Training Course: ESG Strategies and Tactics for SMEs

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An opportunity for SMEs to learn and develop ESG strategies that can be used to maintain and build their competitive advantage

What is ESG? Why is ESG important? How do organizations implement ESG strategies and benefit from having one?

These questions and more are what would be answered in this interactive and practical full day session. The session will focus on ESG (environmental, social, governance) related issues for business, exploring tactics and current trends in how ESG is addressed.

In this session, we will also explore how ESG models can be used as an approach to address challenges and opportunities in the environmental sector especially for Small to Medium Sized Enterprises. Given the external socio-economic environment, what are the different models surrounding ESG that environmental industry firms can embrace to maximize benefits and minimize downside risks.

What do SMEs have to do to get ready for ESG reporting? Particularly relevant for SMEs is the adoption of ESG at the top of supply chains. If a large industry operators or retailers have made various ESG commitments, they will surely apply these downwards throughout the supply chain. SMEs need to be prepared to ensure they don’t become less competitive. What does this mean and how do organizations implement ESG strategies?

Help get answers to these questions in this highly interactive session with a subject matter expert.

Trainer Bio: Dr. Tom Cooper

Tom has significant consulting expertise with over twenty years’ experience in the field. He is currently a professor of Strategic Management at Memorial, teaching governance at a MBA level. Prior to taking his position at Memorial University, Tom worked as a senior manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Performance Improvement Consulting and advisory practice in the United Kingdom and was team leader of their Governance, Risk and Compliance Financial Services practice. Since returning to Newfoundland and Labrador he has worked with a wide range of clients across different sectors predominantly focusing on strategic planning, training, and performance improvement. He is a Certified Management Consultant and teaches on the ICD program out of Rotman in Toronto. He is the past Chair of Food First Newfoundland and Labrador and sits on their executive committee, past Chair of SmartICE, and currently the Public Representative on both the boards of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the Provincial Health Research Ethics Authority Board for Genetics.