AICPA Certificate Programs

Sustainability fundamentals are broken down to help you learn about the current landscape and the role you’ll play as sustainability reporting becomes increasingly common in today’s business environment.

Foundations of sustainability issues

You’ll review sustainability issues and opportunities to help you develop a high-level understanding of the key topics, including:

• The three pillars of sustainability
• Key bodies that have created suitable reporting standards, guidelines, frameworks, and requirements
• Recent changes to the sustainability reporting landscape

You’ll receive a certificate and digital badge to showcase your new knowledge in this developing area after completing the course.

Who Will Benefit

• Any accounting or finance professional who wants to understand more about the current governing bodies, frameworks, and reporting requirements for ESG.
• Accounting and finance professionals who provide ESG assurance or advisory services for clients and need to stay well informed about the current requirements and evolving nature of ESG.
• Management accountants who have a key role in driving sustainable strategic and operational decisions for which it is crucial to understand the business case for ESG, and what it means for investors, stakeholders, and businesses.

• Sustainability fundamentals
• Expectations of investors, stakeholders, and shareholders
• The accounting and finance professional’s role in sustainability
• Existing reporting requirements
• Frameworks that drive reporting
• Key global bodies that set the baseline for reporting and frameworks
• Recent standards and reporting requirements

• Recognize the importance of sustainability and ESG in today's business environment.
• Recognize the three pillars of ESG.
• Identify key factors influencing the current sustainability reporting landscape.