Course Information
Schedules
- 18 Mar 2026 (Wed) - 29 Apr 2026 (Wed) 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Registration period
10 Dec 2025 (Wed) - 17 Mar 2026 (Tue)
Price
HKD 6,900
(HKMA Member: HK$6,700
Non-member: HK$6,900
Early Bird Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For those who enrol and pay 2 weeks before programme commencement date)
Group Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For a total of 2 or more participants enrolling the same intake of the programme at the same time)
Special Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For former student who has successfully completed the Executive Certificate in ESG Planning
organised by the Hong Kong Management Association))
(HKMA Member: HK$6,700
Non-member: HK$6,900
Early Bird Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For those who enrol and pay 2 weeks before programme commencement date)
Group Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For a total of 2 or more participants enrolling the same intake of the programme at the same time)
Special Discount: HK$100 less per person
(For former student who has successfully completed the Executive Certificate in ESG Planning
organised by the Hong Kong Management Association))
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
5 Day(s)
Language
Cantonese, English
Location
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Course Overview
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES
Certified ESG Manager CEM® is a trademarked designation granted by International Chamber of Sustainable Development (ICSD)*. This designation can be used after your name and aims to equip students with practical knowledge and techniques to manage real-life ESG challenges, improve ESG performance and analyse sustainable investment. CEM® holders are able to articulate solutions to ESG issues and provide ESG consultancy services.
Certified ESG Manager CEM® is a progressive course for Certified ESG Planner CEP®. It provides a more practical skill set for participants to manage day-to-day ESG risks and opportunities with the elements of governance and management.
This course emphasizes the practical side of applying ESG knowledge. For example, more in-depth techniques in ESG reporting, especially the climate reporting, will be taught. The corporate governance and its relationship with ESG will also be taught, which is not covered at the CEP® programme.
* ICSD is a registered non-profit making organization. Website: https://www.icsd-global.org/
ENTRY REQUIREMENT
Applicants shall have completed one of the programs listed below:
• Certified ESG Planner CEP® programmes or
• The Hong Kong Management Association ESG programmes or
• ESG programmes which is offered by Hong Kong tertiary education institutions or
• ESG Programmes for professional qualification or
• ESG Programmes registered under Pilot Green and Sustainable Finance Capacity Building Support Scheme (GSF)
STRUCTURE AND REQUIREMENT OF CEM®
1. Attend 5 modules:
- 1. Governance for business and ESG
- 2. Practical skills for ESG reporting (I)
- 3. Practical skills for ESG reporting (II)
- 4. ESG investment analysis
- 5. Contemporary issues in sustainability and ESG
2. Participants must complete Certified ESG Planner CEP® programmes or HKMA ESG programmes or other ESG programmes which is offered by Hong Kong tertiary education institutions or programmes for professional qualification or ESG programmes registered under GSF scheme.
3. Pass an open-book exam (1 hour, Multiple choice questions)
DATE AND TIME
Wednesdays 18, 25 March; 15, 22, 29 April 2026 - 7pm-10pm
Face-to-face Exam: 13 May 2026 - 7:30pm-8:30pm
(Venue: 3/F Tower 2, South Seas Centre, 75 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon)
DEADLINE OF APPLICATIONS
1 week before course commencement
What You’ll Learn
SYLLABUS SUMMARY (5 MODULES, 3 HOURS PER MODULE)
Module 1 Governance for business and ESG by Dr. Angus Yip
- Corporate governance and risk management
- Board and Committees operations
- Governance for ESG
- Best practices of corporate governance
- Case studies
Module 2 Practical skills for ESG reporting (I) by Dr. Angus Yip
- Overview the steps of preparing the first ESG report
- Calculation of GHGs emissions and other environmental KPI
- Insights on reporting social KPIs
- Applying ISSB IFRS S1 and S2 frameworks
- TCFD and Climate reporting in action
Module 3 Practical skills for ESG reporting (II) by Dr. Angus Yip
- Practical steps of conducting stakeholder engagement
- Materiality analysis for important ESG issues
- Drills on technical issues of ESG reporting
- Learning from the best cases in the market
- Future development of ESG reporting
Module 4 ESG investment analysis - Qualitative and quantitative approaches to integrating ESG into investment & disclosure interpretation
- Emerging Corporate Finance for sustainable development & the analysis
- Evaluation of different types of ESG analysis & critics
- ESG analysis and integration across asset classes & case study
- Impact-based ESG analysis & business model evaluation
Module 5 Contemporary issues in sustainability and ESG
- Selected current hot topic(s) for in-depth discussion and criticism
- Core topics may include Sustainability/ESG leadership models with supportive skills
- Other relevant topics, subject to the latest market development, may include greenwashing, anti-ESG, sustainable business models, sustainable investment, carbon trading, green technology, etc
