Business & Money | Thursday 27 October, 2016 10:57 am |

Arabia CSR Network will conduct a certified training on fundamentals of CSR and Sustainability on 6th – 9th November, 2016 in Dubai. This essential training which is the first of a series of certified trainings, guarantees to equip a wide range of participants that are looking to enhance their knowledge and understanding of CSR and Sustainability including CSR team member tasked with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibilities, as well as consultants, freelancers and researchers with organizational knowledge about how best to develop an effective CSR and Sustainability practice.

 

The objective of this training is to understand how CSR can contribute strategically to an organization’s comprehensive performance and learn more about opportunities and benefits that CSR presents by scoping out what corporate responsibility means for their company. The course has been designed to offer pedagogical content and real world examples using a combination of lecture, discussion and exercise.

 

What distinguishes this training from the rest is that the participants have the opportunity to get a certificate of attainment upon undergoing an assessment exercise at the end of the training. The certification will testify to the participant’s attainment of knowledge based on the training module.

 

Being a regionally rooted organization, The Arabia CSR Network has acquired an in-depth understanding of the benefits and challenges faced by organizations in their efforts to meet their Corporate Social Responsibility within the region’s unique limitations and possibilities. In that light, the network has planned a series of one of kind certified training courses that would build the capacity of organizations and businesses in the region. Fundamentals of CSR and Sustainability is the first  level,  followed by Certified Course on CSR Advanced (level 2) and Certified course on CSR strategy and leadership as well as other training workshops such as training on Budgeting and Implementation of CSR, Social impact assessment workshop and Certified training on sustainability reporting using the Global reporting initiative (GRI) Framework.