About the training
In June 2023, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) ushered in a new era of corporate sustainability-related disclosure to capital markets worldwide with the launch of IFRS S1, “General Requirements for Sustainability-related Financial Information” and IFRS S2 “Climate-related Disclosures.” The IFRS Sustainability Standards were developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”). In order to help capital market participants to implement the new standards and to build capacity for consistent, global uptake, the UN SSE has partnered with IFC and the IFRS Foundation to provide training free-of charge with UN SSE Partner Exchanges. The training content was developed collaboratively by the UN SSE, IFRS Foundation and IFC, through its integrated ESG program implemented in partnership with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland SECO.
Training Format
- Hosted by SSE Partner Exchanges
- Facilitated by experts from the IFRS Foundation and UN SSE
- Delivered online with interactive activities and direct interaction with expert facilitators
- Q&A open for live interaction throughout the training
- Training includes 3.5 hours of live facilitation and a homework exercise for extended learning
- Certified by CPD UK
Participants
Listed companies or companies working with or providing products and services to listed companies, financial-sector organizations, regulatory authorities and standard setting organizations should encourage employees working in the following areas to participate:
- Governance and leadership
- Strategy development and implementation
- Risk management
- Accounting and finance
- Sustainability and climate strategy
Content
This training program has been developed to build participants’ understanding of the foundations of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and guides them through a four-step process of preparing, aligning, implementing and communicating sustainability-related information. The training includes step-by-step practical guidance to help participants build the foundations needed to identify climate and sustainability-related issues, integrate them into strategy decision making and governance processes, and measure progress and resilience.
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Training modules
How to participate
The training program is delivered via stock exchanges around the world. The exchange hosts the training, convening its local market participants and other relevant stakeholders, while the UN SSE and IFRS deliver the training. All at no cost to the exchange or the training participants.
Stock exchanges and regulatory authorities that wish to host training for their market on this topic can contact the SSE team directly.
If you are not working for a stock exchange or regulatory authority and you are interested in this training, please reach out directly to your local exchange and ask them to host a training. You may also wish to join the SSE’s mailing list to learn about any training programs we hold that are open to the general public.
Training Tools
SSE Toolkit on Sustainability-Related Financial Disclosures
The UN SSE, together with its partners, developed a toolkit to support stock exchanges and their market participants in the implementation of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. The toolkit includes training tools that are designed to complement the SSE Academy’s training program on the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. The SSE will continue to work with its partners to add new tools as necessary to provide ongoing support to stock exchanges and their markets on this topic.
Visit the toolkit here.
Training handout and homework
Participants of the training will receive a training pack which includes a handout of training slides as well as bonus slides with additional explanatory content. Participants will also receive a homework assignment that they are encouraged to complete after the live training course. Guidance on completing this homework assignment is integrated throughout the live training.
Technical Assistance
The SSE works with stock exchanges to advance climate action in their markets through donor-sponsored technical assistance. For more information, please contact the SSE team directly.
Testimonials
"Stock exchanges play a crucial role in efforts to raise the bar in the quality of sustainability-related disclosures. We are grateful to the UN SSE for their partnership in developing this training that will directly support the ability of companies to provide investors with consistent, comparable decision-useful disclosures in accordance with the ISSB Standards."
Emmanuel Faber
Chair, ISSB, IFRS Foundation (2023)
"We were delight to host this important workshop on applying the new IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. Participants at the event from our market really benefited from the depth of experience and expertise of the superb trainers who explained the concepts and shared their knowledge in a very practical way."
Daryl Byrne
CEO, Euronext Dublin (2023)
"The Training on Climate Disclosure delivered by the UN SSE to the stakeholders of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), Bangladesh were really excellent and the trainers were outstanding. Our participants have learned a lot on this new topic and they will benefit immensely. We hope to get more such training through the UN SSE to contribute more towards Sustainable Development in our Capital Market. We wish all the best to the UN SSE and its superbly excellent Team Members."
Ghulam Faruqe
Managing Director, Chittagong Stock Exchange (2021)
"In the context of the challenges we face as a result of the climate crisis, the Santiago Stock Exchange encourages and commits to this type of initiatives, which are intended to provide tools to those who lead organizations to be able to identify and explain the associated risks to climate change, and, therefore, address them, mitigate them and produce significant changes that allow sustainable development of companies and the capital market."
José Antonio Martínez
CEO, Santiago Stock Exchange (2021)
