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CIFAL Surrey - 2-day programme: Sustainability leadership for business
Personas
CIFAL Surrey, Institute for Sustainability
Antecedentes
There is an urgent need for businesses to transition towards more sustainable practices. While global understanding of sustainability trends grows, together with increasing sustainability regulatory requirements for business, business leaders are often unequipped to face this transition and lack the foundational understanding of sustainability practices, mindsets, and strategies. CIFAL Surrey is committed to train business leaders and managers to support the transition towards a sustainable business ecosystem.
Objetivos del evento
The training objective is to equip business leaders and managers with the foundational knowledge of main sustainability trends, sustainability requirements, standards, and practices, so that they can implement and embed them into their organisation. In particular, participants will:
- Understand how the challenges relate to their organisation
- Understand the role leaders can play to transition to sustainable practices
- Develop strategic plans for sustainability, climate action, business resilience
- Explore key frameworks on corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental, social and governance (ESG)
- Practice how to (steps by steps) embed sustainability across business strategy, from holistic circular economy approaches to performance management
Contenido y estructura
LO1. Understanding current sustainability trends for business and why they matter
LO 2: Understanding evolving sustainability disclosure requirements for business
LO 3: Understanding managing stakeholders for impact: mapping, salience, and prioritization
LO 4: Embedding sustainability into business strategy: measuring and managing holistically
LO 5: Understanding the emergence of ecocentric and regenerative business
LO 6: Articulating and activating organisational purpose
LO 7: Developing an actionable leadership plan
Metodología
Day one - Setting the scene: Understanding current trends and why they matter
Welcome address and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) keynote presentation
Module 1: The world in 2025: Understanding local and global challenges and trends for business
Module 2: Navigating evolving sustainability disclosure requirements for business
Module 3: Managing stakeholders for impact: mapping, salience, and prioritization
Peer reflection group and evening panel discussion
Day two - Developing business response: designing an actionable leadership plan
Module 4: Embedding sustainability into business strategy: measuring and managing holistically
Module 5: Doing business in an ecologically real world: the emergence of ecocentric and regenerative business
Module 6: Articulating and activating organisational purpose
Module 7: Developing an actionable leadership plan
Closing circle: CIFAL Surrey and UNITAR call for action
Público objetivo
2 days programme; In-person delivery of training, including peer to peer discussion, networking, case studies, and development of a personalised leadership action plan
Información adicional
Business leaders and managers across all economic sectors.