Foundation programmeIntroduction to ESG, Sustainability and Sustainable Development
A practical entry programme for professionals who need a clear understanding of sustainability, sustainable development and Environmental, Social and Governance principles. Participants learn the business case, core terminology, stakeholder expectations and the first steps required to support an organisation’s sustainability journey.
CENGSSUD Foundation Certificate in ESG and SustainabilityFoundation · 16 learning hours
Course details
Who should attend: Professionals new to ESG and sustainability, Graduate trainees and career transitioners, Departmental focal persons and ESG Champions, Public, private and social-sector practitioners
- Module 1Sustainable development, the SDGs and the changing business context
- Module 2Environmental, social and governance fundamentals
- Module 3Business value, risks, opportunities and stakeholder expectations
- Module 4Introduction to materiality, strategy, metrics and targets
- Module 5ESG governance, responsibilities, data and evidence
- Module 6The sustainability reporting landscape and personal action planning
Methodology: Facilitator-led instruction, relatable Nigerian and African cases, group exercises, practical discussions and an action-planning clinic.
Branch ESG Champions Accelerator
A focused operational programme that equips Branch Managers and ESG Champions to implement ESG responsibilities, collect reliable data, retain evidence and escalate sustainability risks consistently across a distributed branch network.
CENGSSUD Branch ESG Champion CertificateFoundation to intermediate · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Branch Managers, Branch ESG Champions, Regional and zonal operations teams, ESG data reviewers and process owners
- Module 1ESG, sustainability and IFRS S1/S2 fundamentals for branches
- Module 2Branch environmental, social and governance responsibilities
- Module 3Metric definitions, reporting periods, units and evidence requirements
- Module 4Excel upload, form-based reporting and data-quality checks
- Module 5Manager certification, reviewer routing, corrections and approval
- Module 6Incidents, grievances, exceptions, escalation and branch action plans
Methodology: Plain-language instruction, branch scenarios, guided data practice, evidence exercises, review simulation and action planning.
ESG Fundamentals, Strategy, Implementation and Reporting Masterclass
A comprehensive bridge from ESG concepts to organisational action. The masterclass shows how environmental, social and governance issues affect value, risk and stakeholder confidence, then guides participants through materiality, strategy, governance, implementation, performance tracking and credible reporting.
CENGSSUD ESG Strategy and Implementation Masterclass CertificateFoundation to intermediate · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: New and emerging ESG professionals, Departmental ESG owners and champions, Risk, compliance, finance and operations teams, Consultants and career transitioners
- Module 1ESG foundations, business value and Nigerian context
- Module 2Environmental, social and governance topic landscape
- Module 3Stakeholder engagement and materiality
- Module 4Strategy, policies, objectives, KPIs, targets and action plans
- Module 5Data ownership, evidence, review workflows and dashboards
- Module 6IFRS S1/S2, GRI, FRC Nigeria, NSBP, SDGs and reporting
Methodology: Interactive teaching, diagnostic exercises, group casework, metric-mapping practice and an implementation clinic.
Board Oversight of Sustainability, IFRS S1 & IFRS S2
An executive programme that equips directors and senior leaders to provide informed oversight of sustainability-related risks and opportunities, climate resilience, reporting controls and management accountability without becoming operational managers.
CENGSSUD Executive Certificate in Sustainability OversightBoard and executive · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Board directors and committee members, Company secretaries, Executive Management, Chief sustainability, risk, finance and audit officers
- Module 1Director responsibilities and the sustainability reporting landscape
- Module 2Board and committee mandates, skills and annual oversight agenda
- Module 3Material risks, opportunities, risk appetite and strategy challenge
- Module 4Climate scenarios, resilience and current or anticipated financial effects
- Module 5Metrics, targets, controls, evidence and management information quality
- Module 6Disclosure approval, assurance readiness and greenwashing risk
Methodology: Executive briefings, scenario-based Board cases, information-pack critique, simulated challenge and facilitated action planning.
Advanced Programme in Corporate Sustainability Management
An advanced management programme for professionals responsible for embedding sustainability into enterprise strategy, operating models, risk management, investment decisions and performance. Participants connect global standards with practical governance, implementation, measurement and organisational change.
CENGSSUD Advanced Certificate in Corporate Sustainability ManagementAdvanced · 16 learning hours
Course details
Who should attend: Sustainability and ESG managers, Strategy, risk, finance and operations leaders, Corporate affairs and governance professionals, Consultants and experienced practitioners
- Module 1Corporate sustainability trends, value creation and strategic positioning
- Module 2Materiality, stakeholders, impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities
- Module 3Sustainability governance, policies, risk appetite and accountability
- Module 4Strategic objectives, KPIs, targets, initiatives and capital allocation
- Module 5Climate, nature, human capital, supply chain and responsible business
- Module 6Data controls, performance intelligence, reporting and assurance readiness
Methodology: Advanced masterclasses, management cases, maturity diagnostics, strategy workshops and a facilitated implementation lab.
