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Sustainability, ESG & Corporate Responsibility for Development Practice

Reading list

Every reading this course assigns, module by module, with the best free copy we could find.

10 readings10 free to read

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Module 1. Module 1: The Corporation as a Development Actor

  1. Ministry of Finance, Government of India (2026). Notes on Demands for Grants 2026-2027, Demand No. 46: Department of Health and Family Welfare. Union Budget.Read it free

Module 2. Module 2: Reading a Company Before You Meet It

This module assigns no readings.

Module 3. Module 3: Designing a Portfolio Against a Real District

This module assigns no readings.

Module 4. Module 4: Choosing and Negotiating with an Implementing Partner

This module assigns no readings.

Module 5. Module 5: Building a Measurement System a CFO Will Certify

This module assigns no readings.

Module 6. Module 6: Impact Assessment Under Rule 8(3)

This module assigns no readings.

Module 7. Module 7: The Value Chain as a Risk Surface

  1. United Nations (2011). Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Read it free

Module 8. Module 8: The E in ESG — What a Company Actually Emits

  1. Government of India (2022). India's Updated First Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement (2021-2030). Submitted to the UNFCCC.Read it free
  2. World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2004). The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, revised edition. WRI and WBCSD.Read it free
  3. World Resources Institute and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2011). Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard. WRI and WBCSD.Read it free
  4. International Carbon Action Partnership. India: Carbon Credit Trading Scheme. ICAP ETS factsheet.Read it free

Module 9. Module 9: The S in ESG — The Workforce a Company Does Not Employ

This module assigns no readings.

Module 10. Module 10: The G in ESG — Governance as the Predictor

This module assigns no readings.

Module 11. Module 11: Reading and Writing a BRSR

This module assigns no readings.

Module 12. Module 12: Global Frameworks, Ratings and Where the Money Actually Looks

  1. International Sustainability Standards Board (2023). IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information. IFRS Foundation.Read it free
  2. International Sustainability Standards Board (2023). IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures. IFRS Foundation.Read it free
  3. Global Reporting Initiative (2021). GRI Universal Standards (GRI 1, GRI 2 and GRI 3). GRI.Read it free

Module 13. Module 13: Capstone — A Three-Year Strategy for a Real Company and District

  1. United Nations (2011). Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' Framework. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Read it free