What is the Certified ESG Finance Professional?

The Certified ESG Finance Professional is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Finance & Accounting.

How long does this certification take?

The programme takes 11 Weeks and can be completed self-paced or with live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications carry CPD credits and are internationally recognised.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification.

Email info@certifications.ac, WhatsApp +254 722 223 084, or fill in the enrolment form on this page.

What is included in the fee?

All study materials, study guide, examination, digital certificate and badge. Live option adds tutor sessions and priority support.

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Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Strategic Context of Certified ESG Finance Professional

Certified ESG Finance Professional: industry context, trends and professional standards
The role of finance in organisations and value creation
Financial, management and cost accounting distinguished
The finance operating model and business partnering
Accounting concepts, principles and the regulatory landscape
Financial statements and the accounting equation
Stakeholders and users of financial information
Ethics and professional standards in finance
Corporate objectives and shareholder value
The finance function and digital transformation
Building a finance career and professional development

ESG principles and frameworks

ESG principles and frameworks
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk
Water resources and catchment management
Soil-water-plant relationships
Surface, sprinkler and drip irrigation
Irrigation system design and hydraulics
Water quality for irrigation
Drainage and salinity management
Irrigation infrastructure planning
Crop water requirements and evapotranspiration
Irrigation scheduling methods
Soil moisture monitoring
Deficit and precision irrigation
Water-use efficiency and productivity

Social responsibility and human rights

Analytical techniques and bias
Governance of ESG and reporting
Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
Risk assessment that changes what happens
Permit to work and high-risk task control
Contractor safety and shared workplaces
Occupational health, exposure and health surveillance
Incident investigation and root cause
Emergency preparedness and evacuation
Safety culture, leadership and behaviour
Environmental management and pollution control
HSE legal duties and enforcement
Measuring HSE performance
Wellbeing, fatigue and psychosocial risk
Fertigation and chemigation

Ethical supply chains

Ethical supply chains
Impact measurement and disclosure
Embedding responsible business
Measuring wellbeing outcomes
Aspects, impacts and controls
Waste, effluent and emissions
Pollution prevention
Resource efficiency and circularity
Climate and sustainability responsibility
Environmental monitoring
Stakeholder and investor engagement
Physical hazards: noise, vibration, radiation
Exposure assessment and monitoring
Occupational diseases and prevention
Ventilation and exposure control

Stakeholder and investor engagement

Stakeholder and investor engagement
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Preparing financial statements
Fatigue and shift work
Ergonomics and comfortable workplaces
Healthy work design
Wellness programmes and promotion
Return-to-work and rehabilitation
Absence and health management
The hierarchy of control
Sensors, automation and controllers
Water accounting and metering
Drought and water-scarcity strategies
Climate-smart water management
System operation and performance

Waste, effluent and emissions control

Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Interpreting financial statements
Resource efficiency and circular practice
Health and safety in water works
Community engagement and equity
Policy and water rights
Chemical and biological hazards
Ergonomics and musculoskeletal risk
Personal protective equipment
Fitness for work
Workplace wellbeing strategy
Stress and psychosocial risk
Mental health awareness and support
Maintenance and troubleshooting
Water-user associations and governance

Environmental legal compliance

Environmental legal compliance
Sustainability and climate responsibility
Environmental monitoring and reporting
Groundwater management
Cost recovery and tariffs
Environmental flows and sustainability

Risk, Compliance and Assurance

Risk assessment and prioritisation
Demand management and controlling maverick spend
Duty of care and legal framework
Working with law enforcement and regulators
Presenting risk and recommendations
Regulatory compliance and licensing
Cost-effectiveness of controls
Threat and risk assessment
Cost, feasibility and control analysis
Likelihood, impact and risk rating
Risk treatment and countermeasures
Regulatory and privacy requirements
Feed budgeting and cost control
Compliance and audit in ERP
Technical and compliance training

Resources and Value

Continuous improvement of finance processes
Governance and organisational value
Options appraisal and cost-benefit
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
Cost of accidents and prevention value
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Values, purpose and authentic leadership
Procurement and supply chain: scope and value
Make-versus-buy and total cost of ownership
Cost and price analysis
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Reporting quality and governance
The value of customer-centricity
Cost, feasibility and impact analysis

Evidence and Reporting

Project data, reporting and analytics
AI and predictive project analytics
Data quality and governance
Marketing analytics and attribution
Web and campaign analytics
Customer data platforms and segmentation
Web, campaign and funnel analytics
Dashboards and performance reporting
Sales analytics and forecasting tools
Reporting to leadership
Monitoring and evaluation with data
Data ethics and privacy in finance
Data gathering and financial analysis
Management reporting and decision support
Board reporting and information flows

