Environmental Sustainability 101 | ONLINE
Complete your Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice online with our reduced pricing options. See below for more details.
Gain competitive advantage by getting ahead of environmental challenges.
Environmental sustainability is a critical component of corporate citizenship strategy and an increasingly important business priority. Companies that assess, manage, and communicate their environmental performance reduce risk, identify cost savings, and improve performance. They also mitigate their impacts on local communities and the planet. Today’s businesses can positively differentiate themselves by developing commitments to managing natural resources that make business and environmental sense. This course provides an overview of concepts, tools, and resources that can get you started.
In this course, you will learn:
- What sustainability means for companies of all sizes and industries.
- The principles and leading practices of natural resource management.
- The regulatory and societal expectations of companies’ sustainability programs.
- The global, national, and regional agreements, actions, and frameworks for sustainability measurement and reporting and how can they be implemented.
- How to set data-driven and science-based environmental targets.
- The trends that are shaping environmental sustainability including natural capital, biomimicry, and resiliency.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Start and finish on your schedule: Courses take 15-17 hours, including video content and exercises.
This course is for:
This program is recommended for professionals with corporate citizenship responsibilities who wish to develop a solid foundation of knowledge in a sustainability space or who want to refresh their knowledge. This course is also helpful for individuals from other functional areas such as public and government affairs, public relations, marketing and communications who have direct contact with key company stakeholders and/or who work closely with their company's community involvement function (e.g. public and government affairs, sustainability, corporate responsibility, public relations, marketing and communications).
Professional credentials earned:
- 5 certificate units toward a Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice (Elective Course)
- Digital Recognition of Course Completion to display on your social media platforms or personal website.
Tuition
- Member: $2130.00
- Non-Member: $2900.00
This pricing model excludes our Brand and Reputation, CDP Reporting, Integrated Reporting, and Supply Chain courses. If you would like to take these courses as part of the multi-course option, please contact us at ccc@bc.edu.