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The Investor Assurance Course
COST PER PARTICIPANT: CHF 350*
*WBCSD members enjoy 50% discount
Course objective:
This self-paced online investor course allows you to discover how to use third-party assurance for better investment decisions, monitoring and stewardship.
Key Learning Outcomes:
How to read assurance reports: identify scope of assurance, level of assurance, and assess and understand the quality of assurance
How to identify the through line from sustainability disclosures to financial statements (or determine there is not one)
How to use tools to motivate improvements in disclosure by improving assurance, including
Use of audit committee report
Engagement with audit committee
Engagement with audit firms
Voting on audit committee, auditor and proxy proposal
Developed by the WBCSD and Assurance Mark; the course is hosted by Mario Abela and Samantha Ross.
Target audience:
The primary audience for the course is investors and investment and asset managers, but the course materials are suitable for business professional interested in learning more about the role of external assurance for reliable sustainability disclosures.
Program materials:
Video lectures
Interviews
Engagement questions
Case studies
To achieve the certificate, participants need to pass the Knowledge Check at the end of the course.
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