This Masterclass will provide insights on the building blocks required to establish an implementable pathway and roadmap for organisations to achieve Net Zero.

Join the session to understand what it takes to embark on Net Zero journey, exploring the potential trade-offs that companies may need to consider. Learn how to manage risks from existing “brown” businesses and create value from new “green” opportunities, whilst supporting the just transition agenda.

This Masterclass will enlighten participants on services and tools available to aid companies in their sustainability journey especially on No Deforestation, Smallholder Assistance, Human-Elephant conflict, Human Rights, Labour Transformation, Ethical Recruitment, and Child Risk Assessment Frameworks amongst others.

The Masterclass will deep dive on forced labour, answering questions on what is forced labour, local & international laws governing workers, and detailed identification and remedial means for organisations and companies with regards to ethical recruitment and human rights due diligence.

A materiality assessment is often considered the cornerstone of a company’s sustainability efforts. If done well, a materiality assessment helps a company focus its sustainability strategies on the areas and topics that will have the most impact.

After years of debate over the definition of materiality, we see a global consensus emerging that materiality should be impact-based, meaning that businesses should report on financially-material topics that influence enterprise value as well as material topics to the economy, environment, and people.

Learn about the objectives and updated methodology of impact-based materiality, and expectations for businesses moving forward. BSR will also provide context on the driving forces behind global decisions to mandate impact-related disclosures and a high-level overview of the contents of these proposed rules.

With regulators increasingly requiring disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities, the time is now for financial institutions and businesses to gain a deeper understanding of and aligning existing reporting processes to TCFD recommendations.

This Masterclass aims to provide a primer on TCFD’s four key areas mapped to Scope 1, 2 and 3; and walk-through a typical TCFD implementation journey. At the end of the session, participants will have insights into what is TCFD and how to interpret the recommendations, benefits of implementing TCFD reporting, and where to start and common pitfalls to avoid. 

Nature loss poses a major risk to businesses, while moving to nature-positive investments offers opportunity.

The market-led, science-based Taskforce on Nature Financial-related Disclosure framework will enable companies and financial institutions to integrate nature into decision making.

Join this Masterclass by Deloitte and High Conservation Value Network to learn through case studies about how this new global initiative aims to give financial institutions and companies a complete picture of their environmental risks.  

Embracing sustainable change creates significant opportunities for SMEs to reduce costs, attract talent and investment to develop business, provide a point of difference, and improve their brand reputation. It is therefore important that SMEs understand and engage in the sustainability agenda.

This Masterclass will provide practical resources and tools based on the ACCA and Charted Accountants ANZ co-branded SME sustainability Playbook and Practical toolkits for SMEs. SMEs will learn about steps they can take to start their sustainability journey. The training will also shine a light on the role of accountants as trusted advisers to SMEs as they navigate through their sustainable transformation.

Key takeaways of the session will include the business case of sustainable transformation for SMEs, practical tools for SMEs, and a discussion on where to start based on practical examples from all around the world.