About Course

Participants will be introduced to the concept of carbon offsets and carbon trading. They will learn about different types of carbon offsets and how they can be used to decarbonize a company's last mile emissions and meet net-zero targets through select case studies.

Outline

• What is a carbon offset?
• Difference between carbon credits and carbon offsets
• Introduction to carbon markets (voluntary and compliance markets)
• The roles of key participants in voluntary carbon markets and how they interact with one another
• Delta Blue Carbon case study example

Faculty

Maha Qasim is the CEO of Zero-Point Partners, an advisory & consulting firm focused on enabling the transition to a sustainable economy. With over 16 years of experience in environmental management, ESG strategy & disclosure and climate finance, Maha specializes in sustainability strategy advisory, capacity-building and program implementation. She has advised on sustainability initiatives for banking & financial institutions, fertilizer, steel, power generation, textile and FMCG companies.

Previously, Maha served as Country Advisor, Pakistan, to the world’s largest philanthropic foundation – working with program teams to develop a coordinated donor-government strategy, and cultivating partnerships to advance strategic goals.

She serves on the Board of the Global Youth Leadership Center (GYLC) – an international nonprofit that aims to expand youth’s knowledge about climate science, build their leadership skills, and engage them with climate action. She is a founding member of the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Pakistan.

Maha has a Master’s in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Environment and a BSE in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Princeton University.

Partner - Zero Point

About Course

Implementing systematic ESG data management is essential for boards and executive management to ensure regulatory compliance, mitigate risks, gain competitive advantages, and drive long-term value creation while enhancing stakeholder engagement and informing sustainability strategies.

Outline

• ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) - significance in today's business landscape & its key components.
• Types of ESG Data & Relevant Data sources
• Importance of Data Quality and Reliability and related best practices
• Approach to key Data Collection and Integration
• Data Analysis and the Reporting requirements
• Data Governance and Security

Faculty

Hussein Hassanali, a distinguished British Pakistani professional, brings over 28 years of extensive global experience in Assurance, Risk, and Information Security. Having served as Head Technology Audit at HBL Internal Audit, his background includes pivotal roles such as CISO at Bank AL Habib Limited and Internal Audit Manager at the Aga Khan University.

Recognized for his contributions to Information Security, he holds a variety of certifications and is actively involved in several industry associations. Some of his certifications include CISM, CRISC, CISA, and CDPSE. He is associated with ISACA Karachi Chapter as President, FPCCI's Standing Committee on Cyber Crimes & Security, and has been involved with various other organizations such as Ernst & Young, UK, and the Aga Khan University.

Partner - StrataG

About Course

"Enterprise Risk Management" provides a comprehensive overview of identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks within an organization. This course equips participants with frameworks and tools to proactively manage risks, ensuring business continuity and resilience. Through case studies and practical exercises, learners will develop strategies to protect organizational assets and enhance decision-making.

Outline

• Understand key ESG principles and their impact on business strategy.
• Identify and assess ESG risks in various industry contexts effectively.
• Develop strategies to mitigate ESG risks and enhance sustainability.
• Communicate ESG risks to stakeholders and integrate into decision-making.

Faculty

Ms. Zehra Aneek is a sustainability and climate professional with 23 years of experience, She leads EY Ford Rhodes' Sustainability and Climate Change unit.  Her expertise spans Sustainability Strategy, ESG due diligence, Clean Technology Transition, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, Enterprise Risk Management, Social Impact Valuation, and Circular Economy.

Ms. Atiya Irfan Dossa is a Director in Business Consulting and is based in our Karachi (Pakistan) Office. She has been with the firm more than 20 years. Over the last 16 years Atiya has been involved in delivering risk management and consulting services to clients from the Financial Services industry (Banking sector in particular) in Pakistan. Prior to that, she has worked in EY’s Assurance service line for 4 years performing statutory audits in the Financial Services industry.

