Driving Sustainability at Your Organization
Driving Sustainability at Your Organization
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Creating sustainability in the business world has never been more vital. Sustainability has become a critical aspect of developing business resilience and profit maintainability. "Environmental, Social & Governance" (ESG) programming and reporting, the focus of corporate sustainability, is rapidly becoming a requirement for clients and investors. In this course, sustainability planning expert Shea Cunningham provides and defines the five W's of business sustainability. She outlines the essential steps that must be undertaken to transform operations into a sustainable business, and how to develop the necessary buy-in from key stakeholders. After this course, you will have the requisite knowledge and basic blueprint required to actualize your sustainable business goals.
Syllabus
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Know your terms Businesses that aren't sustainable will inevitably fall behind those that are sustainable. 4m
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People, planet, profit To become a sustainable business, you must go beyond the environmental measures and include the social and financial dimensions. 3m
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Corporate social responsibility Employee engagement, local and global community and workforce wellbeing are important social dimensions of sustainability. 3m
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Sustainability regulations and reporting frameworks Rising expectations demand that businesses operate sustainably. 4m
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Energy conservation, efficiencies, and renewables After this lesson, you'll be able to describe the differences between and sequencing of efforts to conserve, implement efficiencies and install on-site and/or purchase off-site renewables. 3m
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Water conservation and efficiencies All businesses depend on water. 2m
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Waste and pollution reduction Being able to dispel the myths of recycling is critical to reducing waste and pollution from your business. 4m
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Sustainable transportation Sustainability practices come in many forms and one of the most common ways you can help to reduce pollution is by encouraging more sustainable transportation practices. 3m
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion You've probably heard DEI mentioned in the workplace, but how does this relate to sustainability? 4m
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Benchmarking Constant evaluation is key to implementing a successful sustainability program at your organization. 2m
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Track your progress Having qualitative and quantitative data that you can track is important in assessing your progress. 2m
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Follow the checklist Auditing and following a best practices checklist are among the first steps toward implementing sustainability within any business. 3m
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Identify and engage your stakeholders When it comes to driving sustainability at your organization, it's important to know what matters to who. 3m
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Sustainability across sectors What is most material in certain sectors may not be applicable to other sectors. 3m
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Actualize your goals Thank you for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Shea Cunningham
Shea has 20 years of sustainability planning and strategy experience from the community to the international levels, across multiple sectors. She has established several sustainability-focused organizations and programs, including Balanced Approach, Focus on the Global South in Bangkok, Thailand, the Culver City Sustainable Business Certification Program and many other initiatives. Shea has helped dozens of businesses become more sustainable, from small, private firms to large, publicly traded firms. She continues to lead, develop, and manage Environmental, Social, and Governance initiatives and continually evolving programming.
Shea Cunningham
Sustainability Specialist and ESG Strategist
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How GoSkills helped Chris
I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.
