This globally leading course on Sustainability will give you all the latest practical tools and resources to implement corporate sustainability, in order to drive your initiatives to the next level and become a Certified Sustainability Professional.
Upon completion, you will have the opportunity to earn the CSR-P Certification while you will broaden your business network since 80% of our participants come from the Fortune 500 companies.
Visit: https://www.cse-net.org/trainings/csr-practitioner-atlanta-march-8-2018/
The training agenda covers all chapters of Corporate Sustainability:
MODULE 1: Sustainability (CSR) and the Business Case for Adoption
•Sustainable development: What is and isn’t sustainability
•The three principles of nature & business
•Definitions & interpretations of the elements of sustainability
•Triple bottom line approach of sustainability
•Case study: VW and the dark side of sustainability
MODULE 2: Current Global and Local Legislation for Sustainability and GHG Emissions
•Sustainability – COP 21 outcomes and future impact
•Sustainability: the UN Global Compact
•The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) for 2030
•Corporate governance and sustainability legislation
•New sustainability trends and regulation
MODULE 3: Sustainability (CSR) Strategy and Related Global Standards & Guidelines (UN Global Compact, GRI , SROI)
•Stakeholder matrix
•Creating a sustainable (CSR) strategy.A step by step approach
•Sustainable supply chain
•Global Models Presentation and Description: Global Reporting Initiative (G4), UN Global Compact
•How to calculate Social Return on Investment
•Best practices and case studies on successful sustainability strategies
•Exercise
Simulation Exercise. All participants will join a unique simulation exercise on sustainability.
Unique Simulation Exercise Included
MODULE 4: Responsible Communication and How to Avoid Blue and Green Washing
•What are ‘Green’ and ‘Cause-Related’ Marketing?
•Responsible communication
•How to avoid blue and green washing (related videos will be presented)
MODULE 5: The importance of Sustainability in Supply Chain and Carbon Footprint Reduction
•CSR strategy & stakeholders
•CSR in the supply chain
•Stakeholder engagement strategy
•The rise of the carbon footprint strategy as part of the environmental strategy. What can organizations do?
•Carbon accounting and WRI Greenhouse Gas Protocol
•Carbon offsetting
•Case study: IKEA
MODULE 6: Sustainability (CSR/ ESG) Reporting Based on GRI and How to Communicate
•The importance of sustainability ratings (DJSI, CSRHUB)
•Understanding reporting
•Why report?
•The GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines and the New GRI STANDARDS: Reporting on the Triple Bottom Line
•Materiality
•Case Studies & exercise
•Best practices on reporting communication
MODULE 7: External Assurance
•The importance of external assurance
•What is external assurance for sustainability
•Assurance process
•Assurance standards
MODULE 8: The Role of the Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner and Future Trends
CSE’s research Sustainability (CSR) Reporting Trends in North America 2017, recently presented during New York, Toronto and Tokyo CSE Certified Sustainability Practitioner Programs, will be presented next in Atlanta. We are the first to identify correlations between Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Financial results, capturing the attention of North American media. Nikos Avlonas, president and founder of CSE, was interviewed by Forbes: Sustainable Reporting: Lessons From the Fortune 500.