You can jump directly to each course:
+ ESG Due Diligence in Infrastructure Investments
+ Sustainability & ESG Strategy for Senior Leaders
+ CBAM & Carbon Reporting Training
+ IFRS S1 & S2 / Sustainability Reporting
+ Responsible Defence Investment
Each course can be delivered as:
+ Standalone training (online format or in-person)
+ Integrated programme
+ Fully customised to your organisation
ESG Training For Investors And Corporates
Built for investment teams and operating businesses who need to apply ESG in real decisions
Responsible investing and sustainability are no longer optional. They are now embedded in regulation, capital allocation, and business strategy. Expectations from regulators, investors, and stakeholders are rising across all markets.Investors and corporates, however, face fundamentally different challenges.
Investment teams must assess ESG risks before capital is deployed, integrate ESG into due diligence and portfolio management, and respond to increasing LP scrutiny. At the same time, corporates are required to align with evolving regulatory frameworks, build internal systems for data and reporting, and embed ESG into governance and day-to-day operations.
Most training programmes do not reflect this distinction. They remain generic, compliance-led, and disconnected from how decisions are actually made.Our training is designed differently. We work with both investors and corporates, tailoring each programme to the specific decisions, responsibilities, and pressures your team faces.
The focus is practical application — turning ESG from something you understand into something your team can apply in decisions, processes, and reporting.
Our Training Courses
ESG Due Diligence in Infrastructure Investments
For Investors - Kelly Christodoulou
This course focuses on how ESG is applied at deal level in infrastructure investing. It addresses a gap most investors face: strong policy frameworks, but limited capability when it comes to assessing real assets before and after acquisition.
The training covers how to build a structured ESG due diligence approach, identify material risks early, and reflect ESG findings in valuation and investment decisions. It also looks at what happens after the deal closes — including how to design 100-day ESG action plans, set measurable KPIs, and report to boards.
A core part of the course is climate risk in infrastructure. Participants work through how physical and transition risks affect assets such as ports, data centres, and transport networks, and how these risks can be assessed and managed in practice.
The course is based on real transaction experience. Kelly Christodoulou led ESG due diligence across infrastructure portfolios at AustralianSuper, including assets such as Peel Ports in the UK and large-scale data centre investments.
The training covers how to build a structured ESG due diligence approach, identify material risks early, and reflect ESG findings in valuation and investment decisions. It also looks at what happens after the deal closes — including how to design 100-day ESG action plans, set measurable KPIs, and report to boards.
A core part of the course is climate risk in infrastructure. Participants work through how physical and transition risks affect assets such as ports, data centres, and transport networks, and how these risks can be assessed and managed in practice.
The course is based on real transaction experience. Kelly Christodoulou led ESG due diligence across infrastructure portfolios at AustralianSuper, including assets such as Peel Ports in the UK and large-scale data centre investments.
CBAM & Carbon Reporting Training
For Corporates - Indika Edussuriya
This course focuses on the operational and financial implications of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It is designed for organisations that need to move from high-level awareness to actual reporting and compliance.
The training starts with the structure of CBAM and its impact on energy use, emissions, and international trade. It then moves into how emissions are calculated, monitored, and reported, using the GHG Protocol and related standards.
A key part of the course is how CBAM affects internal functions. Finance teams look at cost impacts, pricing, and financial reporting. Procurement teams address supply chain data and embedded emissions. Operations teams focus on measurement, monitoring, and process alignment.
The programme also covers verification requirements, including how to prepare for third-party assurance and how to build internal systems that support consistent reporting.
Indika Edussuriya brings hands-on experience in emissions accounting, supply chain integration, and CBAM readiness across industrial and manufacturing environments.
The training starts with the structure of CBAM and its impact on energy use, emissions, and international trade. It then moves into how emissions are calculated, monitored, and reported, using the GHG Protocol and related standards.
A key part of the course is how CBAM affects internal functions. Finance teams look at cost impacts, pricing, and financial reporting. Procurement teams address supply chain data and embedded emissions. Operations teams focus on measurement, monitoring, and process alignment.