Partner - EY Ford Rhodes (EY)

About Course

Learn how to identify and prioritize the ESG issues that are most significant to your organisation’s operations and stakeholders

Outline

• Understand the concept of materiality in the context of sustainability and various materiality considerations.
• Learn how to conduct a materiality assessment and identify key ESG risks and opportunities
• Evaluate how stakeholders are key in determination of materiality and informing ESG strategy
• Understand the impact that your organization has on key stakeholders and vice-versa

Faculty

Shafaq Fauzil Azim is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and a
member of its Auditing Standards & Ethics Committee. She serves as an Independent Director on
the Board of a not for profit, public-private partnership that reviews risk assessments for
sustainable development projects.

With over 25 years of experience in corporate governance, audit, quality, and risk management,
she currently heads the advisory function at the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance
(PICG) with expertise in board services and performance evaluations and is the Secretary to the
Board and to the Audit & HR Committees. She is an IFC trained faculty and content developer for
PICG’s flagship Director Training program and customized Director Orientation workshops, etc.
and has contributed to several publications of the Institute, including surveys on Corporate
Governance, Board Oversight, and ESG Awareness in Pakistan.

Prior to PICG, she worked at EY Pakistan in the Audit & Assurance and Quality & Risk Management
Departments, respectively, and served as Chief Internal Auditor at Greenstar Social Marketing
Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited.

About Course

‘Learn why ESG integration is critical to long-term corporate value creation’.

Outline

• Understand what ESG is and how it is different from social investing
• Learn why ESG is important and who is driving the agenda
• Explore value creation opportunities from ESG integration
• Learn from case studies and global data
• Understand the ESG value chain and integration process

Faculty

Memosh Khawaja is the President and CEO of Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance.

He has more than 14 years of international corporate business leadership experience, as a global business steering director based out of Germany and as Managing Director Middle East for Henkel KGaA, and as CEO for Haleeb Foods in Pakistan. He started his professional career with Unilever in Pakistan.

Memosh has a board designation on Climate Change (CCB.D) and ESG (GCB.D) and has also advised on strategy and sustainability for the corporate sector. He also serves as a non-executive independent director on local and international boards.

Memosh is an MBA from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and has obtained executive leadership training in strategy and innovation from the MIT Sloan school of Management.

About Course

Measuring direct and indirect GHG emissions.

Outline

• Introduction to Greenhouse gas protocol
• GHG Accounting and reporting principles
• GHG Accounting Boundaries
• Tracking emissions over time
• GHG emissions calculation
• Reporting of emissions

Faculty

Ms. Fauzia Safdar Khan is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). She holds an MBA in sustainability from the University of Leicester. Currently, Ms. Khan is serving as the Director of Sustainability and Climate at Crowe Pakistan (Crowe Hussain Chaudhury & Co.) She has been instrumental in spearheading a diverse range of projects across various industries. Her primary area of expertise revolves around sustainability reporting, strategic planning and development, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon offsetting strategies, SBTi target-setting processes, policy formulation, and creating comprehensive environmental, social and governance ESG strategies aligned with organizational objectives. She is adept at managing the entire process - from commitment to disclosure - with utmost diligence and professionalism.

Partner - Crowe Pakistan

About Course

Waste Management - Is waste really of no use?

Outline

• Understanding Waste & Climate Change – Interlinkages
• Circularity & Sustainable Development
• Waste as a resource – A Business Case Approach
• Transparency & waste disclosures
• Activities

Faculty

Amjad Ali is a sustainability professional with work experience spanning more than a decade in national
and international organization in Pakistan. He has a passion for sustainability issues and sustainable
development goals and has co-organized first ever course on all 17 SDGs utilizing the expertise of
experts in the country. He holds a master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering and a
bachelors in Chemical Engineering from University of the Punjab. He has served in the process industry
for 8 years gaining rich experience in operations, process engineering, health and safety, quality control
and quality assurance. He specializes in training and development, capacity building and stakeholder
engagement on issues related to environment & sustainability, particularly concerning water &
wastewater management and WASH services.

