ESG, LCA & GHG Training for Saudi Energy (SEC) | DEISO Case Study

Building Multi-Disciplinary Sustainability Capability for Saudi Energy (formerly Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)) Through a Structured Enterprise Training Series

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Executive Summary

DEISO successfully delivered a series of specialized on-site sustainability training programs in Riyadh for Saudi Energy (formerly Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)). These programs were designed to strengthen internal capability across three critical domains: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) accounting and verification. Each program was attended by 16 participants, including managers and employees from diverse professional backgrounds, reflecting a cross-functional enterprise-level capability development initiative.

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Client Profile

• Organization Type: National Energy Utility and Infrastructure Organization
• Region: Saudi Arabia
• Client Name Used in This Case Study: Saudi Energy (formerly Saudi Electricity Company (SEC))
• Training Delivery Format: On-site, Riyadh
• Audience Profile: 16 attendees in each program, including managers and employees from diverse technical and organizational functions

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Strategic Challenge

Saudi Energy required structured internal capability development to support broader sustainability transformation objectives across environmental assessment, carbon governance, and ESG-related performance management. As a large energy-sector organization, the need was not limited to technical knowledge alone, but extended to building internal understanding across multiple roles and departments.

The organization’s strategic needs included:

• strengthening enterprise understanding of ESG principles and reporting foundations
• building practical capability in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for environmental decision-making
• improving internal competence in GHG accounting, reporting, and verification
• equipping both managers and technical personnel with shared sustainability knowledge
• creating a stronger internal base for future carbon, environmental, and disclosure initiatives

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DEISO Intervention

To address these needs, DEISO delivered a multi-program enterprise training series in Riyadh, tailored to Saudi Energy’s internal capability development priorities. The engagement included three specialized training programs delivered across 2023, each focused on a critical sustainability discipline.

1. Advanced ESG Training Program

DEISO delivered an advanced on-site Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) training program in Riyadh in May 2023. This program provided participants with structured exposure to ESG concepts, practical implementation considerations, and reporting-oriented thinking relevant to modern organizations.

• Delivery Format: On-site
• Location: Riyadh
• Audience Size: 16 participants
• Audience Composition: managers and employees from diverse professional backgrounds

The program helped establish a common organizational understanding of ESG and supported participants in connecting governance, environmental performance, and strategic reporting expectations.

2. Professional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Training Program

In July 2023, DEISO delivered a five-business-day on-site Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) training program at the Riyadh headquarters of Saudi Energy. The program was designed to equip participants with the knowledge and practical understanding needed to conduct and interpret LCA studies in alignment with internationally recognized methodological principles.

• Delivery Dates: July 9–13, 2023
• Delivery Format: On-site
• Location: Riyadh
• Audience Size: 16 participants
• Audience Composition: managers and employees from diverse professional backgrounds

This program supported internal capability building in lifecycle thinking, environmental impact assessment, and sustainability-oriented analytical decision-making.

3. GHG Lead Verifier Training Program

In August 2023, DEISO delivered the GHG Lead Verifier Training Program at the Riyadh headquarters of Saudi Energy. This training was designed to strengthen internal competence in GHG accounting, reporting, and verification, supporting more robust carbon governance and assurance-oriented internal capability.

• Delivery Period: August 2023
• Delivery Format: On-site
• Location: Riyadh
• Audience Size: 16 participants
• Audience Composition: managers and employees from diverse professional backgrounds

This was identified in the announcement as the third training program DEISO had delivered to the client by 2023, underscoring an ongoing trusted training relationship.

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Technical and Organizational Value Delivered

The combined training series provided Saudi Energy with a structured progression across three interconnected sustainability capability areas:

• ESG: strengthened strategic understanding of environmental, social, and governance principles and reporting relevance
• LCA: enhanced technical awareness of lifecycle-based environmental assessment and product/system evaluation
• GHG: improved organizational capability in emissions accounting, carbon reporting, and verification-oriented thinking

By engaging participants from managerial and employee-level roles, the programs also helped create:

• cross-functional understanding of sustainability priorities
• better internal alignment between strategic and technical teams
• greater organizational readiness for future sustainability initiatives
• a stronger internal base for environmental and carbon-related decision-making

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Measurable Outcomes

Across the training series, Saudi Energy achieved the following organizational outcomes:

• Built sustainability capability across three high-priority domains: ESG, LCA, and GHG
• Trained 16 participants per program across managerial and employee-level roles
• Improved internal understanding of ESG reporting, lifecycle assessment, and carbon governance
• Strengthened the organization’s foundation for future reporting, assessment, and verification-related activities
• Established a more informed internal audience capable of supporting sustainability implementation at multiple organizational levels
• Reinforced DEISO’s role as a trusted expert training partner for complex enterprise sustainability capability building

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Strategic Value for Participants

For participants, the training series created value beyond knowledge transfer alone. It enabled attendees to:

• understand sustainability challenges through both strategic and technical lenses
• connect ESG, LCA, and GHG topics into a broader enterprise sustainability framework
• improve readiness to contribute to internal environmental and carbon initiatives
• strengthen confidence in engaging with sustainability-related tasks, projects, and decision processes

Participants progressed from isolated topic awareness toward a more integrated, enterprise-relevant sustainability understanding.

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Why This Matters

Many organizations approach sustainability capability building through isolated, one-time training activities. In contrast, this engagement demonstrates the value of a structured multi-program capability development approach, where different but related disciplines are addressed over time for the same enterprise client.

This matters because it helps organizations:

• build sustainability maturity progressively
• align management and technical teams around shared concepts
• improve internal readiness for reporting, carbon governance, and environmental assessment
• move from fragmented knowledge to a more integrated sustainability capability model

👉 The result is not simply staff training, but a stronger institutional foundation for long-term sustainability performance.

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Related DEISO Training Programs

ESG Training Program

https://dei.so/specialist-training-program-of-environment-social-and-governance-esg-reporting

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Training Program

https://dei.so/deiso-life-cycle-assessment-lca-professional-training-programs

GHG Lead Verifier Training Program

https://dei.so/carbon-ghg-accounting-training/

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