Program Overview

Overview of the Creating Value with ESG Micro-credential

The Creating Value with ESG micro-credential is designed for business professionals interested in integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into their business operations. This program targets sustainability and CSR managers, community affairs directors, corporate affairs directors, and managers in various functions, including legal and compliance, procurement, human resources, and external affairs.

Program Details

• Duration: 6 weeks
• ECTS: 5
• Level: 9
• Places: 30
• Intakes: November and April
• Course Coordinator: Jane Flanagan
• Course Director: Maximilian Schormair

Admission Requirements

• Applicants must have a degree (or equivalent) with a strong academic record in any discipline from a recognized third-level institution.
• Alternatively, applicants without a degree can apply if they have a proven managerial track record.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional or managerial work experience is required.
• Language requirements for non-native English speakers: IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL IBT 90.
• An up-to-date CV is required.

Course Content

Upon successful completion of this micro-credential, learners will be able to:

• Gain a systematic understanding of societal impacts of organizations and their role in achieving ESG targets.
• Build strategies and action plans in response to current ESG challenges of organizations.
• Critically analyze theoretical and practical concepts related to creating value with ESG.
• Evaluate and integrate ethical, social, economic, ecologic, legal, and political factors in decision-making to support sustainable corporate governance.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and interact with multiple stakeholders to support positive ESG action.

Delivery and Assessment

• The micro-credential will be delivered fully online in 3-hour sessions, twice a week in the evenings, incorporating lectures, participant discussion, group work, guest lectures, and a company project presentation session.
• Assessment components include:
  • Individual company project presentation (45%)
  • Individual written project report (35%)
  • Individual engagement in peer-feedback process (20%)

Fees

For a full list of postgraduate fees, please refer to the relevant section of the university's website.

Conclusion

The Creating Value with ESG micro-credential at Trinity College Dublin offers business professionals a comprehensive program to integrate ESG criteria into their business operations, enhancing their professional competencies and contributing to sustainable value creation for all stakeholders.