ESG Readiness
for Malaysian SMEs

[100% HRDF CLAIMABLE, PAY RM0]
MASTER ESG. MEASURE CARBON. Build practical ESG capability, understand GHG & carbon accounting, and prepare for ESG reporting. Get a complete ESG Toolkit with practical knowledge you can apply immediately in your workplace. This can helping your organisation potentially SAVE UP TO RM30,000 in external ESG consulting costs.

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ESG Readiness for Malaysian SMEs

ESG Readiness
for Malaysian SMEs

[100% HRDF CLAIMABLE, PAY RM0]
MASTER ESG. MEASURE CARBON. Build practical ESG capability, understand GHG & carbon accounting, and prepare for ESG reporting. Get a complete ESG Toolkit with practical knowledge you can apply immediately in your workplace. This can helping your organisation potentially save up to RM30,000 in external ESG consulting costs.

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ESG Readiness for Malaysian SMEs

ESG, GHG & Carbon Accounting: The Next Business Transformation.

ESG is no longer only a reporting topic for large corporations. For Malaysian SMEs, ESG is increasingly becoming a business-readiness issue — especially when customers, PLCs, banks, investors, multinational companies and supply-chain partners ask for sustainability information, carbon data or evidence of responsible business practices.

This practical one-day executive programme helps SME owners, directors and senior management understand what ESG means in business terms, what Malaysian companies need to know about the National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NSRF), IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, how GHG and carbon accounting works, what data to start collecting, and how to turn ESG from a compliance concern into a practical business improvement and decarbonisation roadmap.

Who Should Attend

  • SMEs supplying PLCs, MNCs or export-oriented customers
  • SME owners, founders and directors
  • Managing directors, CEOs and general managers
  • CFOs, finance managers and business controllers
  • Operations, procurement, HR and sustainability leads
  • Companies preparing for customer ESG questionnaires, carbon-footprint requests or sustainability requirements

Course duration

2 Days

Course fee

RM 2,700

What you will get?

  • Understand ESG in simple, practical terms — including GHG, carbon footprint, net zero and carbon neutrality.
  • Assess your company’s ESG readiness and identify key gaps.
  • Know what ESG and carbon data to collect, where to get it and who is responsible.
  • Understand Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and how they apply to your business.
  • Start preparing your company’s carbon footprint using a practical approach.
  • Identify practical opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and operating costs.
  • Understand how Malaysian ESG requirements may affect your business and customers.
  • Be better prepared to respond to ESG and carbon data requests from PLCs and larger customers.
  • Use practical ESG tools and templates to organise your data and reporting.
  • Be better prepared for green financing and sustainability-linked funding opportunities by strengthening your ESG readiness and data. 

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Delivery Method
Hybrid (Face-to-Face / Online)

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What you will learn?

Module 1
Why ESG Is Becoming a Business Issue

  • Understand ESG in simple, practical business terms.
  • Identify the key ESG issues that can affect your business.
  • Understand why PLCs and larger customers may ask SMEs for ESG and carbon information.
  • Recognise the commercial risks of being unprepared.
  • Identify where ESG can create opportunities to reduce cost, risk and resource use.
  • Understand the difference between ESG and carbon management.
  • Understand how ESG practices can help your company access green financing and sustainability-linked funding opportunities.
  • Learn how to start building ESG capability without trying to do everything at once.

Module 2
Malaysian ESG Landscape: NSRF, SDEG & IFRS S1/S2

  • Understand National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NSRF) and Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide (SEDG)
  • Understand the role of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2.
  • Understand how Bursa Malaysia's sustainability requirements are evolving.
  • Understand the difference between direct regulatory requirements and indirect supply-chain requirements.
  • Recognise how PLCs, MNCs, banks and larger customers may pass ESG requirements down to SMEs.
  • Understand why SMEs should prepare before ESG requirements reach them.
  • Identify the ESG and sustainability information your business should start preparing.

Module 3
ESG Readiness Assessment

  • Understand what ESG readiness means for an SME.
  • Assess your current ESG capability across key business areas.
  • Identify gaps in governance, policies, data, environmental management and reporting.
  • Identify who currently owns ESG-related information in your organisation.
  • Identify missing evidence and documentation.
  • Understand which ESG issues are most material to your business.
  • Prioritise quick wins instead of trying to solve everything at once.
  • Complete a practical ESG readiness self-assessment.

Module 4
ESG Data: What Companies Actually Need to Collect

  • Understand what ESG data your business actually needs.
  • Identify data from energy, fuel, water, waste, employees, safety, procurement and governance.
  • Find ESG data that may already exist within your organisation.
  • Identify the data owner, source, frequency and evidence for each data item. 
  • Build a simple ESG data register.
  • Understand basic data-quality requirements.
  • Identify common ESG data mistakes and gaps.
  • Create a simple process for collecting and storing ESG evidence.

Module 5
GHG Protocol & Carbon Accounting

  • Understand what GHG accounting is and why companies do it.
  • Understand the role of the GHG Protocol.
  • Understand the basic carbon-accounting calculation.
  • Understand activity data and emission factors.
  • Understand what CO₂e means.
  • Understand organisational and operational boundaries.
  • Understand what information is needed to build a basic GHG inventory.
  • Recognise the importance of data quality, assumptions and documentation.
  • Complete a simple carbon-accounting calculation.

Module 6
Understanding Scope 1, Scope 2 & Scope 3

  • Understand the difference between Scope 1, 2 and 3.
  • Identify common Scope 1 emissions in an SME.
  • Identify Scope 2 emissions from purchased energy.
  • Understand the value-chain concept behind Scope 3.
  • Understand the 15 Scope 3 categories at a practical level.
  • Identify which Scope 3 categories may be relevant to your business.
  • Understand why Scope 3 can be more challenging to measure.
  • Understand the difference between a corporate carbon footprint and product carbon footprint.
  • Practise classifying real business activities into the correct scope.

