The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Programme (SLPP)
Sustainable leadership is not just a moral imperative but has significant implication on societal wellbeing, business performance, risk management, and stakeholder relations. Staying ahead on sustainability and ESG strategies is crucial for the long-term success and viability of any organisation. Executive and board leaders have a special responsibility to stay on top of these considerations and lead from the top.
The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Programme (SLPP) is our new membership programme designed to advance sustainable leadership and corporate governance.
Membership to the programme is tiered into 'corporate' and 'individual' with distinct benefits.
Both tiers include The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC).
Who will benefit from the Programme?
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Current and aspiring Non-Executive Directors (NED) and Chairs aiming to up-skill or update for ESG oversight
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Aspiring or newly appointed sustainability committee Chairs
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CEOs, Presidents and Owners keen to better implement and operationalise ESG strategy
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Enterprise ESG and Sustainability Senior Leaders (CSOs) who want to stay abreast of current sustainable leadership best practice
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Advisors (Law Firms, Leadership, Board & Management Consultants) who want to stay abreast of current sustainable leadership best practice
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Academics & NGO/NPOs who want insights into business leaders' challenges and opportunities around sustainability
A unique aspect of our programme is its dual focus on the roles of executive leaders and the accountability of board directors, bridging the understanding between the two.
Why it is Important
7%
of board directors have a formal ESG credential only
Source: The Sustainability Board
47%
of boards have sufficient ESG competence and experience to challenge management
Source: BCG-INSEAD
68%
of CEOs indicate that their current ESG progress is not strong enough to withstand scrutiny
Source: KPMG
23%
of CEOs are implementing sustainability strategies across their entire business
Source: IBM
This high-impact, concise, executive course on Sustainable Senior Leadership is tailored to the personal context of executive and board leaders. It aims to enhance their personal capacity to better lead on sustainable business strategies.
The course equips with the foundational knowledge needed to implement robust sustainability and ESG strategies and transformations. The course is designed to apply in a management and governance context.
Key Facts
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Self-Paced Online
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20-25 hours over 5 weeks
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15 renowned faculty leaders
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4 graded assignments
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Certification awarded on successful completion
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4 interactive roundtables per membership year drawing on the course narrative
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6 cohort date options in 2024 (see brochure for details)
What you will Earn
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Traceable and validated certificate
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Showcase your credentials in any official materials and LinkedIn
Included in both Programmes
The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC)
Curriculum
Module 1
Sustainability Issues and High Impacts
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Introduction, Terminology, and Definition of Sustainability and Materiality
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Climate Change
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Nature & Biodiversity
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Human Rights
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Geopolitics & Conflict
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Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Module 2
Leadership & Strategy Implementation
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Personal Responsibility of Leaders
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Business Models
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Family Business Leadership
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Sustainable Strategy
Module 3
Governance
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Personal Responsibility of Leaders
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Business Models
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Family Business Leadership
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Sustainable Strategy
Module 4
Action Planning and Next Steps
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Personal Responsibility of Leaders
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Business Models
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Family Business Leadership
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Sustainable Strategy
Key Learning Outcomes
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Understand the core sustainability issues and systemic changes to society
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Get a snapshot of current events and impacts
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Get an overview of sustainability and business
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Get into a mindset of responsibility and discover the power of senior leaders
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Assess your role and impact in sustainable business
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Gain confidence in fundamentals of Sustainable Strategy Implementation and oversight
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Review the traditional board paradigm and the evolved accountability of board directors
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Develop a stakeholder engagement plan
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Develop your own business plan including purpose, capacity and impact
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Start acting in your personal context and build a legacy
Our World Class Faculty
Jeannette Lichner
Chair, Non-Executive Director, Senior Advisor/Mentor/Coach, and Sustainability Champion
Dr Renard Siew
Head of Corporate Sustainability, Yinson
WEF Expert Network Member Global Future Council
Bill McKibben
Author, Educator, and Environmentalist
Founder 350.org & Third Act
Zaneta Sedilekova
Biodiversity and Climate Risk Lawyer
CEO, Climate Law Lab
Phil Bloomer
Executive Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Karen Silverman
CEO, The Cantellus Group
WEF Global AI Council, Global Innovator, and Experts Network
Heather Heldman
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Luminae Group
National Security, Foreign Policy and Law Advisor
Laura Liswood
Secretary General, Council of Women World Leaders
Former Managing Director & Senior Advisor, Goldman Sachs
Halla Tomasdottir
CEO, The B Team
Dr Pamela Ravasio
Leadership Advisor, Keynote Speaker, Author
INED Polygiene AB, Shirahime, INSEAD IDP-C
Michael Reed
Sustainability Advisor
Former CEO of RBC Singapore Branch, Royal Bank of Canada
Beatriz Araujo
WEF Governance Expert
Former Head of Corporate Governance, Baker & McKenzie
Patrick Dunne OBE
Chair of Boardelta, The EY Foundation and ESSA- Education Sub
Saharan Africa
Frederik Otto
Founder, Executive Director, The Sustainability Board
Key Benefits
ESG Preparedness Benchmark
Our assessment is customisable and typically covers three key areas:
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Overview of the organisation's impact and sustainable revenue generation
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Details about E&S governance, board composition, and the disclosed ESG engagement of directors
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Performance on sustainability/ESG strategy implementation, with a focus on management
Report Presentation
The scope of the benchmark report includes:
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Preparatory session for benchmark development
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Report presentation with outline of findings and improvement recommendations for sustainable leadership preparedness
The corporate membership is designed for executive teams, boards, and specialist (sustainability/ESG) committees to benchmark who want to understand their preparedness levels of sustainable leadership.
