Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)
ESG has become a 'catch-all' in recent years, describing the extent to which firms consider ethics and stewardship to be a part of how they run their businesses.ESG details the environmental and social considerations within business operations. The governance aspect refers to how firms are organised and controlled, taking into account the needs and desires of various stakeholders.
Our ESG Online Training Course helps your employees better understand ESG, how this relates to investors, regulators and firms in the finance sector.
- 45 Minutes
- All staff
- Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives
- Appreciate the importance of ESG requirements in today's world
- Understand the key ESG issues facing the financial services sector
- Identify ESG-related challenges facing your organisation
- Discuss ESG-related issues with clients and colleagues
- Support ESG-related initiatives within your organisation
What can you expect your employees to learn?
Introduction
What is ESG?
- Major concerns?
- Increasing interest
- Investor interests
- Regulators
- Main components
ESG: Further details
- Environmental
- Areas of interest
- Social
- Potential consequences
- Governance
Regulators & other stakeholders
- Global initiatives
- The challenge
ESG & business
- Gathering momentum
- ESG investors
- Main area of interest?
- Investment considerations
ESG & competitive advantage
- Convergence
- Changing inflows
- A growing market
The future of ESG
- Regulatory challenge
- Client drivers
- Society & communities
- Climate risk
- A new normal
Summary
Assessment
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Your questions, answered
ESG
Common FAQs
How can I log breaches in our Environmental Procedures?
How can employees report ESG-related concerns anonymously?
How can I ensure employees are aware of and comply with our Environmental Procedures?
Are Skillcast courses SCORM-compliant?
What other tools are needed beyond training?
Is our training content still compliant with the latest legislation?
- You can check the latest course content updates in our library updates page: https://www.skillcast.com/compliance-course-library-updates
- For major legislative changes, we:
- Will send you email alerts to ensure you are notified
- Offer you a free trial of newly created or updated content
- Host webinars with compliance experts to explain the changes and how our training supports your ongoing compliance
Can you translate our content into other languages?
How can I give employees a secure way to record suspicious activity so we can act quickly?
Our Suspicious Activity Register allows staff to log concerns or irregularities they observe, helping you detect potential issues early. The secure register can be reviewed by compliance teams, enabling prompt investigation and action.
What file types are supported by the Skillcast system?
Features |
Supported file types and details |
File Exchange |
File types: PDF, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, SCORM and xAPI files, and compressed zip files. Max file size: Default is 1GB, can be increased to a max of 2GB |
SCORM files |
Versions: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 1.2 for Moodle, SCORM 2004 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition. Max file size: 1024MB |
xAPI file |
Max file size: 2GB |
Videos |
File types: MP4 or MOV. Videos must be optimised, with a max file size of 100MB. If the file is bigger, our Design Team can help |
Images |
File types: jpg, png and gif. The file size should ideally be 100KB, but it can be up to 250KB |
CPD evidence |
File types: Word, PDF, Excel and CSV. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB |
Policy documents |
PDF or Word File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB |
Offline activities evidence |
File types: PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PPTX and MSG. File size: the limit should be whatever the portal config option is set to. Servers are set to max 2GB |
Client logo files |
File types provided by client: EPS, PDF, AI and SVG |
Registers |
PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, POT, PPA, PPS, JPG, JPEG, PJEPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, MP4, MOV, WMV, CPTX, CP, TXT, ZIP and MSG files |
Declarations |
JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, XLS and XLSX files |