KICPA Opens 6th Session of ESG Academy by the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Lectures by Experts from the Big 4 Accounting Firms

The Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants (KICPA) announced on the 25th that it will open the "KICPA ESG Academy 6th Course."

The 6th course will begin on the 8th of next month and is structured into three stages of education: General, Advanced, and Certification courses on sustainability. It will be operated in a blended format consisting of a total of 40 lectures and 59 hours, including real-time Zoom lectures and video lectures.

A total of 32 instructors, including sustainability experts from the Big 4 accounting firms (Samil, Samjong, Anjin, and Hanyoung), will participate. The General course will run from April 7 to May 7 and covers essential and basic topics such as an introduction to sustainability, domestic and international trends, history and development, sustainability-related accounting and taxation, ESG evaluation, implementation of sustainable management, and reporting/disclosure standards and guidelines.

The Advanced course (May 14 to June 11) will expand the educational scope to topics such as sustainable finance, climate change, biodiversity, and human resources. The Certification course (June 18 to 25) will focus on sustainability report certification standards and practical cases.

The KICPA ESG Academy was established in November 2021 in response to the increasing demand for sustainability experts and the need for competency enhancement education, based on feedback from certified public accountant members. From the 3rd course offered in the second half of 2022, the target audience was expanded to include the general public, considering the demand from corporate practitioners.

During this course, both the General and Advanced courses are open to certified public accountants and the general public, while the Certification course is only available to certified public accountants. Registration for certified public accountants is possible through the KICPA Academy education site exclusively for CPAs, and the general public can register after signing up on the KICPA Academy education site for the general public.

The number of participants is limited to 200 certified public accountants and 150 general public members on a first-come, first-served basis. Certificates of completion will be issued upon 100% attendance and passing quizzes for each lecture. Additionally, the first lecture of the General course, "Introduction to Sustainability and Domestic and International Trends," will be available for free to anyone on the KICPA YouTube channel at 10 a.m. on the 8th of next month without separate registration.

A KICPA official stated, "This will be greatly helpful not only to certified public accountants preparing for sustainability information disclosure but also to corporate practitioners. We expect it to contribute to high-quality sustainability information disclosure through the cultivation of sustainability experts."

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