This course addresses one of the most complex areas in responsible investing: how to approach defence within ESG frameworks. It focuses on the practical and ethical questions investors face when evaluating defence-related assets.
The training examines how different frameworks treat defence, including exclusion policies, engagement approaches, and evolving regulatory expectations. It also looks at how geopolitical shifts are changing the role of defence in institutional portfolios.
The course does not take a predefined position. Instead, it provides the tools investors need to define their own approach, justify it internally, and communicate it clearly to stakeholders.
Anna-Stina Wiklund brings experience advising institutional investors on ESG integration, policy design, and complex sector-level decisions.
To register your interest in this course, contact team@globaladvisoryalliance.com
ESG Training Built around your portfolio, your assets, and your regulatory reality.
practitioner-led sessions for investment teams
and corporate leaders.
The ESG training market has expanded rapidly. Much of what it offers - self-paced modules, exam-based certificates, standardised curricula serves a general audience.
GAA training is designed for a different purpose: equipping investment teams and corporate leaders to act on the specific regulatory, market, and portfolio conditions
they face today.
Every session is delivered live by a practitioner - senior advisors who have led ESG functions for instance at AustralianSuper, HSBC, CGI, S&P Global or SGS and who have signed off on real transactions and real disclosures.
Participants engage directly with the practitioner, bringing the questions that matter to their deal, their portfolio, or their next regulatory submission. Sessions are built around the client's asset class, jurisdiction, and regulatory exposure.
For GAA member firms, training represents an additional dimension of alliance membership. Member firms access sessions at preferential rates, enabling them
to invest in the development of their own teams while drawing on the collective expertise of the alliance.
Alongside co-branded thought leadership, research, and the tools developed
within the network, GAA training reflects the alliance's commitment
to strengthening what member firms can offer - not simply connecting them.
The Global Advisory Alliance Training Portfolio
GAA training are designed for small teams facing real decisions - a portfolio review, a regulatory deadline, a cross-border transaction - who need senior judgement in the room.
Format
Each session is available as a standalone online or in-person training, an integrated programme across multiple topics, or a fully customised engagement built around your organisation's specific needs.
Trainers
Every session is delivered live by a senior practitioner - someone who has led ESG functions, signed off on real transactions, and advised at board level.
Price
Priced per person, with a minimum of five participants per cohort. GAA member firms access all sessions at preferential rates. Every engagement begins with a fixed price, a named trainer, and a tailored agenda - agreed in advance.
Best for
Investment teams and corporate leaders working through a specific decision, regulatory deadline, or reporting challenge. Each course is a specialist, practitioner-led engagement.
Global Supply Chains: Risks and Opportunities
Main Focus
Understand supply chains from an investor perspective
I dentify ESG risks and opportunities across global value chains
Structure
Module 1: Business case for supply chain analysis
Module 2: Policy and regulatory context and Scope 3
Module 3: Real-world risks and opportunities
Module 4: Future trends and challenges
Module 5: Data, governance, and decision-making tools
Designed for
Asset owners, Asset managers, Investment professionals
Creating and Implementing
a Supplier Code
of Conduct
Main Focus
Build and apply a supplier code of conduct
Move from policy to practical implementation
Structure
Module 1: Why supplier codes matter
Module 2: Regulatory expectations
Module 3: Core elements of a supplier codeLabour, environment, ethics
Module 4: Interactive drafting exercise
Module 5: Implementation and monitoring
Designed for
Asset owners and managers, Sustainability and procurement teams, Risk and compliance professionals
ESG Due Diligence in Infrastructure Investments (Private Markets & ESG)
Main Focus
Apply ESG in private markets, focused on infrastructure
Conduct due diligence and drive value post-investment
Structure
Module 1: Infrastructure ESG landscape
Module 2: Pre-investment due diligence
Module 3: Post-acquisition value creation
Module 4: Climate risk in infrastructure
Module 5: Stewardship in private markets
Designed for
Asset owners in private markets, Infrastructure investors, ESG and stewardship specialists
International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Developments
Main Focus
Understand and apply ISSB standards
Link sustainability disclosures to financial decision-making
Structure
Module 1: IFRS S1 and S2 overview
Module 2: Materiality, single, double, impact
Module 3: Climate disclosures and carbon pricing
Module 4: Board-level considerations and reporting
Designed for
Asset owners, Asset managers, Finance and reporting teams, Board and governance professionals
Selecting and Working with Managers
Main Focus
Select, assess, and manage external managers using ESG criteria
Strengthen oversight of asset managers and financial institutions
Structure
Module 1: Manager selection frameworks
Module 2: Assessing extra-financial performance
Module 3: Benchmarking and comparison
Module 4: Ongoing monitoring and engagement
Module 5: Governance and accountability
Designed for
Asset owners, Pension funds, Investment committees,
Family offices
CBAM & Carbon Reporting
Main Focus
Prepare organisations for Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) compliance
Build internal capability for carbon accounting, reporting, and verification
Structure
Module 1: CBAM fundamentals and ESG context
Module 2: GHG emissions and carbon accounting
Module 3: Financial and commercial impacts
Module 4: Supply chain and operational integration
Module 5: Verification and assurance readiness
Designed for
Corporate finance teams
Procurement and supply chain teams
Operations and manufacturing leaders
Sustainability teams
Senior management and boards
Coming Soon - Responsible Defence Investment
For Investors - Anna-Stina Wiklund
Learn From Practitioners
Our training is delivered by advisors who have built ESG functions, led transactions, and worked inside investment teams and operating businesses.
The same advisors you see here also design and deliver our courses. They bring direct experience from pension funds, asset managers, corporates, and private markets.
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