The programme also covers verification requirements, including how to prepare for third-party assurance and how to build internal systems that support consistent reporting.
Indika Edussuriya brings hands-on experience in emissions accounting, supply chain integration, and CBAM readiness across industrial and manufacturing environments.
Sustainability & ESG Strategy for Senior Leaders
For Corporates — Kelly Christodoulou
This course is designed for senior management teams who need to take responsibility for ESG at organisational level. It focuses on how ESG connects to regulation, access to capital, and long-term business positioning.
Participants work through the key regulatory frameworks shaping the European and global landscape, including CSRD, ESRS, and the EU Taxonomy. The course then moves into how these requirements translate into internal decisions — governance structures, risk mapping, and accountability at board and executive level.
A central part of the programme is double materiality. The training shows how to assess both financial risk and external impact, and how to use this analysis to prioritise actions and allocate resources.
The course includes an optional in-house session where leadership teams review their current position, identify gaps, and define a practical action plan tailored to their business.
Kelly Christodoulou brings an investor perspective to the training, drawing on her experience working with global pension funds and advising companies on ESG strategy and resilience.
Participants work through the key regulatory frameworks shaping the European and global landscape, including CSRD, ESRS, and the EU Taxonomy. The course then moves into how these requirements translate into internal decisions — governance structures, risk mapping, and accountability at board and executive level.
A central part of the programme is double materiality. The training shows how to assess both financial risk and external impact, and how to use this analysis to prioritise actions and allocate resources.
The course includes an optional in-house session where leadership teams review their current position, identify gaps, and define a practical action plan tailored to their business.
Kelly Christodoulou brings an investor perspective to the training, drawing on her experience working with global pension funds and advising companies on ESG strategy and resilience.
IFRS S1 & S2 / Sustainability Reporting
For Investors - Rebecca Self & Joel Aymon
This course focuses on the new global baseline for sustainability disclosures under IFRS S1 and S2. It is designed for investors who need to understand how sustainability risks and opportunities are reflected in financial reporting.
Participants work through the structure of the ISSB standards, including how material information is defined, how disclosures are scoped, and how climate-related risks are reported. The course also covers how IFRS S1 and S2 connect with existing frameworks such as TCFD.
A central theme is decision-useful information. The training looks at how sustainability disclosures can be assessed, compared, and used in investment analysis, rather than treated as standalone reporting.
The course also addresses implementation challenges — including data quality, internal controls, and how companies are likely to approach compliance across different markets.
Rebecca Self and Joel Aymon bring a finance and accounting perspective to the training, with experience advising organisations on sustainability reporting, IFRS alignment, and governance structures.
Participants work through the structure of the ISSB standards, including how material information is defined, how disclosures are scoped, and how climate-related risks are reported. The course also covers how IFRS S1 and S2 connect with existing frameworks such as TCFD.
A central theme is decision-useful information. The training looks at how sustainability disclosures can be assessed, compared, and used in investment analysis, rather than treated as standalone reporting.
The course also addresses implementation challenges — including data quality, internal controls, and how companies are likely to approach compliance across different markets.
Rebecca Self and Joel Aymon bring a finance and accounting perspective to the training, with experience advising organisations on sustainability reporting, IFRS alignment, and governance structures.
Responsible Defence Investment
For Investors - Anna-Stina Wiklund
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.
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.
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Our responsible investing services:
- Responsible Investment Framework Design.
- Stewardship & Proxy Voting.
- ESG Due Diligence (Pre-Investment).
- SFDR & Regulatory Readiness.
- Climate Risk Integration.
GAA Investor Advisory is a capability of the Global Advisory Alliance
The GAA is an independent alliance of ESG consulting specialists dedicated to governance, sustainability, and responsible investing. Founded 2025. Members across five continents. Each member firm operates independently..
We hold no financial products, manage no assets, and have no commercial relationships with the companies we help clients assess. Our responsible investing advice is independent by design.
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The advice you need comes from people who have actually done it. Every GAA member has led change at board level, built sustainability strategy from scratch, or navigated governance failure in real time. No juniors. Just experienced advisors who know what works.
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