Corporate Governance Audit, Board Evaluation and ESG Oversight
A senior practitioner programme for evaluating governance effectiveness, testing compliance and strengthening Board oversight of sustainability, climate, conduct and emerging enterprise risks. Participants learn to plan evidence-based reviews and translate findings into prioritised, Board-ready improvement actions.
CENGSSUD Certificate in Governance Audit, Board Evaluation and ESG OversightExecutive and advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Board and committee members, Company secretaries and governance professionals, Internal audit, risk and compliance leaders, ESG and sustainability executives
- Module 1Governance audit scope, criteria, evidence and reporting
- Module 2Board and committee effectiveness evaluation methodology
- Module 3Composition, skills, independence, tenure and succession
- Module 4Charters, delegation, meeting quality and decision traceability
- Module 5Board oversight of ESG, climate and sustainability reporting
- Module 6Findings, benchmarking, remediation and follow-up
Methodology: Executive briefings, evidence review, interview simulation, Board-pack assessment, casework and a report-writing clinic.
Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Readiness
A practical reporting laboratory for organisations preparing professional sustainability, annual or integrated reports under IFRS S1/S2, GRI, FRC Nigeria and other applicable frameworks. It connects report architecture, balanced narrative, quantitative disclosure, evidence mapping and pre-assurance quality controls.
CENGSSUD Certificate in Sustainability Reporting and Assurance ReadinessIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Sustainability and reporting teams, Finance and financial reporting professionals, Internal control and internal audit, Communications and disclosure owners
- Module 1Reporting strategy, audience, boundary and framework selection
- Module 2Disclosure index and content architecture
- Module 3Decision-useful narrative and claim substantiation
- Module 4Metrics, baselines, targets and visual communication
- Module 5Evidence files, controls, review comments and version governance
- Module 6Pre-assurance review, Board sign-off and publication readiness
Methodology: Report critique, writing lab, disclosure mapping, evidence-file simulation and facilitated publication planning.
ESMS, ESDD and Responsible Lending for Financial Institutions
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.
CENGSSUD Certificate in ESMS, ESDD and Responsible LendingIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Credit and enterprise risk teams, Relationship managers, Investment professionals, ESMS, legal and compliance officers
- Module 1ESMS governance, policy, roles and procedures
- Module 2Exclusion lists, screening, categorisation and escalation
- Module 3IFC Performance Standards, World Bank EHS Guidelines and local requirements
- Module 4Environmental and Social Due Diligence scoping and review
- Module 5ESAPs, covenants and approval conditions
- Module 6Portfolio monitoring, incidents, remedial action and reporting
Methodology: Transaction cases, document review, risk categorisation, ESDD critique and a credit-committee simulation.
Carbon Accounting, Climate Risk Management and Greenhouse Gas Inventories
An integrated technical programme covering organisational emissions and climate-related risk. Participants build a controlled Scope 1, Scope 2 and relevant Scope 3 inventory, apply emission factors, assess physical and transition risks and connect climate findings to resilience, transition actions and financial effects.
CENGSSUD Advanced Certificate in Carbon and Climate ManagementIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Sustainability and climate professionals, Facility, fleet and operations teams, Finance, risk and strategy professionals, Energy and environmental officers
- Module 1GHG Protocol principles, boundaries, base years and recalculation
- Module 2Scope 1, Scope 2 and relevant Scope 3 inventories
- Module 3Activity data, units, emission factors, uncertainty and controls
- Module 4Physical and transition risk assessment
- Module 5Scenario analysis, resilience and financial effects
- Module 6Decarbonisation targets, transition plans and disclosure
Methodology: Worked calculations, source-mapping exercises, climate scenarios, data-quality review and a transition-planning lab.
ESG Data Management, Evidence and Internal Controls
A hands-on programme for people who collect, review, approve and report ESG information. It covers metric definitions, boundaries, reporting periods, evidence standards, bulk ingestion, validation, segregation of duties, audit trails and internal controls over sustainability reporting.
CENGSSUD Certificate in ESG Data and Internal ControlsIntermediate · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: ESG data owners and reviewers, Branch ESG Champions, Finance and operations professionals, Internal control and internal audit
- Module 1Metric registers, units, boundaries, owners and methodologies
- Module 2Branch, department, reviewer and Head Office operating model
- Module 3Evidence completeness, integrity, retention and retrieval
- Module 4Validation, review, approval, change logs and segregation of duties
- Module 5Excel ingestion, mapping, duplicate protection and exceptions
- Module 6Internal controls over sustainability reporting and control testing
Methodology: System demonstrations, workbook exercises, error-detection labs, workflow design and control walkthroughs.
Circular Economy: Waste Elimination and Resource Life Extension
A practical programme for organisations moving beyond waste disposal towards prevention, reuse, repair, remanufacturing and resource-efficient business models. Participants map material flows, identify leakage and develop commercially grounded circular-economy opportunities.