About Course

Competition is a strong driver of economic progress but needs to be safeguarded. Understand the importance of compliance with Competition Law in this module.

Outline

• Why is competition important to protect?
• Emerging global challenges to competition
• History of the competition legal framework in Pakistan 
• Pillars of the Competition Act, 2010 
• Competition Advocacy and Research 
• Enforcement mechanisms and penalties

Faculty

Mr. Ahmed Qadir, is currently the Commission’s Director General for Market Intelligence Unit. He was part of the Government of Pakistan’s committee for the development of the National e-Commerce Policy Framework, to address the interface between competition, big data as an essential facility, data privacy, and consumer protection issues. Having joined the Commission in August 2008, he also served as Director General Advocacy and International Affairs, Director Investigation and the Commission’s Secretary.

Before the Commission, he was Chief Strategy Officer for a private sector company in Pakistan, assisting the CEO in leading change management and business diversification. He has also worked for another regulator in Pakistan, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, where he was the project manager for the Anti-Money Laundering programme and the focal point for international communication and co-ordination.

He began his career in Pakistan in 1996 in the development sector with the United Nations, initially with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the national programme on primary health, and subsequently, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for information and communication technology and electoral reforms. He also worked, albeit briefly, for the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in Pakistan.

His other interests include understanding the nexus between data, privacy, and consumer protection; data analytics; strategic management in the public sector; new institutional economics; and organisational transformation.

Mr. Syed Umair Javed is currently serving as Director General (Office of International Affairs). Within the Commission, he has previously served in various senior management capacities including as Registrar to the Commission. Umair has previously also served as Joint Secretary to the Federal Government at the Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training, and as Director General, Federal Directorate of Education.

Ms. Shazia Ashraf is presently heading the Exemptions Department. She possesses the qualification LLM (Corporate Law) from International Islamic University. She has 16-plus years of hands-on experience in Competition Law. Since joining, she has attended numerous International Trainings related to Competition Law and Policy. Prior to her joining the Commission, Ms. Ashraf worked with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) as a Management Trainee Officer.

Partner - Competition Commission of Pakistan 

About Course

How to implement Best Practices through Human Rights Due Diligence

Outline

• Overview of human rights
• Relevant Conventions and Declarations
• Human Rights relevance to business operations
• Overview of United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) & National Action Plan(NAP)
• Conducting Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD)

Faculty

Hammad Amjad is a business specialist with more than 15 years of professional experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, and employee with track of working with both public & private organizations including Government, NGOs, Commercial Businesses, Chambers, and others. He has worked in multiple industrial sectors including Information & Technology, Education, Trade Facilitation and Logistics.

Partner - United Nations Development Program

About Course

Workforce wellbeing is crucial to sustaining high productivity levels within any organization. When employees are physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy, they are more engaged, motivated, and efficient in their roles. Wellbeing programs that focus on work-life balance, mental health support, and physical wellness not only enhance job satisfaction but also reduce absenteeism and turnover rates. Ultimately, a well-cared-for workforce is more resilient, innovative, and productive, driving the organization towards its goals with greater effectiveness.

Outline

• What is workforce well-being and what are its components?
• Why is this a problem and how is it evolving as a workforce sustainability issue?
• How are we measuring workforce well-being – and what does recent research say about stagnated well-being?
• How do we build C-Suite support for workforce well-being?
• What roles do leaders, managers and employees play?

Faculty

Zahid Mubarik is an internationally acclaimed thinker, writer, speaker, and thought leader on strategic human resource management. He is the CEO of HR Metrics and founder and president of SHRM Forum Pakistan. He has the honor of being the only HR leader from Asia to become a member of ISO Geneva Technical Committee 260 for Developing Global HR Standards. The Committee initially comprised of 11 leading countries, including USA, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, and Pakistan.

