Online Course: The ESG Journey From Foundations to Practice

Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) has rapidly moved from a niche concept to a core requirement, shaping how organisations operate, disclose information and build stakeholder trust. Across global markets, frameworks such as GRI, TCFD, and IFRS help organisations measure and communicate sustainability performance, while growing expectations from investors, regulators, and consumers continue to raise the bar for accountability. 

Yet as ESG adoption accelerates, complexity grows. Organisations must now go beyond disclosure to demonstrate credible impact, and stakeholders must know how to distinguish genuine efforts from greenwashing. 

Our new online course is designed to builda strong foundation in ESG and sustainability reporting. It will unpackkey concepts, global frameworks and real-world applications, showing how ESG is integrated into decision-making and translated into disclosures, in a clear, step-by-step progression. It will also discuss learnings from Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) disclosure framework mandated by SEBI for top 1,000 listed entities in India. 

Whether you're from industry, academia, civil society, or just starting out in sustainability, this course will help you understand ESG and apply it meaningfully. 

Course Content

• Concepts and applicability of ESG
• Key global frameworks, GRI, TCFD and IFRS
• Methodology for collecting, measuring and reporting sustainability data
• Core concepts like materiality and MRV (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification)
• Assessing and reading ESG disclosures and reports
• Identifying credible ESG actions from greenwashing
• The role of ESG in shaping business decisions, risk management and long-term strategy 

Course Takeaways

• Self-paced course hosted on a digital learning platform, with pre-recorded sessions in structured modules
• Certificate of participation (after successful completion of training)
• Access to relevant learning resources from CSE
• Access to subject experts and guides 

Course Coordinator

Subhrajit Goswami
+91-91263 86648
subhrajit.goswami@cseindia.org