A specialized certification for executives, risk managers, and sustainability leaders to identify, assess, and manage ESG risks within enterprise risk frameworks for resilient and future-ready organizations. Sustainability & Risk Certification Certified ESG Risk Professional
ESG Risk Identification Identify and assess environmental, social, and governance risks. Enterprise Risk Integration Embed ESG risks into enterprise risk management frameworks. Governance & Reporting Strengthen governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
In Certified ESG Risk Professional, you will gain practical expertise to identify, assess, and manage environmental, social, and governance risks within enterprise risk frameworks. This course enables leaders to align ESG considerations with strategy, governance, and sustainable business growth. What you will learn Master ESG Risk
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Certified ESG Risk Professional is designed for executives, risk managers, and sustainability leaders to identify, assess, and manage ESG-related risks within enterprise risk management (ERM). You’ll learn how to integrate ESG into risk frameworks, strengthen governance, engage stakeholders, and build practical action plans for resilient, sustainable decision-making. Understand why ESG matters to modern organizations and how ESG risks influence business resilience, performance, and long-term value creation. Build a clear understanding of ESG fundamentals through a structured view of the three pillars and how they show up in real enterprise contexts. Learn how to identify ESG risks and apply practical approaches to quantify, compare, and prioritize them to support better decision-making. Integrate ESG risks into ERM by aligning governance, risk structures, and continuous monitoring so ESG becomes part of core enterprise risk practice. Move beyond risk avoidance by developing strategies to mitigate ESG risks while identifying ESG-driven opportunities that support sustainable growth. Strengthen ESG communication by learning how to engage stakeholders effectively and support informed, transparent, and consistent decision-making. Learn how to prepare and present ESG risks and opportunities in a structured, consistent format to support governance, oversight, and accountability. Bring everything together by creating a practical ESG risk action plan that supports implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement. There are 8 modules in this course
Module details Setting the Stage What's included 1 lesson
Module details Demystifying ESG What's included 1 lesson
Module details Identifying and Assessing ESG Risks What's included 1 lesson
Module details Enterprise Risk management What's included 1 lesson
Module details Opportunity Management What's included 1 lesson
Module details Communication and Engagement What's included 1 lesson
Module details Reporting What's included 1 lesson
Module details Action Plan What's included 1 lesson
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What professionals say about the ESG Risk certification
This certification helps you identify, assess, and manage Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks within enterprise risk management (ERM). You’ll learn how to integrate ESG risks into frameworks, improve reporting, engage stakeholders, and build practical action plans to support resilient and sustainable decision-making. This course is ideal for executives, risk managers, compliance professionals, sustainability leaders, auditors, consultants, and managers responsible for governance and reporting. It also supports professionals who want to understand ESG risk language and apply it to real business decisions. No. The course starts with clear ESG fundamentals and builds step-by-step into risk identification, assessment, and integration with ERM. If you work in leadership, risk, compliance, sustainability, or governance, you can follow the course comfortably without any technical background. Yes. The course strengthens how you structure ESG risks, document them in a standard format, and communicate them clearly for governance, oversight, and reporting needs. You’ll be better prepared to support internal reviews, stakeholder questions, and ESG disclosure expectations. It covers both. You’ll learn how to mitigate ESG risks and also identify ESG-driven opportunities that strengthen resilience, reputation, and long-term value creation. The approach is practical: decision-making, prioritisation, and action planning. Most ESG courses focus on concepts and awareness. This certification is risk-focused and shows how to integrate ESG into ERM and governance processes. You learn a structured approach to assess ESG risks, prioritise them, and report them consistently. Yes. You can learn at your own pace and revisit modules whenever you need a refresher. This makes it easy to apply concepts alongside real work, projects, and reporting cycles. Yes. After completing the course requirements, you’ll receive a certificate of completion that you can add to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. You can also share it with your employer as proof of upskilling. If your work involves governance, risk, compliance, sustainability, audits, operations, or executive decision-making, this course will be relevant. If you share your role and industry with us, we can recommend whether it’s the best fit. Yes. Many organisations enroll cross-functional teams to build a common ESG risk language and consistent reporting approach. For group enrollments or customised programs, contact us to explore options. Frequently asked questions
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