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SUBJECT:

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) – PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE- CS

PROFESSIONAL- NEW COURSE -2022
1. Examining the case in the light of relevant provisions covered under the Companies Act,
2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regula ons, 2015, answer the following ques ons
a. the liabili es of the Independent Directors
b. explain the provisions of LODR rela ng to directors inter se rela onship
2. Briefly state the advantages the company may derive from ‘Business Con nuity Plan’, ‘ESG
Commi ee’, ‘Management of Conflict of Interest’ and ‘Policy on Related Party Transac ons’.
3. explain how CSR Impact Assessment is going to change the CSR landscape in India
4. Need For Corporate Governance -PAGE 5
5. Elements / Scope Of Good Corporate
Governance-PAGE 7
6. Kyoto Protocol & IR (Integrated Repor ng)-
PAGE 15, 17
7. Sustainable Development Goals-PAGE 18
8. Kau lya’s fourfold duty of a king- PAGE 25
9. Corporate Governance In India – ANY 4
Including Na onal Guidelines on Responsible
Business Conduct (NGRBC)-PAGE 30
10. 1992 COSO issued Internal Control –
Integrated Framework & Sarbanes – Oxley (SOX) Act - PAGE 32
11. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002-PAGE 37
12. King IV Principles-PAGE 46
13. Oecd Principles Of Corporate Governance-PAGE 47
14. The Ins tute of Directors (IOD), UK & ) Interna onal Corporate Governance Network-PAGE 57
15. Interna onal Integrated Repor ng Council (IIRC)-PAGE 61
16. Role of stakeholders in corporate governance- Regula on 4(2)(d):-PAGE 69
17. Du es of Directors – Sec on 166- PAGE 73
18. Basel Commi ee Principals on Corporate Governance – PAGE 75
19. Fit and Proper’ Criteria for Elected Directors on the Boards of State Bank of India and
Na onalised Banks-PAGE 77
20. Fit and Proper Criteria NBFC- PAGE 81
21. Fit and Proper Criteria Insurance Company – PAGE 88
22. Audit Commi ee (Mandatory) & . Risk Management Commi ee (Mandatory) -PAGE 90
23. Nomina on and Remunera on Commi ee (Mandatory) & Corporate Social Responsibility
Commi ee (‘CSR Commi ee’) (Mandatory) PAGE 93
24. With Profits Commi ee-PAGE 94
25. Whistle Blower Policy & Best Prac ces in designing and implemen ng effec ve whistle
blowing mechanism-PAGE 101 & PAGE 363

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26. Stewardship Code for Insurers in India-PAGE 102

27. DPE Guidelines on CSR and Sustainability for CPSEs- PAGE 113
28. Board Effec veness and factors which effect the same – PAGE 120
29. Composi on of the Board of Director – Regula on 17(1)(a)-PAGE 122
30. Independent Director, Appointment, Reappointment And Removal As Per Companies Act,
2013-PAGE 133
31. You as a company Secretary are required to prepare a dra of valid ques ons for the purpose
of Board evalua on -PAGE 146 & Evalua on of Independent Directors
32. Disclosure of Interest by Director – Sec on 184-PAGE 162
33. Separa on of Role of Chairman and Chief Execu ve Officer-PAGE 170
34. Board Effec veness and the Role of Company Secretary-PAGE 180
35. succession planning & Leading Prac ce – PAGE 183
36. Meaning of Related Party Transac ons-PAGE 184
37. Meaning of unpublished price sensi ve informa on-PAGE 192
38. Training of Directors , Board Charter , Lead Independent Director
39. explain the importance of Secretarial Standards & Non-Applicable of SS1 -PAGE 206
40. Prior In ma ons – Regula on 29-PAGE 212
41. Unpublished Price Sensi ve Informa on- PAGE 214
42. Passing of Resolu on by Circula on and things which can’t be approved by Circula on-PAGE
220
43. Disclosures under companies act 2013 vs. Disclosure under SEBI LODR Regula on-PAGE 225
44. Good Prac ces in Convening Board Mee ngs -PAGE 227

