Global ESG Competent Boards Designation Program

Gain the environmental, social and governance (ESG) mindset supply chain, procurement, and operations leaders of today need to adapt, transform, and pivot your operations to incorporate ESG objectives. Join online dialogues with renowned global leaders focusing on crucial strategy issues, discussed through the lens of environmental, social, and governance factors. Gain access to carefully curated reading lists, original case studies, and thought-provoking questions to help you create value, enhance resiliency, and establish good governance in your supply chain and business operations.

WHAT DOES STEWARDSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY LOOK LIKE?

Learn with an international network of peers discussing real cases and dilemmas. Receive insight from over 100 globally renowned leaders, recommended readings, tools, emerging best practices, case studies, and questions that will help you create value, heighten resiliency, and enhance good governance in the supply chain.

The Program is targeted for global board members and senior business professionals to identify, articulate, and confidently act upon the most material environmental, social, and governance aspects of their business. 100+ global leaders have contributed to the program, including:

• Paul Polman – Former CEO, Unilever, Chair, International Chamber of Commerce, Chair, The B-Team, Vice-Chair, United Nations Global Compact, Co-Founder, IMAGINE
• James McCall – Senior Director, Global Climate and Supply Chain Sustainability at Procter and Gamble
• Patricia Jurewicz – Founder and CEO, Responsible Sourcing Network
• Andrew Wallis – CEO, Unseen and Modern Slavery Helpline
• Kevin Coon – Partner, Baker McKenzie Toronto, Chair Policy Committee, Baker McKenzie International, Member, UN Global Compact Advisory Group on Supply Chain (Canada) 
• Tyler Johnson – COO, CyberNB, Former Head of Business Development, BrightPlanet, Former Director of Global Security & Investigation, Celestica, Former Board Member, Canada-South Africa Chamber of Commerce

12 STRATEGIC ESG SESSION TOPICS

Twelve 1.5-hour sessions, hosted bi-weekly

1. New Risks and Expectations for Boards, Executives, and Investors
2. Dealing with Dilemmas and Turning Risks into Opportunities After the Pandemic
3. SDGs Competent Boards
4. Climate Competent Boards
5. ESG Competent Boards
6. Human Rights and Environmental Issues in the Supply Chain
7. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Boardroom and Beyond
8. Anti-Corruption, Integrity, and Transparency
9. Responsible Use of Data, Cybersecurity, and Digital Competencies
10. Tax, Investment, and Pay in an ESG-focused world
11. Shareholder and Stakeholder Engagement and Disclosure
12. The Future of Good Corporate Governance

WHAT YOU’LL GET OUT OF THIS PROGRAM:

• Enrich your understanding of the critical components of good ESG operations performance and enhance important competencies essential to be an effective, insightful Board Director or Senior Business Professional
• Learn how to better respond to new supply chain risk, complexity, technological disruptions, and social and environmental obligations
• Get equipped to ask the right questions and effectively participate in discussions around the fast-evolving international ESG landscape
• Get up to speed on global trends and developments, and what’s likely to gain greater relevance going forward
• Have greater visibility into what other leading companies are doing to embed sustainability into their organizations and why