The Investor Assurance Course

This self-paced online investor course allows you to discover how to use third-party assurance for better investment decisions, monitoring and stewardship.

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Target audience

The primary audience for the course is investors and investment and asset managers, but the course materials are suitable for business professional interested in learning more about the role of external assurance for reliable sustainability disclosures.

Course duration

5 hours (Course duration)

4 hours (Additional Material)

Pricing

Cost per participant:
CHF 350* (exclusive of VAT)

*WBCSD members enjoy 50% discount

Course authors

WBCSD and Assurance Mark

Program materials

  • Video lectures
  • Interviews
  • Engagement questions
  • Case studies

To achieve the certificate, participants need to pass the Knowledge Check at the end of the course.

Key learning outcomes

How to read assurance reports: identify scope of assurance, level of assurance, and assess and understand the quality of assurance

How to identify the through line from sustainability disclosures to financial statements (or determine there is not one)

How to use tools to motivate improvements in disclosure by improving assurance, including

Use of audit committee report

Engagement with audit committee and audit firms

Voting on audit committee, auditor and proxy proposal

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