Enterprise Risk Management and Integrated Governance for Compliance (DIFC Compliance Series 2025)

Course Description

Delve into ERM fundamentals and governance structures supporting compliance. Learn how to identify compliance risks, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, design mitigation strategies, and establish monitoring and reporting mechanisms, while understanding board and senior management responsibilities.

Learning Objectives

• Understand enterprise risk management (ERM) principles in compliance
• Align enterprise risk management (ERM) with compliance and governance frameworks
• Learn governance frameworks for risk oversight
• Conduct compliance risk identification and assessment, including ESG factors
• Apply ESG considerations within risk assessment and management
• Design mitigation and control strategies
• Implement monitoring and reporting processes
• Understand stakeholder expectations and reporting obligations

Course Outline

• ERM concepts and benefits
• Governance structures for risk management
• Compliance risk identification and assessment, integrating ESG factors
• Applying ESG within risk mitigation and monitoring strategies
• Risk mitigation and control design
• Monitoring, reporting, and escalation
• Board and senior management roles

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Who Should Attend

• Risk professionals
• Compliance officers
• Governance professionals
• Legal and regulatory personnel
• Sustainability officers
• Executive leadership
• Aspiring compliance professionals
• Anyone interested in compliance risk and sustainability integration

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Why You Should Attend

• Enhance compliance programs with ERM best practices
• Strengthen governance for proactive risk management
• Improve risk-informed decision-making aligned with governance and sustainability
• Prepare organisations for regulatory and investor scrutiny
• Integrate ESG factors to support sustainable compliance frameworks

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Course Schedule & Delivery Format

• Date: Thursday 16 October 2025
• Time: 10am – 12pm
• Format: Live Online
• Venue: GoTo Webinar

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Additional Benefits

• Expert-led delivery by industry leaders
• Accreditation: 2 CLPD points and DFSA CPD compliance
• Certification: Certificate of Completion from DIFC Academy upon successful completion of the course

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