Sustainability Governance

In partnership with the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), this unique module is part of the SMU-SID Directorship programme, which provides a 360-degree board-level view of key strategic areas and issues faced by company directors.

As a steward of your company's long-term success, it's critical to understand how ESG expands your reporting, fiduciary and accountability duties. By incorporating ESG considerations into your decision-making processes as a board director, you can ensure that your corporation can not only develop sustainable business practices but also explain to its stakeholders what role it is playing in addressing societal and environmental challenges.

What you can expect to learn

• Understand how ESG expands your fiduciary and accountability duties in your role as steward of your company’s long-term success
• Ensure that the corporation can explain to its stakeholders what role it is playing in addressing societal and environmental challenges.
• Understand how sustainable business practices result in improved financial performance for corporations.
• Identify and prioritize ESG risks and opportunities and associated management KPIs.
• Be ready to lead conversations and ask the right questions in and out of the boardroom by acquiring deeper ESG literacy
• Oversee how sustainability is taken into consideration in culture, processes and talent management

Delivery Methodology

• Interactive classroom lectures
• Taught by leading faculty and senior industry practitioners
• Regional and global case studies
• Discussions and exchanges
• Incorporating guest speakers into the classroom experience