ESG Readiness for Suppliers & Large SMEs: Respond with Confidence, Compete with Evidence
Practical ESG training for companies increasingly asked to provide sustainability and carbon information to customers, listed groups, lenders, investors and multinational supply-chain partners. Participants learn to interpret common ESG questionnaires, identify information the company can support and assemble a proportionate ESG data pack, without building a reporting system more complex than they need.
- Duration
- 1 day · 7 training hours
- Level
- Foundation
- Frameworks
- GHG Protocol, NSRF awareness, GRI awareness
- Format
- In-house classroom or live virtual
- Group size
- Up to 20 participants
- HRD Corp
- Claimable for eligible Malaysian employers
- Trainer
- Ong Su Faye, HRD Corp Accredited Trainer
Last updated
- A map of information commonly requested by MNC customers
- A minimum viable ESG data pack
- A list of internal data owners and supporting evidence
- A basic Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon estimate
- A consistent process for answering ESG questionnaires
- A commercially prioritised action plan
- Rules for avoiding unsupported sustainability claims
Owners, directors, finance teams, sales teams, procurement personnel, operations managers and ESG coordinators in large SMEs and supply-chain companies.
No prior sustainability-reporting experience is required.
The detailed outline comes as a PDF.
It covers course objectives, learning outcomes and the session-by-session timetable, with the trainer profile and HRD Corp claim guidance. We tailor it to your NSRF group, industry and reporting maturity before it goes to your HR team.
Request the PDF outline→- In-house classroom or live virtual delivery
- Up to 20 participants per session
- Exercises use fictional, anonymised or agreed non-confidential company information
- HRD Corp claimable for eligible Malaysian employers, subject to applicable requirements
- Customised to your industry, NSRF group and reporting maturity
- Participant templates and reference materials included
Ong Su Faye.
Director and Principal Consultant
- HRD Corp Accredited Trainer
- FSA Level II Candidate, Level I (Passed)
- SCR: Sustainability & Climate Risk (GARP)
- CIA: Certified Internal Auditor
- B. Business & Commerce, Monash University
Su Faye has over 10 years of consulting experience in ESG and sustainability advisory, built on foundations in governance, risk management and internal audit. She has led sustainability, risk and internal audit engagements for more than 100 companies across Malaysia, Singapore and the wider region.
Her work spans materiality assessments, ESG data collection and governance processes, and sustainability statements aligned with GRI, ISSB and TCFD. Earlier in her career she worked in external audit with a Big Four accounting firm, which is why every programme ends with evidence an assurance provider can follow.
ESG advisory services →Questions about this programme
Does my company have to report under the NSRF if we are not listed?
Only non-listed companies with annual revenue of RM2 billion and above fall under the NSRF, from 2027. Most SMEs are not directly in scope, but their customers are. Listed companies and multinationals need Scope 3 and supplier data, so the requests reach their suppliers first.
What goes into a minimum ESG data pack?
A company profile and reporting boundary, the policies you actually have, energy, emissions, water and waste figures, workforce and safety information, ethics and governance information, and a basic Scope 1 and Scope 2 estimate, each tied to a source record and a named data owner.
Is the ESG training for SMEs HRD Corp claimable?
Yes. It runs as one full day of 7 training hours, delivered by an HRD Corp Accredited Trainer, and is claimable for eligible Malaysian employers subject to the applicable claim requirements and your available levy.
Get the full outline for ESG Readiness for SMEs and Suppliers.
Tell us your NSRF group, financial year and team size. We reply within 2 working days with the PDF outline, trainer profile and HRD Corp claim guidance.