Setting Sustainability Priorities and Goals for ASEAN SMEs
This practical course introduces the concept of materiality and helps SMEs identify the sustainability topics that matter most to their business and stakeholders. Learners will explore how to identify and assess sustainability impacts, understand how these may create risks or opportunities for the business, and prioritize topics.
Course Content
Lesson 1: What is materiality for SMEs?
Lesson 2: How to identify impacts and material topics
Lesson 3: How to prioritize sustainability topics
Lesson 4: How to set realistic and achievable goals
Lesson 5: How to choose indicators and organize data
Lesson 6: Reflections and self-check
Who is this course designed for?
Owners and managers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the ASEAN region,
SME employees involved in operations, sustainability, compliance, procurement, or reporting,
Businesses that are new to sustainability practices,
SMEs looking for practical eays to identify priorities, set goals, and track progress.
What will you achieve?
When you have completed this course, you will be able to:
Explain what materiality means in a small business context and how it helps SMEs focus their sustainability efforts.
Identify impacts, risks, and opportunities that are relevant to your business and stakeholders, and understand how they are connected.
Prioritize sustainability topics.
Define one realistic goal or action linked to a priority topic.
Set up simple data collection processes.
Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course.