Stakeholders and Engagement

Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
Stakeholder mapping in banking
Customer and community engagement
Assurance engagements and standards
Stakeholder communications
Engagement and motivation
Measuring engagement and impact
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Engagement, motivation and energisers
Community and lifelong learning
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Employee engagement models and drivers
Managing resistance and engagement

Planning and Delivery

Campaign or go-to-market plan
Campaign planning and execution
Account planning and whitespace analysis
Leading campaigns and sales projects
Team leadership in field and project settings
Management accounts and dashboards
Budget vs actual and variance
Cost and profitability analysis
Implementation planning and risk management
Monitoring, evaluation and sustainability plan
HACCP principles and prerequisite programmes
Demand, master scheduling and material requirements planning
Capacity planning and line balancing
Projects and expansion: connecting the unserved
Range planning and category management

Communication and Influence

Cryptography and secure communications
Facilitation skills and presence
Virtual and hybrid facilitation
Voice, communication and delivery
Language and communication training
Investor relations and market communication
Presenting financial information clearly
Negotiation with banks, investors and suppliers
Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
Safety communication and campaigns
Communicating risk to the workforce
Communicating technical information to diverse audiences
Professional report writing and presentation
Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
Communication and interpersonal skills

Quality and Improvement

Designing a service or experience improvement
Operational efficiency and productivity
Coaching and quality monitoring
Reconciliation and end-of-day processes
Operational efficiency and channel management
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Service quality and turnaround metrics
Continuous improvement and lean banking
Driving measurable banking improvement
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Incident response process
Feed quality, additives and supplements
Business process mapping
Process optimisation and RPA

People and Capability

Working with referrers and multidisciplinary teams
Collaboration and teamwork
Scaling delivery capability
Servant leadership and self-organising teams
Virtual and distributed teams
Team leadership and motivation
Leading project teams
Team development and effectiveness
Coaching and developing team members
Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
Building high-performing project teams
Forecasting and planning
Aligning teams around strategy
Team formation and effectiveness models (Tuckman, Lencioni)
Managing team performance and dynamics

Technology and Systems

Safety management systems overview (ISO 45001)
Data visualisation for finance
Decision support and insight
Digital permits and inspections
Automation and safety technology
Communicating financial results
Digital transformation and IT strategy
Digital procurement and the future of the profession
Security governance and management systems
Bancassurance and digital insurance models
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Attachment and developmental theory
Practice management systems
Ethics of technology in practice
Agile and digital transformation projects

Environment and Sustainability

Responsible and sustainable banking
Social performance and outreach
Sustainable and green banking
Control environment and risk assessment
Emerging assurance areas (ESG)
Corporate social responsibility communications
Climate-smart agriculture: productivity, adaptation, mitigation
Sustainability, ESG and integrated value
Sustainability and responsible finance
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
The regulatory and legal environment
Embedding sustainability in sourcing
Mine water, tailings and environmental management
Social media management: platforms, communities and algorithms
Measurement and analytics for media and social campaigns

Ethics and Accountability

Real estate regulation, licensing and professional conduct
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Ethics and treating customers fairly in insurance
Regulation, ethics and misinformation in media and telecoms
Ethical principles and codes of practice
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Ethical frameworks and codes of practice
Complaints, accountability and fitness to practise
Driving effective, ethical outcomes
Ethical, risk and feasibility considerations
Accountability and follow-through
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Ethical and reputational risk
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Professional ethics and conduct in security

Policy and Institutions

Public, private and non-profit governance
Policy, planning and objectives
Public versus private procurement
Policy administration and customer service in insurance
Psychoeducation and public communication
Media and public communication
Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills
Advocacy and policy engagement
Peer support and consultation
Presentation and public speaking
Designing a governance, compliance or policy solution
Policy cycle and evidence-based policy
Research methods for policy
Policy development and drafting

Service and Beneficiaries

Inventory service levels and the cost of stockouts
Strategic customer relationships
Vehicle specifications, trims and options in customer language
Customer retention in the vehicle ownership cycle
Service quality and the passenger experience in transport
Tariffs, regulation and the economics of essential services
Customer loyalty and repeat purchase in retail
Telecom products, tariffs and customer lifecycles
Client feedback and satisfaction
Backlogs, user stories and prioritisation
Customer personas and insight
Know Your Customer and enhanced due diligence
Data protection and customer privacy
Data, analytics and customer insight
Customer segmentation and needs analysis

