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Principles of Materiality, Responsiveness, Inclusivity, and Impact

In this course, students will take a deep dive into the AA1000 AccountAbility standard and its four Principles: Inclusivity, Materiality, Responsiveness and Impact and how they integrate to develop a very well thought out framework.

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Course Info

  • Duration 8 video lessons (61 Mins)
  • Published Published
    2021
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    1.
    Introduction
    Chapter Duration 2 mins
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    The AA1000 AccountAbility Principles
    Chapter Duration 10 mins
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    3.
    Importance of Inclusivity
    Chapter Duration 8 mins
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    What Is Materiality?
    Chapter Duration 11 mins
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    How to Integrate the Principle of Responsiveness
    Chapter Duration 5 mins
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    The Principle of Impact
    Chapter Duration 9 mins
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    Applying The AccountAbility Principles
    Chapter Duration 4 mins
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    Advantages of Implementing the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles
    Chapter Duration 9 mins

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the meaning of materiality as it pertains to an organization and its stakeholders
  • Gain a deeper understanding of the Principles of Materiality and how to apply them to any organization
  • Identify the appropriate stakeholders and ways to engage
  • Familiarity with the 17 UN SDGs
  • Exposure to the different KPIs under ESG Pillars
  • Identify appropriate sustainability frameworks

 

Course Description

To make good decisions and actions, an organization and its stakeholders need to know what issues are material to the sustainability performance of the organization. But, to determine what is material, a materiality assessment process is vital. A materiality assessment is designed to ensure that comprehensive and balanced information is entered and then analyzed. In this course, students will take a deep dive into the AA1000 AccountAbility standard and its four principles—Inclusivity, Materiality, Responsiveness, and Impact—and how they integrate into a rational framework. The student will learn how to apply these principles and understand their benefits, not only to the organizations executing this standard, but also to all relevant internal and external stakeholders. The course also dives into AA1000SES, the Stakeholder Engagement framework designed to identify, plan, prepare, implement, act, review, and improve on a meaningful and effective process. This is also an integral component of a successful sustainability practice within an organization.

By the end of this course, students will gain the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively integrate the AA1000 AccountAbility Principles standard into their organization’s business and non-business operations.

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  • Civic Engagement
  • Communications & Media
  • Equity
  • Research Methods
  • Sustainability

AICP CM

This course is approved for 1 AICP CM Credit.

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Carlos Zapata

Carlos Zapata

Carlos Zapata is a Sustainability and ESG professional who is a graduate of Yale's MBA in Sustainability.

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