Format
This course will be delivered via Zoom on 14
October 2025 from 9.30am to 12.30 pm and on 15 October
2025
from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. The Zoom link will be emailed to participants the day before the course is due to take place
This course will follow the Virtual Classroom format. The online interactive
live sessions will utilise the functionality of our online learning platform and
will be an engaging, collaborative manner of learning. This session will not be
recorded, and therefore attendance is required.
Who should attend
This course is suited to any financial professional working in a business setting who wants to develop a role fit for a new age.
Course overview
- Introductions and expectations
- Core
o Championing purpose
o Focussing on what really
matters
o Measuring ESG performance
o Making more
sustainable and inclusive decisions - Conclusion and next steps
Key Learning Outcomes
See, understand and practise the capabilities to:
- Appreciate the pressure on organisations to respond
to environmental and social issues
- Champion sustainable, inclusive and profitable growth
- Identify ESG issues that really matter using a sustainability materiality
matrix
- Identify the impacts of sustainability issues on financials and enterprise
value
- Design relevant ESG metrics
- Update a balanced scorecard for broader stakeholder metrics
- Build sustainability into strategic and operational decision making
- Re-imagine the leading role of the accountant in business for a new
age
Speaker bio
Roy Chambers - Roy is a finance professional with international senior commercial experience in a major plc and a background in finance training. Roy combines experience with development skills to improve business finance through better strategy, evaluation, decisions and leadership. Roy provides training consultancy to a wide range of businesses and institutions and his courses reflect hands-on knowledge of leading finance functions and of managing strategy & planning and acquisition projects.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following 1 September 2024, please continue to book on the CPA Portal
here to ensure you receive your membership discount