This course enables learners to
- Understand the impact of current global economic, social, and environmental pressures on their business sector.
- Apply systems thinking to determine the ways in which systems shape societal outcomes.
- Appraise the value of integrating sustainability across their organisation, operations and supply chains.
- Evaluate how best to manage the risks and opportunities relating to their organisation's impacts on, and dependencies on, society and the environment.
- Create a personal action plan to contribute to the necessary change in their organisation or sphere of influence.
Topics include
- Sustainability challenges: systems pressures and trends
- The impact on business: risk and opportunities & the business case
- The role of business in rethinking and rewiring economies
- What 'good' looks like: examples of best practice
- Your personal action plan: How to drive sustainability in your organisation
Key learning
Learners gain critical foundational knowledge of sustainable business practices and create a personal action plan to contribute to the necessary change in their organisation or sphere of influence.
Who is this course for?
- Learners looking to start their sustainability journey, refresh their understanding with the latest knowledge in sustainable business practices and who want to deliver impact within and beyond their business.
- Organisations and individuals looking to deliver impact within and beyond their business through skills development.
- Organisations looking to build a foundational understanding of sustainable business practices in specific teams or across their organisation.
Format
Online, asynchronous.
Learning time
Self-paced, typically 6-8 hours.
