The Impact of Recession on ESG Goals
How Economic Downturns Affect ESG Practices, Risk, and Strategy
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Course Information
Learn about the impact of the impending recession on ESG (environmental, social, and governance) in this comprehensive course. Our expert tutor guides you through a deep dive into recession cycles and a practical approach to ESG performance management using key performance indicators (KPIs) and other tools. This course includes video lessons, quizzes, and reading materials and is worth 3 units of continuing professional development (CPD). Each unit represents one hour of learning.
Course Sections
This course is made up of the following sections:
- The Looming Impact Of Recession (Video + Quiz)
- Introduction To The ESG Framework (Video + Quiz)
- Additional Reading Material Around ESG and Economic Growth
What You Will Learn
- Define recession using the IMF definition, including the seven global macroeconomic indicators (industrial production, trade, capital flows, oil consumption, unemployment, per capita investment, and per capita consumption)
- Explain how recessions reduce GDP, real income, employment, and Forex reserves, and the cascading effects on businesses
- Distinguish between the actual recession and the fear of recession, and describe why both are equally damaging to business activity
- Identify how ESG practices (not just compliance) enable companies to survive or thrive during economic downturns
- Apply ESG risk-and-opportunity identification using frameworks such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, and BRSR to build a practitioner's scorecard
- Assess how aligning KPIs with environmental, social, and governance risks creates measurable, data-driven ESG outcomes
Who This Course Is For
- Accountants and finance professionals who want to understand how economic cycles affect ESG strategy and performance
- Business leaders and managers responsible for maintaining ESG commitments during periods of financial pressure
- Risk management professionals seeking to connect macroeconomic factors with ESG planning
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of ESG concepts and reporting frameworks is recommended
- Familiarity with macroeconomic terms such as GDP, Forex reserves, and balance of payments is helpful but not required
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