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Description

Double Materiality: Identifying, Assessing and Prioritising Sustainability Matters

A workshop to produce a double materiality assessment that stands up to stakeholder scrutiny

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Double materiality assessment has become the starting point of sustainability reporting. Many organisations approach it with a long list of topics drawn from a generic framework, disconnected from their value chain and from the risks that genuinely weigh on their business model. The outcome is difficult to defend.

This one-day workshop runs through the method from end to end: value chain mapping, identification of impacts on the environment and on people, assessment of financial risks and opportunities, evidence-based scoring and materiality threshold. Each participant makes progress on their own matrix.

Learning objectives

  • Describe the organisation's upstream and downstream value chain
  • Identify actual and potential impacts on the environment and on people
  • Assess the financial risks and opportunities attached to sustainability matters
  • Score topics using a documented and repeatable scale
  • Justify the threshold selected and the topics excluded from the assessment

What makes this programme different

Each participant leaves with a matrix under way and a documented scoring method
Stakeholders are genuinely taken into account through a live simulation exercise
Traceability of decisions is built to withstand auditor questioning

Programme

1Value Chain and Stakeholders

Setting the scope before assessing

  • Description of upstream, own and downstream activities
  • Mapping of stakeholders and their level of influence
  • Consultation methods and use of the feedback obtained
  • Treatment of outsourced activities and business relationships

2Impact Materiality and Financial Materiality

Assessing both sides of the analysis

  • Identification of actual or potential positive and negative impacts
  • Criteria of scale, scope and irremediable character
  • Financial risks and opportunities linked to environmental and social matters
  • Time horizon and likelihood of occurrence
  • Alignment with the existing risk register

3Prioritisation and Reporting Back

Making the assessment defensible

  • Building the scoring scale and calibrating the levels
  • Setting the materiality threshold and justifying exclusions
  • Governance approval and traceability of judgements made
  • Presenting the results and linking them to the disclosures required

Who is it for

CSR managers, finance directors, management controllers, risk managers and sustainability officers.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the principles of sustainability reporting.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.