Learning objectives/outcomes:

• Understand the materiality principle and its most recent developments
• Understand the difference between materiality (principle), materiality assessment, stakeholder engagement;
• Analyze and evaluate the quality, reliability, and informational value of materiality assessments;
• Learn the practical steps to conduct a materiality assessment
• Learn how to read and use a materiality assessment
• Understand the elements that characterize a good materiality assessment

Contents:

• How materiality has been transplanted from accounting and auditing to sustainability and what this means;
• Materiality definitions across standards. Focus on financial materiality, dynamic materiality, double materiality.
• Materiality in practice: key steps to conduct a materiality assessment, evidence and data to be used, making sense of the analysis
• Assessing the quality of a materiality assessment: key elements

Contents 

• Exploring the significance in assessing, prioritizing, and managing sustainability-related impacts within the business framework.
• Showcasing successful alignment and its positive effects on business sustainability and performance.
• Presenting effective methodologies and tools for conducting impact materiality assessments.
• Emphasizing the importance of involving stakeholders in impact materiality assessment and reporting.
• Identifying potential opportunities for the company to leverage impact materiality to drive innovation and competitive advantage.

Contents 

• Stakeholder engagement
•  TITAN’s approach for Materiality Assessment
• BUs Validation Materiality 2022
• Blueprint for stakeholder engagement project, key info and
  highlights about stakeholders’ responses, main conclusions

Learning objectives/outcomes:

• Explain the relationship between Corporate Ethics, Corporate Governance and Sustainability
• Understand the importance of dealing with Sustainability and ESG criteria at the Board level
• Be aware of the recent Sustainable Corporate Governance initiatives at European level
• Learn how to build a sustainable board
• Be familiar with good practices and trends in Sustainable Corporate Governance

Contents:

• Corporate Governance at a Glance
• Board of Directors and Sustainability / ESG
• Sustainable Corporate Governance and the Due Diligence on the Supply Chain
• Fighting corruption and the role of the Boards
• Building a Culture of Accountability
• Roadmap to Build Sustainable Corporate Governance

Contents:

• Foundations of Sustainability in Business: The case of TITAN Group
• Governance & Accountability: Elements and role of an effective Compliance Program
• Compliance Assurance Systems: Third-party Due Diligence System
• Fighting Corruption through an Anti-Fraud Program

Scope: 

To highlight the role of inclusive working environments and responsible human capital management as key drivers towards CSR.

Learning objectives / outcomes

• Introduce key issues related to responsible human capital management for sustainable organization-building.
• Discuss how responsible human capital management can support the CSR strategy by leveraging internal competencies and contributing to a positive, healthy and fair work environment.
• Outline the key elements of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) strategy for inclusive and respectful work environments.
• Introduce the Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework.

Contents

• Socially responsible human capital management: The interface between CSR and HRM
• Key HRM practices (e.g., recruitment, performance management, talent management) that support the CSR strategy and contribute to improving the work and quality of life of employees.
• Diversity and Inclusion frameworks and key pillars of a DEI strategy.
• Aligning organizational systems and policies and implementation challenges.
• The Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework.
• Best practices and organizational examples.

Learning objectives / outcomes:

Through this session participants will:

• Gain an understanding of how the EU Due Diligence legislation relates to supply chain management and procurement
• Establish the relationship between EU Due Diligence legislation and socio-ecological challenges facing organisations
• Advance their knowledge of relevant regulatory and voluntary approaches towards sustainability in supply chains and procurement
• Explore how they can proactively embed Due Diligence in the ways of working of their organisations through examples and games
• Surface the key issues and debates related to sustainable supply chain management and procurement
• Develop a better sense of their own assumptions and position towards relation between business and sustainability

Contents:

• Due diligence in a sustainability context: the urgency of addressing ecological and social challenges and
• Due diligence implications: what it has to do with procurement and supply chains
• Defining sustainable supply chain management and sustainable procurement
• Sustainable SCM and procurement: how to become pro-active
• The future of sustainable SCM and procurement: global trends

Contents:

• Sustainability in Coffee supply chain – A “from bean to cup” sustainability approach from Coffee Island.
• Social sustainability at the farm
• Create consensus in the global specialty coffee industry
• Minimize energy consumption and waste strategy
• Transform the coffee supply chain from linear to circular

Contents:

• Policies and codes for managing responsible supplier relationships
• Supplier monitoring and evaluation with ESG criteria: tools, methodology and results of Mytilineos’ case
• Requirements of investors for a sustainable supply chain management
• Supplier adaptation and risk mitigation plans for continuous improvement

Learning objectives / outcomes:
By the end of this module participants should be able to:

• Determine the risks, challenges and opportunities emerging from climate change for your organisation.
• Understand how command and control regulation, market based instruments and voluntary regulation affect corporate strategies towards climate change.
• Present Climate Change Risks and Opportunities Reporting versus Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.
• Assess the task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD).
• Present how much exposed and vulnerable is a business towards climate change.

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:

• Demonstrate understanding of why and how to choose sustainable finance solutions over traditional investments
• Demonstrate understanding of the impact of environmental, social and governance factors on valuation and pricing for investment and lending decisions
• Ability to analyze the characteristics of the main sustainable finance products
• Understand the characteristics of social/environmental impact measurement systems and the main challenges associated with the development of a system measuring the impact of ESG investments

Contents:

• The core concepts of sustainable finance and investing explained through theory and empirical data
• The relevance of sustainability to finance sector decision-makers
• Regulations and framework of sustainable finance and investing
• Presentation of the main sustainable finance products, as green bonds and green loans
• Τools and practices for social/environmental impact measurement

Contents:

– Sustainability, ESG, and Impact in the capital markets universe

– The Biopharma Investor ESG Communications Initiative, a brief overview

– Investor objectives and expectations from business

– Business and investor ESG communications: The role of other capital markets stakeholders (i.e. raters, standard-setters)

Scope: 
To identify the links between CSR (or ESG) communications, marketing, and analytics.

Learning objectives/ outcomes:
At the end of this session students should be able to:

• Define CSR performance as a key stakeholder satisfaction metric.
• Measure CSR performance.
• Reflect on the Greenwashing phenomenon.
• Offer research-based advice on how to communicate ESG.
• Review and experience survey-based instruments to measure ESG performance.
• Understand and analyze the role of Marketing Analytics tools like Segmentation and Sentiment Analytics in helping firms understand their stakeholders and “compete” on ESG performance.
• Review and experience how AI and Big Data disrupts CSR (ESG) scoring with implications for greenwashing and marketing ethics (including for example selling practices & product labeling)

Contents:

• Marketing Reframed: Stakeholder Satisfaction & CSR Performance.
• CSR meets Marketing Analytics
• Truvalue Platform™ Demonstration (Artificial Intelligence, CSR/ESG Firm Scoring, and Marketing Ethics scoring). Truvalue Labs™ an awarded Fintech, applies Artificial Intelligence to massive volumes of unstructured data and scores firms on ESG behavior that has a material impact on company value. We will also focus on how AI allows firms to be monitored 24/7 on marketing ethics including customer privacy, access & affordability, product quality & safety, customer welfare, and selling practices & product labeling)

Contents:

• B Corp Certification, How it works & deliverables
• 1% for the Planet Commitment
• PUIG ESG Agenda 2030, how we align, what we do
• Billion Bees Program