 
He served as a global Convener of HR Metrics Standards ISO TC 260 leading 31 countries. He also led Pakistan in ISO HR standards development meetings in Washington, London, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Paris, Singapore, Bali and Montreal. Zahid has a knack for aligning workforce productivity optimization metrics through alignment with organizational strategy. He has the honor of being distinguished speaker in in-person international conferences on people analytics in Las Vegas, Beijing, Moscow, Baku, Hanoi, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Zahid served as member of Pakistan Stock Exchange Task Force on ESG Disclosure.

Partner - HR Metrics

About Course

Empowering organizations to integrate robust cybersecurity practices into their ESG frameworks for a safer, more sustainable future.

Outline

• Overview of ESG principles and the critical role of cybersecurity in sustainable business practices.
• Exploration of how cybersecurity impacts each ESG component—environmental, social, and governance.
• Presentation of essential cybersecurity strategies that align with ESG goals, including risk assessments and employee training.
• Analysis of successful integrations of cybersecurity and ESG principles, highlighting tangible outcomes.
• Discussion on challenges, emerging trends, and the importance of prioritizing cybersecurity within ESG frameworks for long-term sustainability.

Faculty

Mr. Javaid Iqbal is a distinguished technology executive known for driving transformative change for Fortune 500 companies and governments across North America, Europe, and Asia. As a current Member at STZA, he has previously held senior roles at Salesforce, EY, and PwC, and founded TransformX, a global consultancy specializing in Digital Transformation and Customer Experience. With degrees from Purdue and Northwestern Universities and experience as an adjunct professor at DePaul University, Iqbal now teaches Board-Level Technology Governance and Cybersecurity at PICG and IBA and mentors startups in the MENAP region.

About Course

Scenario analysis for resilient strategies

Outline

• What is Scenario Analysis
• Understanding of Scenarios
• Constructing Scenarios
• Identifying and Defining Range of Scenarios
• Assessing environment and evaluating business impacts

Faculty

Ms. Fauzia Safdar Khan is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). She holds an MBA in sustainability from the University of Leicester. Currently, Ms. Khan is serving as the Director of Sustainability and Climate at Crowe Pakistan (Crowe Hussain Chaudhury & Co.) She has been instrumental in spearheading a diverse range of projects across various industries. Her primary area of expertise revolves around sustainability reporting, strategic planning and development, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon offsetting strategies, SBTi target-setting processes, policy formulation, and creating comprehensive environmental, social and governance ESG strategies aligned with organizational objectives. She is adept at managing the entire process - from commitment to disclosure - with utmost diligence and professionalism.

Partner - Crowe Pakistan

About Course

Implementing systematic ESG data management is essential for boards and executive management to ensure regulatory compliance, mitigate risks, gain competitive advantages, and drive long-term value creation while enhancing stakeholder engagement and informing sustainability strategies.

Outline

• ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) - significance in today's business landscape & its key components.
• Types of ESG Data & Relevant Data sources
• Importance of Data Quality and Reliability and related best practices
• Approach to key Data Collection and Integration
• Data Analysis and the Reporting requirements
• Data Governance and Security

Faculty

Hussein Hassanali, a distinguished British Pakistani professional, brings over 28 years of extensive global experience in Assurance, Risk, and Information Security. Having served as Head Technology Audit at HBL Internal Audit, his background includes pivotal roles such as CISO at Bank AL Habib Limited and Internal Audit Manager at the Aga Khan University.

Recognized for his contributions to Information Security, he holds a variety of certifications and is actively involved in several industry associations. Some of his certifications include CISM, CRISC, CISA, and CDPSE. He is associated with ISACA Karachi Chapter as President, FPCCI's Standing Committee on Cyber Crimes & Security, and has been involved with various other organizations such as Ernst & Young, UK, and the Aga Khan University.

Partner - StrataG