CENGSSUD Certificate in Circular Economy PracticeIntermediate · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Operations, facility and production leaders, Environment and sustainability professionals, Procurement and supply-chain teams, Product, innovation and finance professionals
- Module 1Circular-economy principles, value retention and the waste hierarchy
- Module 2Material-flow mapping, process losses, packaging and end-of-life pathways
- Module 3Circular design, procurement, durability, repairability and reuse
- Module 4Business models, take-back, industrial symbiosis and reverse logistics
- Module 5Waste intensity, diversion, circularity indicators and credible claims
- Module 6Opportunity screening, economics, pilots, partnerships and scale-up
Methodology: Material-flow exercises, product and facility cases, opportunity-design labs and team roadmap development.
IFRS S1 & IFRS S2 Implementation Masterclass
A rigorous implementation programme for organisations preparing sustainability-related financial disclosures. Participants move beyond the wording of the Standards to build the governance, strategy, risk, climate, data, control and reporting capabilities required for credible adoption.
CENGSSUD IFRS Sustainability Standards CertificateIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
Course details
Who should attend: Sustainability and ESG teams, Finance and financial reporting, Enterprise risk and compliance, Internal audit and internal control
- Module 1IFRS S1 architecture, material information and reporting boundary
- Module 2IFRS S2 governance, strategy, risk, metrics and targets
- Module 3Sustainability-related risks, opportunities and financial effects
- Module 4Climate scenario analysis and resilience
- Module 5Metrics, targets, data, estimates and internal controls
- Module 6Gap closure, disclosure drafting, review and Board approval
Methodology: Technical instruction, disclosure examples, cross-functional casework, gap analysis and a guided implementation sprint.
ESG Materiality Assessment and Sustainability Reporting
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.
CENGSSUD Certificate in ESG Materiality and Sustainability ReportingIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Sustainability and reporting teams, Strategy, risk and stakeholder teams, Finance, internal control and audit, Communications and disclosure owners
- Module 1Impact, financial and double materiality concepts
- Module 2Scope, topic universe, stakeholders and assessment governance
- Module 3Evidence, impacts, dependencies, risks and opportunities
- Module 4Scoring, thresholds, sensitivity and management validation
- Module 5Report architecture, framework mapping and connected narrative
- Module 6Evidence traceability, consistency checks and assurance readiness
Methodology: Assessment design clinic, stakeholder simulation, scoring calibration, report critique and facilitated content planning.
AI for ESG, Sustainability Data and Reporting
A practical programme for using artificial intelligence to improve ESG research, data quality, evidence review, reporting workflows and management insight while controlling hallucination, confidentiality, bias, greenwashing and accountability risks.
CENGSSUD Certificate in AI for ESG and SustainabilityIntermediate · 16 learning hours
Course details
Who should attend: Sustainability and reporting teams, ESG data owners and analysts, Risk, compliance, audit and technology professionals, Consultants and business transformation leaders
- Module 1AI fundamentals and high-value sustainability use cases
- Module 2Prompting, document analysis and research workflows
- Module 3ESG data extraction, classification, validation and exception detection
- Module 4AI-assisted narrative, framework mapping and report quality
- Module 5Responsible AI, privacy, bias, human review and governance
- Module 6Designing an AI-enabled ESG operating model and pilot
Methodology: Live demonstrations, guided prompting, document and data labs, risk-control exercises and pilot design.
Nature, Biodiversity and TNFD Assessment & Disclosure
A decision-focused programme for identifying nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities and translating them into governance, strategy, risk management, metrics, targets and credible TNFD-aligned disclosure.
CENGSSUD Certificate in Nature and TNFD PracticeIntermediate to advanced · 16 learning hours
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Who should attend: Sustainability and environmental professionals, Risk, finance and strategy teams, Agriculture, mining, energy and infrastructure leaders, Financial institutions and portfolio teams
- Module 1Nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services and business value
- Module 2TNFD recommendations and the LEAP assessment approach
- Module 3Locate: interface with priority locations and value chains
- Module 4Evaluate dependencies and impacts; assess risks and opportunities
- Module 5Governance, strategy, risk integration, metrics and targets
- Module 6Action planning, evidence and nature-related disclosure
Methodology: Location and value-chain exercises, LEAP workshops, sector cases and disclosure planning.
Sustainable Finance, Green Bonds and Climate Risk for Financial Institutions
A commercial and risk-focused programme for banks, investors and issuers developing sustainable-finance strategies, green and sustainability-linked instruments, climate-risk capabilities and credible use-of-proceeds and impact reporting.
CENGSSUD Advanced Certificate in Sustainable FinanceAdvanced · 16 learning hours
Course details
Who should attend: Banking and investment executives, Credit, treasury, risk and product teams, Finance, sustainability and investor-relations professionals, Regulators, DFIs and capital-market practitioners
- Module 1Sustainable-finance market, principles and product landscape
- Module 2Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked instruments
- Module 3Taxonomies, eligibility, exclusions and project evaluation
- Module 4Climate risk in credit, portfolio and capital-allocation decisions
- Module 5Framework development, external review and issuance governance
- Module 6Use-of-proceeds, impact measurement, reporting and assurance
Methodology: Financial-sector cases, product design, project screening, framework critique and issuance simulation.
Fees are per participant unless a separate corporate or group arrangement is agreed. Dates and delivery arrangements may be updated; confirmed applicants will be notified.