ESG in Practice: From Awareness to Reporting

A comprehensive two-day programme for organisations ready to move beyond awareness and take meaningful action on ESG. This training guides participants through the full ESG journey, from understanding what matters most to your business, through implementation planning, to producing a basic sustainability report. By the end of day two, participants will have the knowledge, tools, and a draft report structure ready to present internally or to stakeholders.

Programme Agenda

Day 1: Assessment and Strategy

ESG Foundations and the Malaysian Context
A focused recap of core ESG concepts, the Malaysian regulatory landscape, and what is driving ESG adoption across industries. Understanding Bursa Malaysia Sustainability Reporting requirements, supply chain expectations, and the business case for taking ESG seriously. Setting the stage for what the two days will deliver.

ESG Gap Analysis Workshop
Participants work through a structured gap analysis across Environmental, Social, and Governance dimensions. Using an industry-calibrated assessment tool, teams map current practices against recognised standards, identify material gaps, and score their organisation's ESG maturity. This session produces a clear gap analysis participants can use beyond the training.

Materiality Assessment in Practice
Understanding double materiality, what is material to the business financially and what is material to stakeholders and society. Hands-on materiality mapping using a simplified process appropriate for non-listed and SME organisations. Participants prioritise the ESG topics their organisation should focus on first.

ESG Strategy and Target Setting
Translating the gap analysis and materiality assessment into an ESG strategy. How to set meaningful, measurable targets that are realistic for your organisation's size and maturity. Aligning ESG priorities to business strategy and operational realities. Teams draft an ESG strategic framework as a group exercise.

Day 2: Implementation and Reporting

ESG Data Collection and Management
What data you need to collect across E, S, and G pillars and how to build a simple, practical data collection system your team can manage. Common ESG metrics for Malaysian businesses, including carbon and energy data basics, workforce metrics, governance disclosures, and supply chain indicators. Avoiding common data pitfalls.

ESG Reporting Frameworks and Bursa Sustainability Reporting
Practical walkthrough of the main reporting frameworks: GRI Standards, TCFD, and Bursa Malaysia's Sustainability Reporting Guide. Understanding which elements apply to your organisation and how to structure disclosures that meet stakeholder expectations without unnecessary complexity. Reviewing real ESG report examples from Malaysian companies.

Writing Your Basic Sustainability Report
A guided workshop where participants draft the key sections of a basic sustainability report for their organisation. Covering: company overview and ESG approach, material topics and stakeholder engagement summary, performance data and targets, governance disclosures, and forward-looking commitments. Participants leave with a draft report structure they can complete and publish.

Stakeholder Communication and ESG Disclosure
How to communicate ESG progress to different audiences, investors, customers, regulators, employees, and supply chain partners. Responding to ESG questionnaires and tender requirements. Building internal buy-in and embedding ESG into ongoing operations rather than treating it as a one-time exercise.

Who Should Attend:
Sustainability leads, ESG coordinators, and managers responsible for driving ESG initiatives. Finance, HR, operations, and compliance teams involved in ESG data collection and reporting. Business owners and directors who need to oversee and communicate ESG progress. Organisations preparing their first or second sustainability report.

Key Outcomes:
Complete a structured ESG gap analysis for your organisation
Conduct a materiality assessment and prioritise your ESG focus areas
Build an ESG strategy with measurable targets aligned to your business
Set up a practical ESG data collection and tracking system
Understand GRI, TCFD, and Bursa Malaysia Sustainability Reporting requirements
Draft the key sections of a basic sustainability report
Communicate ESG progress effectively to stakeholders and supply chain partners

Fee: RM 1,750 per participant per day
Duration: 2 Days (16 Hours)
Training Hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Training Mode: Physical, Online, or Hybrid
HRD Corp SBL-KHAS Claimable
Certificate of Completion included

Frequently Asked Questions

RM 1,750 per participant per day (RM 3,500 total for both days). The fee includes training materials, gap analysis template, ESG data tracker, sustainability report template, and a Certificate of Completion.

Basic ESG awareness is helpful but not required. Day 1 begins with a focused ESG foundations session to ensure all participants are starting from the same baseline. Those who have attended our ESG Essentials programme will find day one a useful reinforcement before moving into the more applied content.

Participants will complete a draft report structure covering all key sections during the training. The draft is a working document, participants take it back to their organisation to finalise with actual data and internal review before publishing.

Yes. This programme is HRD Corp SBL-KHAS claimable.

The programme is designed to be practical for organisations of all sizes. The tools and reporting framework introduced are scalable, SMEs and non-listed companies can apply them without the complexity required of large listed corporations.

Day 2 builds directly on the gap analysis and materiality work completed on Day 1. We recommend attending both days as a complete programme. If your organisation only needs the assessment and strategy components, our ESG Essentials (1-day) programme is the better fit.

Yes. Training is available as an online session, in-house at your premises, or in a hybrid format.