sustainability data and controls: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Build a metric dictionary with numerator, denominator and period 28 min
   2. Design a source-to-disclosure evidence trail and control tests 28 min
   3. Reconcile missing, estimated and conflicting operational data 28 min
   4. Calculate workforce and resource indicators without hiding exclusions 28 min
3. Subject 3

   GHG inventory and checks

   GHG inventory and checks: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Set organizational and operational boundaries for a hypothetical inventory 28 min
   2. Calculate scope 1 and location-based scope 2 with units and factors 28 min
   3. Screen scope 3 categories and estimate a bounded category 28 min
   4. Reconcile totals, uncertainty and base-year change requests 28 min
4. Subject 4

   Climate, nature and disclosure

   Climate, nature and disclosure: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Distinguish physical and transition exposure from impact 28 min
   2. Build a risk register and test scenario assumptions 28 min
   3. Use LEAP to screen a site dependency and escalate ecological judgment 28 min
   4. Map supported claims to GRI and IFRS S1/S2 disclosures 28 min
5. Subject 5

   Social impacts and governance

   Social impacts and governance: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Define workforce coverage and safety evidence 28 min
   2. Screen supplier human-rights impacts without treating questionnaires as proof 26 min
   3. Track grievance, remedy and stakeholder feedback responsibly 26 min
   4. Map oversight decisions and conflicts of interest 28 min
6. Subject 6

   Products, materials and waste

   Products, materials and waste: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Trace waste generated, recovery and disposal without category substitution 26 min
   2. Define a life-cycle comparison with functional unit and boundary 28 min
   3. Investigate product-use and end-of-life impacts 28 min
   4. Test circularity and environmental claims against evidence 28 min
7. Subject 7

   Targets, transition and improvement

   Targets, transition and improvement: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Set a measurable target with baseline, scope and owner 28 min
   2. Separate inventory reductions, offsets and avoided-emission claims 26 min
   3. Evaluate interventions using cost, effect and trade-offs 28 min
   4. Monitor corrective action and detect rebound or leakage 28 min
8. Subject 8

   Disclosure, review and handoff

   Disclosure, review and handoff: apply the methods to bounded data and cases, documenting evidence, exceptions and decisions.

   4 lessons · 2 hours

   1. Challenge selective reporting and unsupported claims 28 min
   2. Prepare assurance-ready evidence and respond to exceptions 28 min
   3. Integrate a bilingual disclosure pack without inconsistent numbers 28 min
   4. Deliver a controlled specialist handoff and escalation memo 28 min

Subjects unlock in sequence as you progress.

Strengths

• A worked case and feedback-led practice in every lesson
• Metrics linked to source, boundary and exception
• Controlled bilingual handoff separating ready and unresolved items

Evidence basis

GRI, IFRS, GHG Protocol and other primary sources support relevant methods. Training cases and numbers are fictional; public ISO overviews do not include the full paid standards.

Assessment

Assessments follow the program blueprint and may use module assessments, a final assessment, or a combination, under the approved attempt policy.

Assessment attempts: 2 per assessment, 7 days apart

The pass mark is announced before the program is published.

Certificate

The credential confirms completion and successful assessment; it does not represent professional licensure unless explicitly and lawfully stated.

Every certificate has a public verification code. Verify a certificate

Verification example: a real issued certificate

Program questions