Comment on below:

1. Minutes of Mee ng & Specific Contents of Minutes- PAGE 222

2. need and advantages of Commi ee Management?-PAGE 236
3. Chairman of the Audit Commi ee & Audit Commi ee Mee ng
4. Some Unique challenges/ Governance issues of family businesses-PAGE 261
5. Factors that cause major difference between Promoter Driven Vs Professionally Managed
Companies- PAGE 266
6. Management Discussion and Analysis & Corporate Governance Report-PAGE 291
7. Statement of devia on(s) or varia on(s)-PAGE 296
8. Composi on of Audit Commi ee - Sec on 177(8}-
9. Board’s Report & Disclosure- ANY 5 – PAGE 299
10. Regula on 46 of the SEBI (LODR) Regula on,2015- Website Disclosure- PAGE 310
11. Difference Between Data Governance And Data Management- PAGE 325
12. principles of data governance
13. Data Governance in E-Commerce-PAGE 344
14. Comment on “Neither laws nor judges can bring any results un l someone condemns the
lawbreakers”& Need of Whistle Blowers - PAGE 356
15. Meaning of Sexual Harassment & its consequences-PAGE 372 & PAGE 373
16. Legisla ve Framework In India Supplemen ng The Whistleblowing Mechanism-PAGE 359
17. Give salient features of POSH Act of India-
18. Vishaka vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors., JT 1997 (7) SC 384 (Bhanwari Devi Case) -PAGE 374
19. Business Ethics & Its Principles & Advantage – PAGE 396
20. Five Bo om Lines of the future-PAGE 398
21. Ethical Dilemma & Steps to Resolving an Ethical Dilemma – PAGE 402 &407

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22. Difference between a Code of ethics and Code of conduct-PAGE 412

23. composi on of the Lokpal?- PAGE 436
24. Icsi An Bribery Code-PAGE 451
25. Exemplary Approach of Indian Companies in
crea ng Posi ve Environmental Impacts – Based
on Annual Reports of 2021-22-PAGE 483
26. Csr Under The Companies Act, 2013 & CSR
Expenditure & Different modes of incurring CSR
Expenditure-PAGE 516 , PAGE 519
27. Impact Assessment-PAGE 522 & CSR Policies
Ac vi es – Schedule VII- & Ac vi es do not
qualify as eligible CSR ac vity-PAGE 523
28. United Na on’s Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)? -PAGE 526
29. Green Bonds-PAGE 544
30. Key ini a ves undertaken by the Government of India to provide fillip to renewable energy-
PAGE 550
31. two kinds of wastes and ways to manage the same – PAGE 562
32. E-Waste Management & Measure to Reduce E-Waste-PAGE 568
33. Global Repor ng Ini a ve-PAGE 578
34. 3 pillars of sustainability
35. Role Of Investor Associa ons In Corporate Governance- PAGE 588
36. Proxy Advisory Firms and their func ons- PAGE 590
37. ESG Investment As An Influencer Of Good Corporate Governance -PAGE 602
38. List out few ini a ves undertaken by ICSI towards corporate governance
39. Social Audit and CS as Social Auditor- PAGE 622
40. How Ar ficial Intelligence and other technological developments are going to change the
role of Company Secretary in future
41. Risk Assessment & its Process -PAGE 639
42. Fraud risk management processes -PAGE 643
43. Applicability of Provisions of Internal Audit-PAGE 648
44. business con nuity Plan And Its Component – PAGE 657
45. Rela onship between Business Con nuity Plan, Crisis management and Disaster recovery
plan in corporate world-PAGE 662
46. Cyber Security Risk Management Process-page 664
47. Controllable and Un-controllable Risks
48. different types of Financial and Non-financial Risk
49. Meaning Of Sustainability Audit & Its Importance-PAGE 706
50. What do you understand about ESG Ra ngs
51. Integrated Repor ng and its Benefit
52. Business Responsibility And Sustainability Repor ng -page 764
53. Nine principles of the NGRBC- PAGE 771
54. Explain how CSR Impact Assessment is going to change the CSR landscape in India

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