Level: Beginner
Duration: 45 minutes
Ready to understand how the ESG ecosystem works?
The Beginner’s Guide to ESG is an 8-module crash course that demystifies corporate sustainability. Whether you’re upskilling, reskilling, or exploring a career in ESG, this course gives you the clarity and confidence to navigate the frameworks, reporting formats, and concepts driving sustainability today.
What You Will Learn
The course is structured into 8 bite-sized modules:
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History of ESG – Where corporate sustainability came from and how it evolved.
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Key Concepts – ESG vs. sustainability, double materiality, and the four pillars.
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Reporting Formats – Regulation, voluntary standards, and ratings.
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Frameworks – The “ingredients” behind reporting, from GHG Protocol to TCFD.
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Environment (E) – Greenhouse gas accounting, climate risk, and nature impacts.
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Social (S) – Employees, supply chains, communities, and indigenous peoples.
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Governance (G) – Ethics, compliance, transparency, and board oversight.
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Wrap-Up – Key takeaways, certification pathway, and the YouSustain community.
Each module includes short knowledge checks, practical examples, and ends with a certificate of completion.
Learning With Impact
When you invest in your future, you also invest in others.
50% of everything you pay for this course is donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Donations are made monthly, and receipts are published on our website for full transparency. By enrolling, you’re not just building your skills- you’re supporting life-saving medical work worldwide.