This highly interactive course from Gulf Training and Consultation Center is designed to equip participants with the language, knowledge and tools to design and implement sustainable business practices, with a focus on environmental impact and a nature positive approach. After an overview of how the global landscape is changing, it will offer practical examples, conceptual frameworks and interactive discussions. Each participant will be able to assess the most relevant dimensions for their industry and business, and shape their vision for how sustainability can benefit their organization and our planet. Participants will build the confidence and skills needed to define a sustainability agenda, manage change, and measure and communicate results. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Recognize economic, environmental and social perspectives of sustainability
Recognize principles of a circular economy and identify sources of innovation and competitive advantage
List the opportunities and challenges of organizational transformation and execution
Identify international frameworks and use relevant tools to track progress against sustainability targets
Take the lead in shaping their organization’s approach to sustainability, and engage stakeholders
Content
Sustainability overview
The business case for sustainability
3 Ps: People, planet and profit
Sustainability international frameworks and definitions
Sustainability : success stories
Material factors for the modern organization
Sustainability strategies & competitive advantage
The need for sustainability as a competitive advantage
Crafting competitive advantage
Competitive advantages of tomorrow
Circular economy practices
The carbon economy
Evolution of value chains
Executing sustainability strategies
Sustainable finance & financing the transformation
This course will benefit government agency leaders, business unit & functional leads as well as those involved in operations, strategy, and transformation initiatives.