Programme purpose
Learning designed for immediate organisational application.
A transaction-focused programme on identifying and managing environmental and social risks across lending and investment portfolios. It applies proportionate screening, categorisation, due diligence, approval conditions, Environmental and Social Action Plans, monitoring and portfolio governance.
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 1ESMS architecture, screening and environmental and social due diligence
Module 1 — ESMS governance and policy framework
- ESMS objectives, policy commitments and risk appetite
- Board, management, credit, risk and E&S specialist roles
- Procedures, competence, records and management review
Practical application: Assess the design of a financial institution’s ESMS.
Module 2 — Transaction screening and categorisation
- Exclusion lists and prohibited activities
- Sector, location, scale and client-risk screening
- Risk categorisation, escalation and enhanced review triggers
Practical application: Screen and categorise a portfolio of sample transactions.
Module 3 — ESDD scoping and evidence review
- Applicable Nigerian requirements, IFC Performance Standards and WBG EHS Guidelines
- Client documents, permits, incidents and stakeholder evidence
- Site visits, interviews, red flags and information gaps
Practical application: Develop an ESDD information request and review plan.
Daily participant outputAn ESMS design assessment, screening decision and ESDD work plan.
Day 2Risk evaluation, transaction decisions and portfolio monitoring
Module 4 — Gap analysis and Environmental and Social Action Plans
- Assessing compliance and performance-standard gaps
- Materiality, consequence, likelihood and residual risk
- ESAP actions, owners, deadlines, indicators and closure evidence
Practical application: Draft a risk-rated ESDD findings table and ESAP.
Module 5 — Integrating E&S conditions into lending decisions
- Approval memoranda, covenants and conditions precedent
- Pricing, tenor, disbursement and escalation implications
- Legal documentation, client commitments and decision records
Practical application: Present a defensible E&S credit recommendation.
Module 6 — Monitoring, incidents and portfolio reporting
- Risk-based monitoring frequency and client reporting
- Serious incident notification, investigation and remedial action
- Portfolio aggregation, watchlists, KPIs and management reporting
Practical application: Build a monitoring plan and respond to a simulated serious incident.
Daily participant outputA completed ESDD report extract, ESAP, approval condition and monitoring plan.
Who should attendDesigned for the people responsible for delivery.
- Credit and enterprise risk teams
- Relationship managers
- Investment professionals
- ESMS, legal and compliance officers
Learning outcomesWhat participants will be able to do.
- Screen transactions consistently
- Scope and review proportionate ESDD
- Translate findings into credit and investment conditions
- Strengthen portfolio monitoring and escalation
Participant resourcesPractical take-away tools.
- Screening and categorisation forms
- ESDD terms of reference and report checklist
- Model ESAP and covenants
- Portfolio-monitoring dashboard template
Learning methodologyTechnical instruction translated into practical action.
Transaction cases, document review, risk categorisation, ESDD critique and a credit-committee simulation.
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