Finance & Accounting
IFRS S1 and S2 Sustainability Disclosures
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in IFRS S1 and S2 Sustainability Disclosures. It connects General Disclosure Architecture, Climate Risks and Opportunities, and Metrics, Targets, and Emissions to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace.
Overview
Practical learning for workplace transfer.
This in-depth course develops directly applicable capability in IFRS S1 and S2 Sustainability Disclosures. It connects General Disclosure Architecture, Climate Risks and Opportunities, and Metrics, Targets, and Emissions to the decisions, controls, and activities participants need to perform in their workplace. The five-module curriculum progresses toward Disclosure Readiness Workshop, using evidence, scenarios, and work products appropriate to the subject.
Prerequisites
Relevant workplace familiarity is recommended; exact technical prerequisites can be adapted to the participant group.
Objectives
- Analyze general disclosure architecture, including investor-focused materiality and sustainability-related financial information.
- Configure or structure climate risks and opportunities, including physical and transition risk across short, medium, and long term.
- Evaluate metrics, targets, and emissions, including cross-industry metrics and industry-based considerations.
- Manage controls, data, and reporting process, including source systems, owners, estimates, evidence, review, and assurance readiness.
- Apply disclosure readiness workshop, including map requirements to current reports and data.
Target audience
- Professionals responsible for this subject area
- Managers, supervisors, and team leaders
- Analysts, specialists, engineers, or coordinators working with the relevant processes
- Project, implementation, assurance, or improvement team members
- Professionals preparing for broader responsibilities in this field
Program outline
A clear structure for the learning journey.
Outline points are grouped in one designed block instead of being treated as separate module cards.
01General Disclosure Architecture3 topics
- Investor-focused materiality and sustainability-related financial information
- Governance, strategy, risk management, metrics, and targets
- Reporting entity, connected information, and timing
02Climate Risks and Opportunities3 topics
- Physical and transition risk across short, medium, and long term
- Business model, value chain, strategy, and financial effects
- Climate resilience and scenario analysis
03Metrics, Targets, and Emissions3 topics
- Cross-industry metrics and industry-based considerations
- Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions boundaries and estimation
- Targets, baselines, progress, and carbon credits
04Controls, Data, and Reporting Process3 topics
- Source systems, owners, estimates, evidence, review, and assurance readiness
- Judgments, uncertainty, comparative information, and corrections
- Link sustainability and financial reporting governance
05Disclosure Readiness Workshop3 topics
- Map requirements to current reports and data
- Assess a material climate risk and financial connection
- Build a gap and implementation plan
Materials provided
- ○ Course-specific presentation slides
- ○ Guided exercises, scenarios, or configured-environment activities appropriate to the subject
- ○ Course-specific worksheets, checklists, or calculation templates
- ○ Applied workplace case materials
- ○ 4D Certificate of Completion issued by 4D Training & Consultancy
- ○ Post-course support for implementation questions
Training Options
Programs can be delivered in-house, online, or in a blended format depending on your team's schedule, location, and learning objectives. When an external certificate or exam is included, certification rules and fees remain under the relevant awarding body's policies, while 4D provides the training and preparation support.
Why choose 4D
4D Training & Consultancy adapts the program to the client’s operating environment. Delivery combines structured explanation with subject-specific analysis, exercises, and implementation decisions so participants can transfer the learning to real responsibilities without implying vendor authorization.
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