2026: Integrating sustainability risk into strategy and performance

2026: Integrating sustainability risk into strategy and performance

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Schedule Description: Build a finance-led approach to identify what’s material, manage sustainability risk, and integrate it into strategy, planning, and reporting for bett
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A practical, standards-aware course for finance leaders who need to identify what’s material, manage sustainability risk, and integrate it into strategy and performance - with access to ICAEW’s e-learning modules on enrolment to accelerate learning and application.

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Virtual classroom - Integrating sustainability risk into strategy and performance
Build a finance-led approach to identify what’s material, manage sustainability risk, and integrate it into strategy, planning, and reporting for better business decisions.
*New for 2026*

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Sustainability is now a core business risk. Market pressures, regulation, and physical impacts - from extreme weather to supply chain disruption - are reshaping how organisations plan and perform. The UK’s draft Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS S1/S2, aligned with IFRS S1/S2) and the proposed assurance regime are tightening expectations for credible, finance-led oversight.

This course gives finance leaders a clear, practical method to identify what’s material, assign ownership, and integrate sustainability risks and opportunities into plans, budgets, and reporting - improving decision-making, not just disclosures planning and performance.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Explain how sustainability risks and opportunities affect strategy, value, and financial performance.
• Navigate the emerging UK SRS / IFRS S1–S2 landscape and identify what Finance needs for reliable information and oversight.
• Apply a proportionate materiality approach using both financial and impact lenses to focus effort and record rationale.
• Show how material topics are identified, assessed, owned, and reviewed within your organisation’s risk-management framework.
• Integrate sustainability priorities into planning and performance by embedding them in budgets, forecasts, and management reporting.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Senior finance leaders and close partners responsible for embedding sustainability within risk management, strategic planning, and performance - including CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers, FP&A leaders, and Heads of Sustainability or Risk.

WHY CHOOSE ICAEW?
• Trusted heritage: For over 145 years, ICAEW has trained and supported the world’s leading finance professionals, setting the global benchmark for quality.
• Expert-led learning: Courses designed and delivered by subject matter experts, combining professional insight with real-world experience.
• Connected and relevant: Close links with government, regulators, and industry ensure our training reflects the latest challenges in business and finance.
• Practical and interactive: Live, small-group learning with peer exchange delivers immediate workplace impact – and counts as verifiable CPD.

CPD HOURS
ICAEW's revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Regulations bring in new CPD requirements. This includes a minimum number of hours and an ethics requirement. Attending this course could contribute up to 6hrs of verifiable CPD, providing you can demonstrate that the content is relevant to your role.

A copy of the course booking confirmation email is accepted as evidence of verifiable CPD. You will need to save the email as a JPEG or PDF before uploading it to your record. Click here to use ICAEW’s self-assessment tool to help you work out how much CPD you will need to fulfil each year.

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This 6-hour course is delivered over two 3-hour live virtual classroom sessions. This highly interactive course blends expert insight, peer learning, and practical tools for immediate workplace application.

Access to online learning:
All attendees will receive access to the relevant ICAEW e-learning modules upon enrolment, allowing you to familiarise yourself with key concepts and frameworks before the live sessions.

Session 1 – Context, reporting and materiality in practice (3 hours)

• Setting the scene
Why sustainability risks and opportunities matter to strategy, value and financial performance. What Finance needs in place to support reliable information and oversight. UK SRS based on IFRS S1/S2 for context.

• Materiality in practice
A proportionate approach using financial and impact lenses. How to focus effort and record a clear rationale.

• From material topics to ownership
Assign responsibilities, choose indicators and identify the management forums where progress is reviewed.

• Reflections and close
Key takeaways and immediate next steps.

Draws on online modules: Sustainability Risk Management Modules 1–3 and Integrating Sustainability into Strategic Management Module 1

Session 2 – Risk handling, strategy integration and board communication (3 hours)

• From material topics to managed risks and opportunities (35 mins)
Describe the risk, select proportionate controls and indicators, and agree oversight routes.

• Integrating with strategy and planning (35 mins)
Reflect priorities in plans and budgets. Define near-term milestones and corrective actions. Show performance clearly to decision-makers.

• Communicating with boards (30 mins)
Prepare concise summaries that link topics to actions, owners, timing and business impact.

• Interactive elements (throughout)
Short breakouts, guided discussions and light whiteboard work to test application.

• Break (10 mins)

• Action planning and close (20 mins)
Identify practical changes to land within existing governance and reporting cycles.

Draws on online modules: Sustainability Risk Management Module 4 and Integrating Sustainability into Strategic Management Modules 2–4.

 

Jayne Saywell 
Jayne is a finance professional and sustainability advisor who helps organisations turn sustainability into practical management and reporting. A Chartered Management Accountant, she spent over 16 years in corporate analysis and prudential risk before co-founding Black Skies Blue, where she designs and delivers training on climate accounting, governance, risk and impact for professional bodies and business networks.

Jayne has worked with ICAEW as a main delivery partner on the Sustainability Accelerator programme, developing learning materials and facilitating live sessions for accountants in business. Her qualifications include an MSc in Environmental Economics, CIMA (CGMA), Green & Sustainable Finance (Chartered Banker Institute) and B Leader accreditation.



 

Rate Cost Early Bird Pricing
ICAEW Member £425 + VAT £361.25+ VAT
Non-member £625 + VAT £531.25 + VAT

Early Bird Pricing
15% discount automatically applied on bookings made up until 6 weeks before the course date

How are the courses delivered?

All Virtual Classrooms are run by live on Zoom. These are interactive and not recorded, interaction and delegate involvement is encouraged.

When will I receive joining instructions?

You will receive a email with joining instructions after enrolling. Materials and any other resources for the course will be sent to you shortly before the course start date.

Are there breaks?

Yes, no fixed timings - will depend on the length of the course.

How do I access the course slide deck?

Depending on the course you will either be sent in the lead up to the course or after.

What if I miss the live date?

The Virtual Classrooms are not recorded so we recommend you attend all sessions.

What if I am going to be 15 minutes late?

This is not a problem, the classroom starts at the start time, but you will be let in if you are delayed for any reason. Trainers do their best to accommodate catch-up, but this is not guaranteed. Where possible please let us know of any delays so we are aware when doing role call the beginning of the session.

Can I have my colleague with me in the live course?

Yes, if you purchase a second place. Each booking is valid for one person only.

Can I record the training?

No, virtual classrooms are not recorded.

Do the courses on this programme count as verifiable CPD?

Yes, these courses contribute verifiable CPD, so long as you can demonstrate that the content is relevant to your role. Additional information about CPD can be found here: Your guide to CPD.

How many people will be on the course?

Virtual Classrooms are designed to resemble a real classroom. Therefore, group sizes vary between 6 – 22 delegates per course.

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