Programme purpose
Learning designed for immediate organisational application.
A focused programme on determining what matters, documenting the assessment process and converting validated material topics into a clear, balanced and framework-aligned sustainability report. Participants practise stakeholder mapping, double materiality, scoring, validation and disclosure planning.
Available datesChoose the session that works for you.
Detailed two-day curriculumSix modules, practical exercises and workplace-ready outputs.
The programme moves from core concepts to guided application. Every major module includes focused submodules and a practical exercise.
Day 1Materiality concepts, governance and evidence collection
Module 1 — Impact, financial and double materiality
- Purpose and users of different materiality lenses
- Actual and potential, positive and negative impacts
- Risks, opportunities, dependencies and effects on enterprise value
Practical application: Classify case-study issues under impact and financial materiality.
Module 2 — Assessment scope, governance and topic universe
- Reporting boundary, value chain and time horizons
- Oversight, reviewer independence and decision criteria
- Standards, sector issues, regulation and internal sources
Practical application: Develop an assessment charter and comprehensive topic universe.
Module 3 — Stakeholder engagement and evidence
- Stakeholder identification, prioritisation and representation
- Surveys, interviews, workshops and document review
- Evidence registers, bias controls and vulnerable stakeholder considerations
Practical application: Design a proportionate stakeholder engagement plan and evidence register.
Daily participant outputA materiality charter, topic universe and stakeholder engagement plan.
Day 2Scoring, validation and translation into reporting
Module 4 — Scoring methodology and materiality thresholds
- Scale, scope, irremediability, likelihood and financial magnitude
- Weighting, thresholds, normalisation and aggregation
- Sensitivity analysis, outliers and documentation of judgement
Practical application: Score a dataset and generate a defensible materiality matrix.
Module 5 — Management validation and governance approval
- Challenge sessions and conflict resolution
- Reconciling stakeholder evidence with enterprise-risk information
- Final decisions, exclusions, audit trail and approval
Practical application: Facilitate a mock management-validation workshop.
Module 6 — Strategy, disclosure and assurance linkage
- Translating material matters into objectives, metrics and targets
- Framework mapping and disclosure architecture
- Evidence traceability, annual refresh and assurance readiness
Practical application: Build a material-topic profile and connected report outline.
Daily participant outputA validated materiality matrix, decision log and reporting linkage map.
Who should attendDesigned for the people responsible for delivery.
- Sustainability and reporting teams
- Strategy, risk and stakeholder teams
- Finance, internal control and audit
- Communications and disclosure owners
Learning outcomesWhat participants will be able to do.
- Design a defensible materiality assessment
- Document scoring and validation decisions
- Convert material topics into a report content plan
- Improve traceability and assurance readiness
Participant resourcesPractical take-away tools.
- Stakeholder engagement plan
- Double-materiality scoring workbook
- Material-topic statement template
- Framework index and report-quality checklist
Learning methodologyTechnical instruction translated into practical action.
Assessment design clinic, stakeholder simulation, scoring calibration, report critique and facilitated content planning.
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