ESG-Ready!
Certification Programme
Get Ready to Transform Every ESG Conversation and Pains into Strategic Advantage
Become A Valuable Asset in Your Clients' ESG Journeys
WITHOUT the Overwhelm and Overkill.
The PAIN
Getting ready to play the ESG game can be scary.
We know how intimidating the costs and commitments can be for vendors, suppliers and talents to demonstrate they are in the ESG game, especially if you aren't that sure how you are monetising from it.
You need a GAME PLAN to get ready for the game without overwhelm and overkill on time, effort and cost.
You need RECOGNITION for your efforts on this sustainability journey so that clients can see them.
You need a COMMUNITY you can fall back on for support to keep moving with implemented ESG.
Circular Business Association has crafted the ESG-Ready! Certification Programme to give you a clear and credible pathway to pursue ESG and sustainability with confidence.
Have your clients asked you about your ESG efforts in the last 12 months?
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Do you need to get recognised for the ESG efforts you are already making?
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Are you risking being replaced or spending too much for overkill results because you don't know how to play the ESG game?
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The PAIN
Finding an entire value chain that understands your ESG needs is rare.
We know how hard it is to bring up the topic of sustainability to suppliers and vendors; and how hard it is to implement change when your team internally and in your supply and value chains don't speak the same language on sustainability, ESG, climate action and circular economy. It's even harder when you need to play GLOBALLY.
You need a common GAME PLAN to for the game without overwhelm and overkill on time, effort and cost.
You need ASSURANCE that your collective efforts on this journey is right and match your ESG aspirations.
You need a TEAM that is driven and inspired to solve ESG challenges FOR YOU, even without your direct input.
Circular Business Association launched the ESG-Ready! Certification Programme to give you a clear, standardised and credible pathway to confidently pursue ESG and sustainability with your suppliers, vendors and talents and get real impactful ESG done without the overwhelm and overkill.
Are you finding it difficult to talk about ESG and sustainability to your vendors and suppliers?
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Are you spending too much effort and time to get them onboard with little effect?
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Do you need to quickly find the right replacements who can understand and deliver your sustainability and climate commitments?
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Note: Each certification is valid for 2 years and then will be subject to renewal by the end of the period. The companies will be subject to any improvements to the certification requirements that is made by the association at renewal or by a set deadline to meet new requirements , whichever is sooner.
Who qualifies to be certified?
Vendors, suppliers and talents who are involved in companies that design, extract, process, produce, assemble, distribute and/or transport any physical, solid, liquid or gas products.
Profiting from sustainability reporting isn't the starting line; it's the rewarding culmination of well-planned mini steps that create genuine positive impact.
ESG-Ready! Certification Levels
A Journey of Five Levels to Maturity
We use a journey milestone approach to rapidly preparing vendor, supplier and talents to engage with ESG and bring your expertise into the implementation of sustainability and climate commitments in a global arena.
Monetising from ESG is an important part to keep going in the ESG game. Our certification programme is designed to help vendors and supplier get the basics ready at each stage of maturity so they get the courage to start and the confidence to continue.
There are five levels of ESG-Ready! certification:
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Level 1 - Shows that the vendor/supplier is ESG-trainable, open to conversation and knows enough to understand a sustainability-related client brief and relate it to their own business offerings (Assessment: Assessment-based)
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Level 2 - Shows that the vendor/supplier has taken the most basic step of mirroring the client's sustainability priorities and are systematically collecting basic data and information for their clients to input into their sustainability reporting (Assessment: Assessment-based)
**Separate certificate for the E, S and G pillars for the levels that follow:
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Level 3 - Shows that the vendor/supplier has undertaken a materiality assessment, have plans from their own company's perspective of their sustainability impacts and aspirations and a data framework to systematically collect corresponding information for their own sustainability reporting (in addition to supplying the information to clients)
(Assessment: Supporting evidence submission)
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Level 4 - Shows that the vendor/supplier is maturing into their own sustainability journey as standards like TCFD, IFRS, CSDR, GRI, SBTI, ISO etcetera are used to improve in their sustainability framework and reporting
(Assessment: Supporting evidence submission)
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Level 5 - Shows that the vendor/supplier is setting their industry benchmarks for implemented ESG in their business
(Assessment: Supporting evidence submission + Joint white paper/benchmark document with CBASS )
Start with ESG-Ready! Level 1 Certification
Equip yourself with the knowledge and confidence to meaningfully engage on ESG topics and stand out as A Preferred Vendor and Talent
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Become Indispensable: Understand the key concepts, know the global and most important ESG trends, master the skill to rapidly identify client sustainability priorities, and how to avoid greenwashing to ensure you become a preferred vendor in your clients' sustainability journeys.
