Course : Develop a CSR strategy that creates value
Practical course - 2d
- 14h00 - Ref. D1L
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 | Assess CSR issues that could affect the business model, risks, and investment decisions |
| Analyze the mechanisms of value creation or destruction associated with material issues |
| Compare transformation scenarios and prioritize a portfolio of transformative CSR initiatives |
| Define the decisions, responsibilities, and metrics related to executive governance |
| Draft a well-reasoned and presentable strategic CSR guidance document for the Executive Committee/Management Board |
Intended audience
Executives and Members of the Executive Committee/Management Committee
Prerequisites
None
Practical details
Teaching methods
Self-assessment of decision-making practices, business case studies, individual reflections tailored to participants’ situations, small-group work, peer-to-peer exchanges of experiences and best practices, strategic arbitration exercises, simulations of executive committee and board of directors meetings, and the gradual development of a strategic guidance document tailored to the participant’s company.
Course schedule
1 Identify strategic CSR issues for the company
- Distinguishing Between Operational CSR Initiatives, CSR Strategy, and Business Model Transformation
- Align environmental, social, and governance issues with strategic objectives and risks
- Using dual materiality as a decision-making framework: corporate impacts and potential financial effects on the company
- Identify key stakeholder expectations without conducting an exhaustive mapping exercise
- Identify matters that require a decision by the COMEX/CODIR and those that can be delegated to operational functions
Compétences visées
- Identify the five CSR issues that require executive-level decision-making and explain how they relate to strategy, risks, or investments
- Analyze a materiality case and distinguish between issues to be addressed by the Executive Committee/Management Committee and those falling under operational management
- For a priority issue, identify the expected decision, the missing information, and the stakeholders to be consulted
Activités pédagogiques
- Simplified, Decision-Oriented Dual Materiality Matrix
- ESG Risks and Opportunities Matrix
- Decision-Making Level Assessment Grid
Outils et méthodes
2 Assess value creation and the impact on the business model
- Analyze the effects on revenue, costs, assets, financing, business continuity, and reputation
- Assessing social factors: engagement, skills, attractiveness, workplace health, and the quality of dialogue
- Examine the impacts on the value proposition, customers, suppliers, resources, and partners
- Distinguishing Between Optimization, Adaptation, and Structural Transformation of the Business Model
- Explain the assumptions, time frames, dependencies, and uncertainties associated with the expected value
Compétences visées
- Identify the mechanisms through which a CSR issue can create, preserve, or destroy value within a company
- Test the business model against two transition scenarios and identify the adjustments or changes to be presented to the Executive Committee/Management Committee
- Evaluate a CSR investment by clarifying its expected value, risks, time horizon, and the assumptions that need to be validated.
Activités pédagogiques
- Sustainable Business Model Canvas
- Value Chain Analysis
- Map of Value Creation Mechanisms
Outils et méthodes
3 Developing Scenarios and Making CSR Investment Decisions
- Formulate a CSR goal that reflects a strategic choice rather than a general statement
- Developing contrasting scenarios: controlled compliance, enhanced adaptation, or transformation
- Compare scenarios based on value, impact, risk, urgency, resources, and reversibility
- Balancing short-term actions, strategic investments, and options to preserve
- Define the decisions, waivers, sequences, and conditions for scaling up
Compétences visées
- Develop two contrasting CSR scenarios and compare their effects on value, risks, resources, and the business model
- Simulate a COMEX/CODIR tasked with allocating a limited budget among several competing CSR investments
- Define the goals, priorities, trade-offs, and decisions that shape the chosen path
Activités pédagogiques
- Multicriteria Investment Decision-Making Matrix
- Impact/Feasibility Matrix
Outils et méthodes
4 Establish executive governance and ensure commitments are met
- Clarify the responsibilities of the board of directors, the executive committee, the executive sponsor, and the business units
- Incorporate CSR criteria into investments, risk management, strategic reviews, and compensation where appropriate
- Select a limited number of value, risk, and impact indicators that are useful to senior management
- Define alert thresholds, trajectory reviews, and escalation rules
- Align commitments, evidence, and communication to prevent the risk of greenwashing
- Organizing the guidance memo to be presented to the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors
Compétences visées
- Define which decisions are reserved for the Executive Committee/Management Committee, delegated responsibilities, and escalation rules for its CSR strategy
- Select six performance indicators and specify, for each one, the informed decision, the alert threshold, and the review frequency
- Present a policy brief to a mock committee and then refine it based on the objections raised and the instructor’s feedback
Activités pédagogiques
- Decision-Making Governance Matrix
- CSR Executive Dashboard
- Greenwashing Prevention Checklist
Outils et méthodes
PARTICIPANTS
Executives and Members of the Executive Committee/Management Committee
PREREQUISITES
None
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Executives and Members of the Executive Committee/Management Committee
PREREQUISITES
None
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.
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This programme is an original creation, developed by the teaching teams at ORSYS Formation. Any reproduction, representation, adaptation or use, in whole or in part, without the prior written authorisation of ORSYS, is strictly prohibited. ORSYS reserves the right to take any action necessary to protect its intellectual property rights.