Business Case for Corporate Sustainability

Business Case for Corporate Sustainability, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.57, with 30 lectures, 4 quizzes, based on 183 reviews, and has 802 subscribers.

You will learn about Evolution of corporate sustainability concept Three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) Business case and measurement/quantification techniques for sustainability including ROI, SROI, S-ROI and ROSI ESG risks and opportunities created by sustainability trends Framework for the development of corporate sustainability strategy Role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in strategic management Materiality assessment and the role of sustainability reporting in driving corporate sustainability Sustainability certifications including B-Corp and environmental and social responsibility ISOs This course is ideal for individuals who are Leaders and professionals who are involved in definition and execution of sustainability strategy for their organisations or Sustainability and finance professionals starting to build business cases for sustainability projects or Anyone who faces the dilemma whether sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) inititiaves are costs or investments or Professionals looking to switch career to a sustainability field or Sustainability- and ESG-curious It is particularly useful for Leaders and professionals who are involved in definition and execution of sustainability strategy for their organisations or Sustainability and finance professionals starting to build business cases for sustainability projects or Anyone who faces the dilemma whether sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) inititiaves are costs or investments or Professionals looking to switch career to a sustainability field or Sustainability- and ESG-curious.

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Summary

Title: Business Case for Corporate Sustainability

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.57

Number of Lectures: 30

Number of Quizzes: 4

Number of Published Lectures: 30

Number of Published Quizzes: 4

Number of Curriculum Items: 45

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 45

Number of Practice Tests: 2

Number of Published Practice Tests: 2

Original Price: £44.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Evolution of corporate sustainability concept
Three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental)
Business case and measurement/quantification techniques for sustainability including ROI, SROI, S-ROI and ROSI
ESG risks and opportunities created by sustainability trends
Framework for the development of corporate sustainability strategy
Role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in strategic management
Materiality assessment and the role of sustainability reporting in driving corporate sustainability
Sustainability certifications including B-Corp and environmental and social responsibility ISOs

Who Should Attend

Leaders and professionals who are involved in definition and execution of sustainability strategy for their organisations
Sustainability and finance professionals starting to build business cases for sustainability projects
Anyone who faces the dilemma whether sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) inititiaves are costs or investments
Professionals looking to switch career to a sustainability field
Sustainability- and ESG-curious

Target Audiences

Leaders and professionals who are involved in definition and execution of sustainability strategy for their organisations
Sustainability and finance professionals starting to build business cases for sustainability projects
Anyone who faces the dilemma whether sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) inititiaves are costs or investments
Professionals looking to switch career to a sustainability field
Sustainability- and ESG-curious

The course “Business Case for Corporate Sustainability” has been created for:

· leaders and professionals who are involved in definition and execution of sustainability strategy for their organisations,

· anyone who faces the dilemma whether sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives are costs or investments.

In this course not only we will explore the latest academic thought leadership on the subject of corporate sustainability, but we will look at the evolution of this concept from purely environmental concerns, to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach, to the concept of the business value creation. You will learn about stakeholders’ value, ESG risks, and opportunities that corporate sustainability creates for the businesses.

This course will equip you with the tools and knowledge necessary to prepare and defend a business case for sustainability initiatives/projects, whether that is required for management sign off, approval by the board of directors, regulatory reporting, or for any business-as-usual activities (eg project management, progress monitoring and other stakeholders communications). It will also give you some food for thought regarding how the environmental and social costs and benefits are currently priced, and whether more attention should be paid to pricing negative and positive externalities.

The course briefly covers the measurement techniques that could be used for building the business case, including the Return on Investment (ROI), Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Sustainable Return on Investment (S-ROI), including deeper dive into an example of such methodologies, called Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI) developed by NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business.

Finally, this course covers important considerations for an organisation’s Sustainability Strategy development: how to integrate sustainability into business strategy, the role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in shaping corporate sustainability strategy, materiality assessment and sustainability reporting. I have also included a brief overview of sustainability certifications including B-Corp and key environmental and social responsibility ISO standards for those who consider getting external validation for their businesses or products/services.

I hope you will enjoy the course. Please note that the topic of Corporate Sustainability is a vast subject, which is impossible to cover in much technical detail in such a short course. But I would love to hear from you – please let me know what parts of the course are particularly useful, and where you suggest I could develop this course further. Feel free to contact me either here or through my LinkedIn profile.

Kind regards,

Julia Mariasova

PS Please check out all my other courseswhich you can find on my profile page. Just search “Julia Mariasova” or go to the bottom of this page and click my name under “INSTRUCTOR” title.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Welcome to the course!

Lecture 1: Introduction: The course agenda

Lecture 2: Before we start…

Chapter 2: The history of sustainability and definition of corporate sustainability

Lecture 1: General definition of sustainability and sustainable development

Lecture 2: The early history of sustainability: environmental concerns

Lecture 3: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Lecture 4: Triple Bottom Line (TBL) and 3 Pillars of Sustainability-People, Profit, Planet

Lecture 5: The building blocks of “Modern” Corporate Sustainability

Lecture 6: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors

Lecture 7: Creating Shared Value

Lecture 8: The purpose

Lecture 9: Definition of "Modern" Corporate Sustainability and key trends that define it

Chapter 3: The business case for corporate sustainability

Lecture 1: Definition of the business case for sustainable transformation

Lecture 2: Stakeholder perspective: Value creation for all stakeholders

Lecture 3: Opportunity perspective: Op Efficiencies, Business Resilience and Innovation

Lecture 4: Risk perspective: Managing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks

Lecture 5: Section conclusion: Sustainability matters for organisations’ bottom line

Chapter 4: Measuring corporate sustainability (quantification, monetisation and KPIs)

Lecture 1: Return on Investment (ROI) for Sustainability Projects

Lecture 2: Beyond ROI, avoiding short-termism and pricing negative & positive externalities

Lecture 3: Social Return on Investment (SROI)

Lecture 4: Sustainable Return on Investment (S-ROI)

Lecture 5: Example of ROI Methodology: NYU Stern Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI)

Lecture 6: Section conclusion: Measuring Sustainability

Chapter 5: Integrating Sustainability into Business Strategy and Decision-Making

Lecture 1: Developing and Implementing Sustainability Strategy

Lecture 2: Systems thinking and Strategic Development Goals (SDGs)

Lecture 3: Materiality Assessment& Sustainability Reporting (GRI, SASB, IFRS S1 & S2, ESRS)

Lecture 4: Sustainability certifications for business and products (incl B-corp and ISO)

Lecture 5: Section conclusion: Corporate Sustainability as a Strategic Management Tool

Chapter 6: Course wrap-up

Lecture 1: Handout Slides and Additional Resources

Lecture 2: Conclusion: Corporate Sustainability as a Strategic Imperative

Lecture 3: THANK YOU! Course wrap-up

Instructors

Julia Mariasova
Management Consultant / Media Producer

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