29th – 31st October 2025
Dusit Thani Hotel, Dubai -U.A.E.
Course overview
In today’s volatile business environment, the ability to audit what truly drives corporate value — strategy and ESG — has become a mission-critical skill for internal auditors and governance professionals.
This powerful 3-day course blends the disciplines of strategic risk auditing and ESG assurance into one high-impact training. Participants will explore frameworks, real-world case studies, legislative insights, and practical tools to audit both traditional strategy and sustainability-linked initiatives. From strategy formulation to implementation, and from ESG materiality to performance reporting, this training prepares you to assess the risks that matter most to boards, CEOs, and regulators.
Whether your organization is refining its long-term strategy or embedding ESG into its core operations, this program equips you with the tools and mindset to deliver insightful, forward-looking audits that drive resilience, accountability, and sustainable impact.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand strategic risks and their role in shaping organizational performance.
- Evaluate the evolving responsibilities of internal audit in strategic and ESG domains.
- Assess the design and execution of corporate strategy and ESG initiatives.
- Identify critical risks in both strategy development and ESG materiality.
- Audit the integration of ESG within the broader business strategy.
- Apply global frameworks (CSRD, EU Taxonomy, CSDD) to ensure compliance and value alignment.
- Develop audit plans that address board-level risks, strategic KPIs, and ESG performance.
- Facilitate continuous monitoring and reporting of strategic and ESG risks.
- Consult with boards and executives on enhancing strategic governance.
- Bridge the gap between corporate purpose, strategy execution, and stakeholder expectations.