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Competent Boards Designation & Certification Programmes

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Training showcase sharing the Sustainability & ESG and Climate & Nature Designation & Certification programs from Competent Boards endorsed by the Good Governance Academy.

 

This training helps boards and executives prepare to meet mandatory reporting standards, and emphasizes the importance of staying informed about new regulations like IFRS S1 and S2. It also equips leaders with the skills and credentials needed for sustainability governance. By joining a global community of learners, participants can enhance their careers and drive meaningful value for their organizations, investors, and society.

This course guides companies in addressing emerging geopolitical risks, climate change, and human rights, while strategically using the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It further emphasizes the importance of ESG oversight, responsible use of data, integrity, and corporate governance in managing risks and fostering trust among various stakeholders.

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Director, Programs and Advisory

Competent Boards

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Training Manager

Good Governance Academy

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Wits Business School, 2 St Davids Pl, St Andrew Rd, Parktown, 

Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa

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Helle Bank Jorgensen

CEO, Competent Boards

Helle Bank Jorgensen is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable business practices, with a 30-year record of turning environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks into innovative and profitable business opportunities. She works with many global Fortune 500 board members and executives, as well as smaller companies and investors.

 

Helle is the founder and chief executive of Competent Boards, which offers online climate and ESG programs that draw on the experience of over 150 renowned board members, executives, and investors. Hundreds of directors and senior executives have enrolled in these programs to mitigate the risks and seize the opportunities presented by ESG and climate change.

 

A regular keynote speaker at major events, Helle is also the author of the newly published book Stewards of The Future: A Guide for Competent Boards, an Amazon bestseller. This book shows boards must have the insight and foresight to ask the right questions of management on complex issues such as climate change, ESG, corruption, cybersecurity, human trafficking and supply-chain resilience to realize long-term profits and sustainability.

 

Helle serves at:

  • Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence’s Sustainability & ESG Insights Council;
  • World Economic Forum (WEF) Expert Network for Corporate Governance, Leadership, and Emerging Multinationals;
  • His Royal Highness Prince of Wales A4S (Accounting for Sustainability) Global Expert Panel;
  • The Non-financial Digitisation Working Group of the Impact Management Project (IMP);
  • The Reuters Panel of Expert Judges for the Responsible Business Awards;
  • Canadian Climate Governance Experts –- a Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative.

She has served as the Chair of the European Sustainability Reporting Association (ESRA), the Global Compact Network Canada, Datamaran, and as a member of the Sustainability Advisory Panel of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the Sustainability Policy Group of the Institute of European Accountants (FEE).

 

She trained as a business lawyer and state-authorized public accountant (CPA) in Denmark, and holds a master’s degree in business administration and auditing. She is a former PwC audit and advisory partner in Denmark and the United States, leading the firm’s sustainability and climate practices.

Helle has pioneered corporate reporting of ESG as part of the widening recognition that environmental, social, and governance issues are a crucial contributor to any organization’s success—or failure. She created the world’s first “green account” based on lifecycle assessment, and the first integrated annual report that combines ESG with financial performance. She has worked on natural capital accounting for the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank.

 

In 2020 she was awarded the Global Impact Award and named one of “5 people in ESG to look out for,” and she was recently selected as one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in the Green Economy in the US and Canada for 2022. Helle is also the author of many thought-leading articles.

Marc Morley

Building Partnerships for an Ethical and Sustainable Future

Good Governance Academy: Training Manager

Marc switched careers from Finance in 2012, when he moved from corporates to start-ups.

 

Marc’s first initiative in this new capacity was to help ITWinners to grow. This company is focused on helping businesses achieve their strategic goals – by building and enhancing specific capabilities.

 

Subsequently, IT Winners has grown into Executive Education Online, an organization with a passion for ethical and sustainable change, focussing on education.

 

Marc joined the Good Governance Academy in 2023 as Training Manager in a collaboration arrangement between the Good Governance Academy and Executive Education Online.

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