Safety and Wellbeing

Event risk, safety and contingency planning
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Duty of care and risk management
Legal responsibilities and professional bodies
Health records, data and confidentiality
Evidence-based improvement
Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Record-keeping and data protection
Working with organisations on wellbeing
Risk assessment and safety planning
Wellbeing and resilience coaching
Health, safety and compliance in delivery

Procurement and Supply

Fair trade and responsible supply
Contract performance, remedies and variations
Procurement fraud, collusion and bid rigging
Emergency, humanitarian and constrained procurement
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Managing risk and difficult cases
Subcontractor and supplier management
Lessons learned and development
Goal setting and contracting
Third-party and supply-chain risk
Employment relationship and the psychological contract
Supply analysis, gaps and scenario planning
Contractor and visitor safety

Change and Innovation

Designing and facilitating groups
Psychoeducation and workshops
Business model design and innovation
Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
Change talk and readiness
Habit change and behaviour design
Emerging tools and innovation
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects
Innovation and continuous delivery
Supplier development and innovation
Change management and adoption
Foreign exchange and currency risk
Regulatory change management

Strategic Context

Designing an intervention or programme
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Business continuity and recovery
Building strategic relationships and coalitions
Negotiation strategy and tactics
Vision, mission and strategic intent
Competitive strategy and positioning
Setting strategic priorities and choices
Strategy execution and the balanced scorecard
Strategic decision-making under uncertainty
Measuring strategic progress
Business case and strategic alignment
Developing the project business case
Business case and requirements
Stakeholder engagement strategy

Inclusion and Equity

Vulnerability management
Financial inclusion strategy
Nomination, succession and diversity
The business case for diversity and inclusion
Brand strategy, identity and equity
Handling vulnerable customers
Financial inclusion and agency banking
Diversity and pay-equity analytics
Cross-cultural and global inclusion
Inclusion and the fairness of people decisions
Diversity, inclusion and inclusive leadership

Crisis and Resilience

Business continuity and crisis management
Crisis, resilience and contingency planning
Emergency preparedness and response planning
Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
Business continuity and contingency planning
Crisis management and recovery
Supplier dependency, development and continuity
Managing growth, risk and resilience
Operational risk and resilience
Professional case study and presentation
Partnership building and multi-stakeholder platforms

Research and Method

Designing a marketing or sales strategy
Budget, ROI and feasibility analysis
Market research design and methods
Qualitative and quantitative research
Trend analysis and foresight
Segmentation and needs analysis
Baseline surveys and data collection tools
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Situation analysis and diagnostic assessment
Financial and technical feasibility analysis
Advisory service design and delivery
Financial modelling and scenario analysis
Sensitivity, scenario and what-if analysis
Analysis and diagnostic assessment
Risk, legal and feasibility analysis

Knowledge and Records

Process and control documentation
Tender planning and documentation
Knowledge management and capability building
Professional report writing
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional documentation and presentation
Audit risk and materiality
Internal communications
Thought leadership
Category management and strategy

International and Donor Context

Proposal development and donor reporting
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains
Governance in state, donor-funded and family-owned entities
Recommendations and decision support
Cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis
Performance measurement and KPI dashboards
Capital structure and financing decisions
Real options and strategic investment
Financial risk management and derivatives
Governance, risk and compliance (GRC)
Stakeholders, agency and accountability

Leadership and Governance

Conflicts of interest management
Leadership and management development
Managing employment disputes and tribunals
Communicating and reporting to leadership
Managing HR projects and change
Team leadership within HR
Stakeholder engagement and risk management
Performance management that changes behaviour
Influencing and safety leadership
Evidence-based practice
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Corporate governance and the finance role
Team leadership within finance
Capstone scoping: a real financial problem or decision
Working capital management and the cash cycle

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CESG certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with IFRS, GAAP and recognised financial management and reporting standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CESG?

This certification is ideal for Finance Officers and Accountants, Budget and Cost Analysts, Finance Managers and Controllers and Auditors and Financial Analysts, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CESG certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CESG internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CESG certification?

The Certified ESG Finance Professional is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CESG certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CESG?

The Certified ESG Finance Professional is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CESG?

The Certified ESG Finance Professional carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CESG while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CESG?

Graduates progress towards senior finance, controller and CFO roles. The CESG strengthens your expertise in financial management, accounting, budgeting and financial analysis and positions you for advancement across corporates, banks, NGOs and public-sector organisations.

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