An enriched course on Social and Environmental Performance Management (SEPM), to deepen your knowledge of the Universal Standards and get trained to carry out quality SEPM audits.

For whom?
For learners wishing to build skills to conduct or analyze SPI audits: internal teams of financial service providers, consultants, investment managers, network teams, researchers, regulators.

Prerequisite: Validation of the eCourse “1/ Get started on SEPM”.

What you will learn:
• Explore in-depth the rationale and practices of each Dimension of the Universal Standards;
• Build and practice key assessment skills;
• Test SPI Online by working on a fictive case;
• Elaborate an SEPM action plan.

How it works:
• A cohort-based course over 9 weeks.
• Instructor-led, including 4 virtual classes, forum discussions, online material (videos, tutorials, interactive presentations, readings), practical exercises, and assignments to submit, including a mock audit.

When?
From October 5 to December 13, 2026.

What you will get:
Training certificate

Completion rules:
• All modules to be completed
• All 4 virtual classes to be attended. Virtual classes for this session are planned on the following dates:
- Week 1: Tuesday 13 October 8:30am - 9:30am UTC
- Week 4: Thursday 5 November 8:30am - 10:30am UTC
- Week 6: Thursday 12 November 8:30am - 10:30am UTC
- Week 9: Tuesday 8 December 8:30am - 10:30am UTC
(If you are based in the Americas, please contact us - we may adjust the class timing based on participants' time zones).
• All assignments to be submitted in due time, and validated by Cerise+SPTF instructors:
- Deadline for submitting the SPI5 Entry mock audit: Sunday 29st of November.

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