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Build Confidence: Acquire the clarity needed to discuss ESG practices with confidence and authority no matter how fast things change in sustainability
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Reduce Risk of Miscommunication: Master the language of ESG to foster better business relationships and avoid misunderstandings.
Demonstrate with ESG-Ready! Level 2 Certification
Turn Your Clients' ESG Mandatory Reporting Pains into Your Strategic Advantage and Earn Revenue
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Make Client Expectations Your Edge: Use data prepardeness to elevate and leverage what your clients expect from suppliers to gain a competitive advantage when it comes to sustainability
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Avoid the Data Overkill: Save time and resources by preparing the most essential data in advance for your key clients, reducing the need to respond to requests reactively and avoid spending too much, too soon on reporting
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Deepen client trust: Show your clients you understand their reporting challenges and are equipped to support them, using your expertise and data preparedness.
What will be covered?
ESG-Ready! Level 1 Certification Course
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Demystified jargons, concepts, standards around sustainability, ESG
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Top 5 must-know ESG developments in the market and regulatory space to be prepared for any ESG conversation
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How to rapidly spot greenwashing and use it to your business advantage
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How to rapidly spot client priorities from their sustainability policy/ report and website
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How to lead meaningful ESG conversation for your strategic advantage and business offering
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BONUS: Cheat sheet to rapidly focus your sustainability research to avoid overkill and overwhelm
ESG-Ready! Level 2 Certification Course
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Understand the Mandatory Sustainability Reporting pain that your clients are facing and the methodology they have to comply with
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Use data preparedness to get deeper into preferred vendor status
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Finding the critical data to serve multiple clients quickly in their ESG reporting inventory
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Planning a systematic data collection for these Top 5 critical data to minimise the need for customisation
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Setting up the next steps to avoid vendor replacement
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Utilise data preparedness for your strategic advantage in conversations with your client
*Note: Pre-requisite for joining ESG-Ready! Level 2:
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Completed both days of ESG-Ready! Level 1 Course
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Passed the ESG-Ready! Level 1 Assessment
Money Back Guarantee
The courses won't work if you do not work. But if for some reason they aren't helping you advance in your sustainability journey, email us within 3 DAYS of finishing the second class in the course and we will take care of your full refund.
Who is ESG-Ready! Certification for?
Vendors, suppliers and talents across business functions who are involved in companies that design, extract, process, produce, assemble, distribute and/or transport any physical, solid, liquid or gas products.
How much time needed?
ESG-Ready! Level 1 Certification Course
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Two days of 90-minutes each
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30 minutes Level 1 Assessment Exam
(The Exam is conducted at end of Day 2)
ESG-Ready! Level 2 Certification Course
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Two days of 90-minutes each
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45-minute Level 2 Assessment Exam
(The Exam is online and must be completed within one week of workshop attended)
Where?
Delivered on Zoom video conferencing.
Recognition
ESG-Ready! Level 1 Certification Course
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Certificate of Completion of ESG-Ready! Level 1
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ESG-Ready! Level 1 badge to be used on your profile
ESG-Ready! Level 2 Certification Course
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Certificate of Completion of ESG-Ready! Level 2
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ESG-Ready! Level 2 badge to be used on your profile
ESG-Ready! Level One Certification Course : USD 199/-
ESG-Ready! Level Two Certification Course : USD 219/-
ESG-Ready! Certification Programme is provided by
Meet Your Lead Trainer
Lijin Chin
Senior Managing Partner of ACMF Circular Economy, Chairperson of Circular Business Association and Schmidt MacArthur Fellow on Circular Economy since 2016 having been selected from her Masters Programme at Cranfield University as the sole representative attending the Summer School of the Fellowship to learn directly from thought leaders, including Dame Ellen MacArthur, Ken Webster, etc.
Delivered keynote talks, guest lectures to professionals attending Masters or Train the Trainer courses with Cranfield University (UK), Chile Catholic University (Chile), Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore), among others. Appointed as Jury Member of the GCC Circular Economy Awards in 2024 which covers award submissions from Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
12 years experience in development planning and policy research work for the Malaysian government and multilateral organisations like United Nations Development programme. Among projects managed include the 1st National Voluntary Review of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016 and the Final National Report of the Millennium Development Goals in 2015.