4 STANDALONE LIVE POLICY LABS
ESG Policy Drafting Workshops one theme, one afternoon, one finished draft.
Four separate 3-hour live sessions on the four policy families every ESG rating asks for: Environment, Labour & Human Rights, Business Ethics and Sustainable Procurement. Each lab is aligned with EcoVadis scoring logic and maps to GRI, CDP, BRSR and CSRD disclosure expectations. Taught by Pratiksha More.
Second cohort · 100+ professionals trained in our 2025 workshop · 7 seats already confirmed for this batch. Small cohort every group is reviewed personally.
WHAT EACH LAB COVERS
4 policy families · 1 drafting method · 8 frameworks
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Environment Policy Drafting
Energy, emissions, water, waste
02
Labour & Human Rights
Policy Drafting
Triggered by activity, size, geography
7
Business Ethics Policy Drafting
Anti-bribery, data, whistleblowing
0–100
Sustainable Procurement Policy Drafting
Supplier code, risk screening
3 hrs
Per live lab
5 Groups
Drafting exercise
11:00–14:00
IST
1 draft
You leave with it
Maps to EcoVadis, GRI, CDP, BRSR, CSRD, IFRS S1/S2 and more.
WORKSHOP 3
Business Ethics Policy Lab - EcoVadis, OECD & UNGC aligned
The smallest theme and the fastest to lose points on. Leave with a corruption, competition and information-security policy that holds up under rating and audit review.
Corruption (bribery, conflicts of interest, money laundering, fraud)
Anticompetitive Practices
Responsible Information Management
11:00 – 11:45AM
What sits inside the Ethics theme
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The three criteria and how weight shifts by sector and country risk
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Commercial, ethical and legal case for the policy
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Mapping anti-corruption and whistleblowing language to UNGC Principle 10, OECD Guidelines and CSRD governance disclosures
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Common rejection patterns on ethics uploads
12:30 – 13:15PM
SMART targets and mandatory elements
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Training coverage, whistleblowing volume, audit and investigation KPIs
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Whistleblower protection and non-retaliation wording
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Worked example, section by section
11:45 – 12:30PM
Material topics and risk mapping
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Corruption risk mapping by geography, third parties and transaction type
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Data protection and information security commitments that analysts accept
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Relevant SDG linkage (SDG 8, 10, 16) without greenwash
13:15 – 14:00PM
Live group lab + defence
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Drafting sprint
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Cross-group challenge
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Template pack walkthrough
Group exercise
Lab - Draft an anti-corruption and ethics policy
Subject line: "Write an ethics policy that covers corruption, competition and information security in one document."
35 minutes drafting + 10 minutes cross-review
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Groups build an ethics policy for an assigned company operating in a higher-risk geography, including whistleblowing and third-party due diligence.
INPUT
GUIDELINES
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Cover facilitation payments, gifts and hospitality with thresholds.
OUTPUT
Ethics policy draft covering all three criteria
GROUP ALLOCATION
Group 2 - Sun Pharma
Group 3 - Adani Ports
Group 4 - HCLTech
Group 5 - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Deliverable: Business ethics policy draft + whistleblowing and due diligence clauses.
Take-home exercise
Homework - Ethics policy and controversy screen
Run a controversy-style screen on one company and test whether its ethics policy would have prevented or mitigated the issues found.
Submit a 1-page screen summary with the drafted clause and control action.
WHAT YOU TAKE AWAY
WHO IS THIS SESSION FOR
Legal, compliance and company secretarial teams
INVESTMENT
Per workshop, or all four as a policy suite.
All prices are exclusive of GST.
Single workshop
₹3,500
One 3-hour live session, one theme, full template pack and recording.
Masterclass alumni
₹2,975
15% off any single workshop for participants of the 3-day masterclass.
Not sure which discount applies to you? Register and the team will confirm the correct fee before payment. EMI available.
ASSESSMENT & CERTIFICATE
You are assessed on work, not attendance.
The scoring logic, evidence expectations and climate depth have all tightened. Each of these is taught with current examples and current rejection patterns.
Mode of assessment
Short-answer questions on methodology, weightings and evidence rules
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Case-study assessment on a real published sustainability report
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Live group defence of your leak map, evidence pack and pitch
Pre-requisites
Working proficiency in English
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A diploma or degree in any discipline (or equivalent work experience)
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Ability to read a corporate sustainability / BRSR / ESG report unaided
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Laptop with a stable connection every lab is hands-on
Certificate
Certificate of completion issued by Sustainability101
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Awarded on attendance plus submission of all three lab deliverables
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Independent programme Sustainability101 is not an EcoVadis owned or EcoVadis-issued certification body.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
The questions we ask you back, before you pay.
We would rather you self-select out than sit through three days that were not built for you. Eligibility, outcomes, time commitment and exactly what Day 1 gives you all below.
CONSULTING & CORPORATE TRAINING
Need this delivered inside your organisation?
We do not just run open workshops. Sustainability101 has spent the last 5 years consulting on ESG ratings, disclosures and supplier assessments more than 40 projects across EcoVadis, BRSR, GRI, CDP, IFRS S1/S2 and policy drafting. If your team needs the same capability built in-house, we can design a private version of the EcoVadis Consultant Masterclass for you.
5+
Years of ESG consulting practice
40+
Live client projects delivered
100+
Professionals trained in 2025
REACH OUT
Tell us what you are trying to solve rating deadline, supplier request, board disclosure or team upskilling.
We will share a short diagnostic and a proposal within two working days.
Private cohorts for leadership & sustainability teams
BRSR / GRI / CDP / IFRS disclosure support
Custom templates, playbooks and train-the-trainer kits
EcoVadis readiness and score-improvement sprints
ESG policy drafting and supplier cascade programmes
Ongoing retainer support during rating windows
The batch is small on purpose. Seats are already moving.
Seven professionals have already filled the form. Join them and walk out in three days with consultant-level EcoVadis capability.



