In the Strategic Risk Reduction: Embedding ESG & SDG Aspects into Decision-Making course, delegates will learn about the sustainability framework, and how it functions as a means to focus on, identify, and integrate short and long-term social, environmental and financial considerations into the planning, decision-making and operational strategies of proposed infrastructure and developments.
Using the framework, delegates also gain a means to improve transparency of proposed plans amongst design teams and stakeholders involved in the process.
Dates: November 22, 29, December 6, 2021
Duration: 12 hours – 3 live-session hours over 3 days, plus 1 hour/week review
Time: 7:00am - 10:00 am PST - Check the exact time and date in your city here.
See below for course policy
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course you will:
- Have a good understanding of mining-relevant ESG and SDG considerations,
- Have a transparent framework to engage multi-discipline teams in dialogue about these issues
- Understand how the P5 framework can support performance gap assessments on current projects
- Be able to utilize the P5 framework to compare design and process options for any evaluation within a project, with multi-discipline, multi-stakeholder teams
- Be able to demonstrate how and why a decision was made between project options
- Facilitate making sustainability-informed decisions and recommendations – for the best possible outcomes of a project.
Course Structure and Delivery
This course will be taught live - virtually, in a group setting over the course of three x 3-hour sessions, with a large proportion of time dedicated to applied and interactive exercises.
The course will be a blend of hands-on and own-project learning, and as such more than half of the class duration will involve active, applied work within the class.
Exercises will include:
- Ice-breaker exercises – to help engage the class at the start of each session, and encourage recognition of differing perspectives, knowledge and experiences
- Extended breakout discussions – around the 5Ps for a particular case study, to help gain a full appreciation of how these relate to real projects & how we might prioritize aspects
- Staged and directed brainstorming – around various options for an example project component, including related risks and requirements, and possible concerns or benefits, utilizing checklists and examples
- Extended breakout discussions – to compare and contrast, then rank potential solutions on a case study, taking into account the numerous requirements, pros and cons of each
- Presentation and comparison of results from various “teams” in the classroom