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TRAINING
APPLYING THE IFRS SUSTAINABILITY
DISCLOSURE STANDARDS
BACKGROUND
In June 2023, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation (IFRS) ushered in a new era
of corporate sustainability-related disclosure to capital markets worldwide with the launch of IFRS S1,
“General Requirements for Sustainability-related Financial Information” and IFRS S2 “Climate-related
Disclosures.” The IFRS Sustainability Standards were developed by the International Sustainability
Standards Board (“ISSB”). In order to help capital market participants to implement the new
standards and to build capacity for consistent, global uptake, the UN SSE and IFC have partnered with
the IFRS Foundation to provide training free-of charge with UN SSE Partner Exchanges.

TRAINING FORMAT PARTICIPANTS


• Hosted by SSE Partner Exchanges, inviting Listed companies or companies working with or
their issuers and other interested market providing products and services to listed
participants to join the virtual training companies, financial-sector organizations,
• Facilitated by experts from the IFRS and SSE regulatory authorities and standard setting
• Delivered online with interactive activities organizations should encourage employees
and direct interaction with expert working in the following areas to participate:
facilitators • Governance and leadership
• Q&A open throughout the training • Strategy development and implementation
• Training includes 3.5 hours of live • Risk management
facilitation and a homework exercise for • Accounting and finance
extended learning • Sustainability and climate strategy

WWW.SSEINITIATIVE.ORG/ACADEMY
APPLYING THE IFRS SUSTAINABILITY
DISCLOSURE STANDARDS
CONTENT
This training program has been developed to build participants’ understanding of the foundations of
the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards and guides them through a four-step process of
preparing, aligning, implementing and communicating sustainability-related information. The training
includes step-by-step practical guidance to help participants build the foundations needed to
identify climate and sustainability-related issues, integrate them into strategy decision making and
governance processes, and measure progress and resilience.

MODULES
MODULE 1: PREPARE MODULE 2: ALIGN
Guiding participants on how they can build Guiding participants on applying the IFRS
on existing knowledge of the landscape Standards as the global baseline and further
and purpose of sustainability-related enhancing disclosure to meet geographical,
disclosure. sectoral and regulatory requirements.

MODULE 4: COMMUNICATE MODULE 3: IMPLEMENT


Guiding report preparers on Guiding participants on the processes
disclosing sustainability-information upholding effective disclosure through
in general-purpose reporting while taking identifying, evaluating and integrating
into consideration location, efficiency and sustainability-related risks and opportunities.
user confidence.

The training content was developed collaboratively by the UN SSE, IFRS Foundation and IFC, through its
integrated ESG program implemented in partnership with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of
Switzerland SECO.

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