Drivers, Guidelines, And Future Of Corporate Sustainability

What you'll learn
Identify the role of corporations in society.
Explore the drivers of corporate sustainability.
Identify the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Identify the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC).
Identify the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
Explore the guidelines on sustainability reporting and assurance.
Explore best practices of sustainability reporting and assurance.
Explore future trends in sustainability performance, reporting and assurance.
Recognize the emergence of Benefit Corporations in the United States.
Recognize the gatekeepers (board of directors, executives, auditors) role in corporate sustainability.
Explore the future of Sustainability Performance Reporting and Assurance.
Explore the Future of Corporate Reporting in XBRL/integrated Reporting.
Requirements
No Advanced Preparation or Prerequisites are needed for this course, but completion of the other courses in this series will be helpful.
Description
Business organizations play important roles in society by interacting with a variety of constituencies in creating value for all stakeholders. Corporations report their economic activities and performance in compliance with regulatory requirements and contractual covenants to satisfy financial information demands by investors.Corporations also voluntarily disclose their non-financial information on corporate governance, ethical, social, and environmental matters for a variety of reasons, including the demand by stakeholders as a means of avoiding the attention of regulatory bodies where sanctions for noncompliance are imminent, to comply with industrial...

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