Module 7
Decarbonisation Opportunities

  • Understand how to move from measurement to action.
  • Identify energy-saving opportunities.
  • Identify transport and logistics improvement opportunities.
  • Identify procurement and material opportunities. 
  • Identify waste-reduction and circularity opportunities.
  • Identify opportunities to work with suppliers. 
  • Separate quick wins from longer-term projects.
  • Evaluate potential actions based on impact, cost, effort and business value.
  • Avoid investing in "green" projects without a clear business case.

Module 8
Building an ESG Roadmap

  • Understand how to build a practical ESG roadmap.
  • Prioritise ESG initiatives based on business needs.
  • Set clear responsibilities and ownership.
  • Establish ESG milestones and timelines.
  • Develop practical ESG KPIs.
  • Identify the policies and processes that need to be strengthened.
  • Integrate ESG into management and operational processes.
  • Establish a regular ESG review and monitoring process.
  • Connect ESG activities to business objectives.

Module 9
AI for ESG

  • Identify practical AI applications for ESG.
  • Use AI to research and summarise ESG information.
  • Organise and classify ESG documents and evidence.
  • Use AI to analyse ESG questionnaires.
  • Map ESG questions to data owners and evidence.
  • Use AI to identify information gaps.
  • Use AI to support ESG policy and document drafting.
  • Understand AI hallucination, accuracy and confidentiality risks.
  • Learn where human judgement is still essential.
  • Build a simple human-in-the-loop AI + ESG workflow.

Module 10
Your 90-Day ESG Action Plan

  • Identify the first ESG actions your organisation should take.
  • Select the most important 5–10 priorities.
  • Assign clear owners and deadlines.
  • Establish your ESG data collection process.
  • Start building your Scope 1 and Scope 2 baseline.
  • Identify relevant Scope 3 areas.
  • Select practical ESG and carbon quick wins.
  • Define initial ESG KPIs.
  • Establish management review points.
  • Build the next 6–12 month ESG roadmap.

Certified Head Trainer

Certified Digital Facebook Marketing Trainer - Johnson Lai

About Johnson Lai

Johnson Lai is a pioneer in the digital marketing landscape, holding the distinction of being one of the first few Facebook Certified Lead Trainers in Malaysia and the first to achieve this prestigious badge in Johor Bahru. With a rare combination of MBA-level strategic thinking and deep-in-the-trenches technical execution, Johnson doesn’t just teach theory, he delivers actionable, ROI-focused frameworks that empower businesses to dominate their digital space. 

Certifications

About Grace Oh

With over 3 decades of experience across multi-national companies and public listed companies, Grace brings a unique blend of financial rigor and sustainability expertise as an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practitioner. Having served as a head of corporate finance and an MBA graduate from Nottingham Trent University, she possesses a deep-rooted understanding of the Malaysian corporate landscape, from managing Bursa Malaysia reporting and internal audits to navigating complex tax incentives and manufacturing licenses. This extensive background allows her to approach ESG not as an isolated compliance task, but as a strategic financial and operational imperative that influences risk management, corporate insurance, and long-term bank financing.

As the designated Sustainability Liaison Officer in her previous organization, she has moved beyond theory to lead the practical implementation and execution of ESG programs for the whole organizations. Her experience is centered on the "hands-on" reality of sustainability, where she spearheads the mobilization of various departments to streamline ESG data collection and compilation. By bridging the gap between frontline operations and executive reporting, she ensures ESG disclosures support a transition toward genuine, transparent value creation.

In her capacity as a consultant, she translates national frameworks and guides like National Sustainability Reporting Framework (NRSF), Bursa Malaysia Listing Requirements and Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide (SEDG) into actionable roadmaps that resonate with stakeholders at every level, from operational staff to Board Directors.

Certifications

  • MBA (Finance) – Nottingham Trent University

About Dr. Kuan Chi Meng

Dr. Kuan is an experienced management consultant and Certified and Accredited Trainer (HRD Corp) with 30+ years of professional industry experience spanning multinational organizations across diverse industries. His extensive career includes leadership roles such as General Manager, Country Manager, Head of Sales, National Sales Manager and Division Manager with renowned multinational companies including Schneider Electric (French), Schutz (German), Jungheinrich (German), and Munters (Swedish). As a trained engineer who evolved into a Subject Matter Expert, Dr. Kuan brings a unique blend of technical acumen and strategic business insight to his training and consulting practice.

Dr. Kuan graduated with a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and an MBA from University of East London (UK). His academic credentials are complemented with published research in international peer-reviewed business management journals, including studies on managerial coaching and organizational performance. His doctoral thesis explored the relationship between employee work performance, managerial coaching, coachability and self-efficacy, demonstrating his commitment to evidence-based management practices.

Dr. Kuan's training expertise encompasses Leadership Development, Developing Essential Management Skills with AI, Effective Sales Management, Strategic Key Account Management, Mastering Consultative Selling Skills, The Art of Managerial Coaching, Crafting KPI Performance Management and ESG Programs. His flagship Program, "ESG Reporting for SMEs” which is 100% HRD Corp Claimable, is particularly sought-after and uniquely supports the country in promoting the integration of Sustainability and ESG Initiatives into the business operations within the SMEs. With 20+ years of training, consulting and coaching experience, as both an internal and external facilitator, Dr. Kuan excels at developing leadership capabilities and driving organizational performance improvements.

Certifications

  • Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) – Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
  • MBA – University of East London (UK)

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