🧭 Management Strategy · Trends
ESG and Paperless
⏱ Training hours2 hours
🏢 FormatOn-site delivery · Customized design
👤 InstructorJohn Kim
✅ Key outcomeBetter ESG performance through lower paper, printing and shipping costs and reduced CO₂ emissions
ESG and Paperless is a 2-hour intensive course on the three core elements of ESG management (Environmental, Social, Governance) and global regulatory changes. You learn how to build a paperless work environment through digital transformation. Taught by John Kim, CEO of Nanum Consulting, the course moves step by step from ESG strategy to practical Paperless implementation, improving work efficiency and strengthening internal controls at the same time. Real implementation cases across technology, process and organization give participants skills they can use on the job right away, and the course links sustainability management with digital innovation. The curriculum draws on Nanum Consulting’s training experience with 50+ major corporations and institutions.
Who is this course for?
This course is for employees of companies pursuing ESG management and digital transformation. It is especially well suited to environmental management leads, IT and digital innovation leads, and business process improvement leads.
What will you learn?
- Understand the core ESG elements (E·S·G) and global regulatory changes
- Redesign work on a digital foundation to improve efficiency and strengthen internal controls
Curriculum
Module 1: ESG management & Paperless strategy basics
- Key elements of the three ESG pillars (E/S/G) and how they change corporate decision-making
- Double materiality: the concept and how to apply it
- Global regulatory shifts: EU CSRD/ESRS, CSDDD and the US SEC
- Quantitative and qualitative effects of Paperless on ESG (E/S/G)
- The four pillars of Paperless and their basic building blocks
- Legal basis for electronic documents and e-signatures, and strategies for securing evidentiary value
Module 2: Putting Paperless into practice: technology, process and organization case studies
- Three-stage Paperless adoption roadmap (Foundation – Standardization – Integration)
- Paperless strategies by department (Sales, HR, General Affairs, Procurement, Finance)
- Designing Paperless security and internal controls
- Organizational change management (ADKAR-based) and Paperless rollout strategy
- Analysis of success cases in Korea and abroad (LG, POSCO, the EU, Amazon and more)
- Components of ESG disclosure (Paperless practice report) and hands-on drafting
Expected results / After the course
- Better ESG performance through lower paper, printing and shipping costs and reduced CO₂ emissions
- Standardizing company-wide document management and transforming work through digital workflows
On-site training references
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About the instructor
John KimInstructor John Kim, author of “B2B Marketing Design” and CEO of Nanum ConsultingView profile →
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FAQ
This course is for employees of companies pursuing ESG management and digital transformation. It is especially well suited to environmental management leads, IT and digital innovation leads, and business process improvement leads.
This is not just ESG theory: it covers practical ways to act on ESG by building Paperless operations. Drawing on John Kim’s hands-on experience, it provides concrete application cases across technology, process and organization.
In this focused 2-hour session, participants learn the fundamentals of Paperless strategy and a practical implementation methodology. We provide checklists and step-by-step guides you can use at work right after the training.
John Kim is an expert who has delivered training on ESG management and digital transformation for many major corporations and public institutions. His hands-on know-how in building Paperless environments makes the training practical and effective.
ESG and Paperless
The ESG and Paperless course systematically covers the three core elements of ESG management (Environmental, Social, Governance) and global regulatory changes, and teaches digital
Training objectives
- Understand the core ESG elements (E·S·G) and global regulatory changes
- Redesign work on a digital foundation to improve efficiency and strengthen internal controls
Expected results
- Better ESG performance through lower paper, printing and shipping costs and reduced CO₂ emissions
- Standardizing company-wide document management and transforming work through digital workflows
Curriculum
Module 1Module 1: ESG management & Paperless strategy basics
- Key elements of the three ESG pillars (E/S/G) and how they change corporate decision-making
- Double materiality: the concept and how to apply it
- Global regulatory shifts: EU CSRD/ESRS, CSDDD and the US SEC
- Quantitative and qualitative effects of Paperless on ESG (E/S/G)
- The four pillars of Paperless and their basic building blocks
- Legal basis for electronic documents and e-signatures, and strategies for securing evidentiary value
Module 2Module 2: Putting Paperless into practice: technology, process and organization case studies
- Three-stage Paperless adoption roadmap (Foundation – Standardization – Integration)
- Paperless strategies by department (Sales, HR, General Affairs, Procurement, Finance)
- Designing Paperless security and internal controls
- Organizational change management (ADKAR-based) and Paperless rollout strategy
- Analysis of success cases in Korea and abroad (LG, POSCO, the EU, Amazon and more)
- Components of ESG disclosure (Paperless practice report) and hands-on drafting
About the instructor
John Kim, Lead Instructor
10 years in industry · 15 years teaching (3,000+ lectures)
Education
· MBA (advanced major: Marketing), Korea University Graduate School of Business (graduated)
· Sungkyunkwan University Consultant Program (completed)
· Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Short-Term MBA (completed)
· Seoul National University Lifelong Education Instructor Development Program (completed)
· Chung-Ang University, B.A. in English Language and Literature (graduated)
Experience
· Current: CEO, Nanum Consulting
· Formerly at Hyosung Corp., Daeduck Electronics and Shinhan Diamond: overseas assignments and strategic planning (10+ years)
· Current partner instructor, Expert Consulting
· Current: Partner instructor, PSI Consulting
· (Current) Partner instructor, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency and SME Training Institute
Credentials and publications
· Certified consultant
· Certified teacher
· Completed official IDEO Design Thinking training
· B2B Marketing Design (1 Apr 2025)
· The Chinese Diamond Tool Market: Present and Future (co-authored, Korea Tool Association)
· Battles That Changed History and Innovative Weapons (in progress)