The Road to Reducing the Cost of Capital for My Business Through a Sustainable Strategy

A practical one day workshop designed to help participants understand how a structured sustainability strategy can strengthen business resilience and competitiveness, improve access to finance and contribute to reducing the cost of capital.

Agenda/ Topics:

• Introduction to corporate sustainability

• From Corporate Social Responsibility to strategic sustainability

• Environmental, social and governance factors

• The European sustainability landscape 

• European Green Deal 

• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive 

• European Sustainability Reporting Standards 

• VSME standard for small and medium sized enterprises

• ESG assessments, access to capital and cost of finance

• Greenwashing

• Business benefits of sustainable practices

• Assessing sustainability maturity

• Developing a sustainability strategy

• Gap analysis and double materiality assessment 

• Target setting and performance indicators

• Sustainability reporting

• Identifying practical next steps for the organisation