ESG for SMEs – from overview to action

ESG is playing an increasingly prominent role in dialogue with customers, banks, insurance companies and business partners. At the same time, many small and medium-sized enterprises find that ESG can seem overwhelming and that it is difficult to know where to begin.

The reality is that most companies are already doing a lot of the right things. The challenge is often to create an overview, prioritise the effort and get the work organised.

At this workshop, Transition will help you translate ESG into concrete actions that make sense specifically for your business. Through short presentations, practical exercises and concrete tools, you will work with your own company and gain a strong foundation for your continued ESG work.

After lunch, there is the opportunity for individual mentoring with the advisors from Transition regarding precisely your company's challenges and opportunities.

Programme

08.30 – 09.00
Breakfast and networking

09.00 – 09.45
ESG from an SME perspective

• What does ESG mean in practice?
• What demands and expectations do businesses face today?

09.45 – 10.30
Find the essentials

• Which ESG issues are most relevant to your business?
• Introduction to a simple materiality assessment.

10.45 – 11.30
Map out what you are already doing

• Identify existing initiatives and strengths.
• Get an overview of where there is potential to develop the initiative.

11.30 – 12.30
From ambition to action

• Formulate the initial goals and actions.
• Work on a simple action plan that you can take home with you.

12.30 – 13.15
Breakfast

13.15 – 15.00
Voluntary individual mentoring

• Book a short 1:1 consultation with the ESG advisors from Transition about your company's specific challenges and next steps.

Who should attend?

The workshop is aimed at owners, managers and key employees in small and medium-sized enterprises who want to work more structurally with ESG.

It is particularly relevant if you:

• experiencing increasing demands from customers or partners
• wish to be better prepared for future ESG requirements
• wants to use ESG as part of the company's development and competitiveness
• I would prefer a practical approach rather than theory

You don't need to have worked with ESG before.

You can take that home with you

You leave the workshop with:

• A clear overview of what ESG means for your business
• A simple assessment of the most important ESG issues
• An update on the work the company is already doing
• A draft of a concrete action plan
• Practical tools and templates that you can continue working with
• Opportunity for individual coaching with experienced ESG advisors