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Description

Voluntary ESG Reporting: Define Your Scope, Collect the Data and Publish Your Sustainability Report

Build a first voluntary sustainability report that your clients and your banks can actually read

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Companies that fall outside mandatory reporting requirements still receive sustainability questionnaires from their corporate clients and their banks. Each requester asks for different indicators in different formats, and the answers are pieced together at the last minute from data scattered across accounting, human resources and procurement.

Over two days, participants build a voluntary report based on the simplified reporting standard for small and mid-sized enterprises: scope selection and level of disclosure, collection of environmental, social and governance data, consistency checks and report drafting. A data collection calendar and a report outline are produced during the session.

Learning objectives

  • Position voluntary sustainability reporting in relation to the requests received from corporate clients
  • Define the reporting scope and the level of disclosure retained
  • Organise the collection of environmental, social and governance data
  • Check the consistency and traceability of the indicators published
  • Draft a sustainability report that an external reader can understand

What makes this programme different

A data collection calendar is built with the departments that hold the data
Client questionnaires brought by participants are mapped against the standard's indicators
The report outline is drafted in the session and leaves ready to be completed

Programme

1Positioning the Approach

Understanding who the report is written for

  • Where sustainability data requests addressed to smaller companies come from
  • How the simplified standard sits among the main reporting frameworks
  • Distinguishing a voluntary approach from a regulatory obligation
  • Expected benefits in banking and commercial relationships

2Framing the Scope and the Indicators

Deciding what to disclose

  • Defining the organisational scope retained
  • Choosing the level of disclosure according to reader expectations
  • Selecting the indicators that are relevant to the business activity
  • Identifying data already available within the company
  • Spotting the bottlenecks in data collection

3Collecting and Securing the Data

Getting departments to work together

  • Allocating roles between accounting, human resources and procurement
  • Data sources and the supporting documents attached to them
  • Calculation methods and assumptions to be documented
  • Consistency checks before consolidation

4Drafting and Publishing the Report

Being read and being understood

  • Report structure and the level of detail that adds value
  • Wording results without overstating the communication message
  • Presenting comparative data from one financial year to the next
  • Answering client questionnaires from the published report

Who is it for

Finance and administration managers, accountants, sustainability managers, management controllers and owners or directors of small and mid-sized enterprises.

Prerequisites

Familiarity with your company's accounting organisation and management data.

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.