Certificate in Just Transition, Human Rights & Social Sustainability

About this course

Equips practitioners to apply UNGP-aligned human rights due diligence, design just transition plans, and report under CSDDD, ESRS S1–S4 and ISSB-aligned social topics.

Foundation programme covering human rights, just transition, value-chain social due diligence, and ESRS S1–S4 disclosure.

What you'll be able to do

• Apply UNGPs and salient-issue analysis.
• Plan and execute a just transition with workers and communities.
• Run tiered social due diligence across the value chain.
• Produce credible ESRS S1–S4 and ISSB-aligned social disclosures.

Syllabus — 8 modules

1. 01
   Human rights, business and the UNGPs

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
2. 02
   Just transition and worker engagement

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
3. 03
   Value-chain social due diligence

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
4. 04
   Reporting and assurance for social topics

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
5. 05
   ESRS S1–S4 in depth

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
6. 06
   Supply-chain HRDD & CSDDD

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
7. 07
   Modern slavery, child labour & remediation

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz
8. 08
   Just-transition finance & community investment

   8 lessons · narrated slides · module quiz

Standards & references

• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
• European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) — EFRAG
• IFRS S1 — General Sustainability Disclosures (ISSB)