Sustainability reporting training for small businesses
The aim of the training is to give participants practical knowledge and skills for applying the voluntary sustainability reporting standard (VSME) in their work. The training is built in the language of accountants and based on the chart of accounts, drawing on data that already exists.
Audience
The training is aimed at accountants and finance professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge of sustainability reporting and learn to apply the voluntary sustainability reporting standard (VSME) in their own company or for their clients. No prior experience in sustainability reporting is required.
Learning outcomes
- Understands the logic of the VSME standard and its connection to accounting.
- Can collect, analyse and present ESG data from existing systems.
- Knows how to connect costs, quantities and personnel with sustainability reporting.
- Applies existing data in VSME reports and supplements it each year systematically and efficiently.
Curriculum
- The nature and audience of the VSME standard
- The role of accounting in sustainability reporting
- Data collection and categorisation
- Processing environmental data
- Social and governance data
- Preparing a sustainability report under the VSME standard
ScopeTotal study volume: 8 academic hours
FormatClassroom training with feedback; the Rohekool platform.