CSR & ESG Leadership Workshop
Overview
The CSR & ESG Leadership Workshop helps leaders distinguish purpose, corporate responsibility, sustainability management and formal disclosure. Participants explore how environmental and social matters connect with governance, strategy, risk, performance and stakeholder trust.
The workshop is grounded in the current reporting landscape, including IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 and the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards issued in February 2026. It also addresses credible claims, data controls and the practical risk of greenwashing. The emphasis is on proportionate action rather than producing a generic sustainability report.
Key facts
| Key fact | Current information |
|---|---|
| Course type | LSBI executive workshop; non-regulated |
| Recommended duration | Two days |
| Recommended guided learning | 14 hours |
| Delivery | Facilitated workshop with cases, templates and action planning |
| Assessment | Materiality exercise, disclosure review and 90-day ESG action plan |
| Proposed award | LSBI Certificate of Completion; non-regulated |
Who is this course for?
The workshop is designed for directors, senior managers, sustainability and finance professionals, communications leaders, owner-managers and advisers who contribute to ESG priorities, reporting or claims.
What you will learn
- Explain how CSR, ESG management and sustainability-related disclosure differ and connect.
- Identify material sustainability-related risks and opportunities for a defined organisation.
- Link governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets into a coherent approach.
- Recognise the role of IFRS S1, IFRS S2 and UK SRS S1 and S2 in the reporting landscape.
- Challenge weak data, vague targets and unsupported environmental or social claims.
- Create a prioritised 90-day action plan with owners, evidence and review points.
Course modules
| Module | Credit/status | Module focus |
|---|---|---|
| CSR, ESG and the Business Case | Workshop session | Terminology, value creation, stakeholders, purpose and organisational context. |
| Materiality and Stakeholder Priorities | Workshop session | Risk and opportunity identification, evidence, stakeholder insight and prioritisation. |
| Governance, Ethics and Accountability | Workshop session | Board oversight, roles, controls, culture, incentives and escalation. |
| Climate, Nature and Social Factors | Workshop session | Dependencies, impacts, transition and physical risk, workforce and community considerations. |
| Metrics, Carbon and Data Quality | Workshop session | Boundaries, baselines, indicators, targets, data ownership and assurance readiness. |
| UK and International Reporting Landscape | Workshop session | IFRS S1/S2, UK SRS S1/S2, UK climate-related disclosures and related expectations. |
| Credible Claims and Greenwashing Risk | Workshop session | Clear, fair and evidence-based communications; governance of public claims. |
| Ninety-Day ESG Action Plan | Applied output | Priority actions, accountabilities, dependencies, measures and board-level review. |
Teaching and assessment
The workshop should use short expert briefings, current examples, a materiality exercise, claim reviews and a guided action-planning template. Participants should bring a relevant organisational issue but must avoid sharing confidential or market-sensitive information.
Completion can be evidenced through participation in the exercises and submission of a proportionate 90-day action plan. The workshop is not designed as a regulated examination.
Entry requirements
No formal academic qualification is proposed. Participants should have responsibility for, or a professional interest in, strategy, governance, finance, risk, sustainability, operations or corporate communications.
Progression and career relevance
Participants can use the action plan to begin or strengthen an organisational ESG work programme. Further development may include specialist training in sustainability reporting, carbon accounting, risk, governance or assurance, selected to match the participant’s role and legal context.
Award
Participants who meet the approved attendance and activity requirements receive an LSBI Certificate of Completion. The workshop is non-regulated and does not confer professional authorisation.
Important information
Reporting and disclosure obligations depend on the organisation, jurisdiction, size, sector and effective dates. This workshop provides education, not legal, audit, assurance or investment advice. Participants should obtain specialist advice for their circumstances.