A core part of the corporate programme is a benchmark on the business’ ESG preparedness. We will provide you a custom report that evaluates the ESG preparedness of your company.
The report will contain valuable insights and identifiy areas for improvements.
Corporate
Who is this programme for?
Key Benefits
Sustainable Leadership Profile Screen
We provide you with valuable insights into the ESG engagement and disclosure quality of your online profile.
Using our ESG engagement checklist as the foundational methodology, we can customise our assessment to hone in on particular areas of interest.
Peer-Mentoring Session
Follow-Up Resources
At that time we will discuss the results from your Sustainable Leadership profile screening and design an action plan for future steps. After the meeting we will follow-up with resources and connect you to relevant people in our network who might be able to help you achieve your objectives.
Individual
Who is this programme for?
Our individual membership is tailored to empower executives and board directors, equipping them with essential sustainable leadership skills and the capacity to effectively implement and oversee stakeholder driven ESG agendas.
We will aid in personal leadership transformation and facilitate peer-mentoring sessions through our network of Senior Advisors.
Benefits
Interactive Roundtables
We are hosting 4 interactive roundtables per annum. The first one is confirmed for February 2024. We will poll our members in January 2024 about their time preference and preferred topic to determine the following sessions.
Dates and details can be found in our brochure.
Open Door Policy
We are not capping the outreach limit of how many times and with how many individuals we connect you.
We are trying to enable as many conversations as possible, but do not agree on the exact scope due to the sheer variety of requests.
Benefits for
both Memberships
Our individual membership is tailored to empower executives and board directors, equipping them with essential sustainable leadership skills and the capacity to effectively implement and oversee stakeholder driven ESG agendas.
We will aid in personal leadership transformation and facilitate peer-mentoring sessions through our network of Senior Advisors.
Benefits Table
2024 Membership Year
Corporate Membership
Individual Membership
Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC)
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Earn the Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC), through our self-paced 25 hours executive education course
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Available for 3 delegates of corporate member organisation. More delegates on request
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Earn the Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC), through our self-paced 25 hours executive education course
Benchmark & Intelligence
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Comprehensive Benchmark: ESG Preparedness Assessment
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Complimentary Benchmark: Public Sustainable Leadership Profile
Advisory
2 corporate advisory sessions:
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Preparatory session for benchmark report development
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Report presentation with outline of findings and improvement recommendations for sustainable leadership preparedness
3 advisory sessions:
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Fundamentals in preparedness covering foundations of sustainable leadership with a senior staff member
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Peer-mentoring session with one of our senior advisors (industry or domain specific) discussing leadership pathways
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Follow-up session and action plan with TSB
Endorsements and Public Exposure
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Dedicated episode of our award winning ‘Leadership Conversations’ podcast available to a senior representative of the member organisation (optional)
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Endorsement kit for your organisation as ‘TSB member’ to showcase your commitment to sustainable leadership (optional)
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New member announcement through our channels (optional)
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Thought Leadership and public profile advice (part of advisory sessions)
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New member announcement through our channels (optional)
Interactive Roundtables
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Quarterly virtual interactive roundtables with sustainability domain experts
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Quarterly virtual interactive roundtables with sustainability domain experts
Networking
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Introductions to other members and facilitated peer conversations (on request)
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Introductions to other members and facilitated peer conversations (on request)
Preferred Access to Policy & Research
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Early recipient of TSB research & frameworks
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Opportunity to contribute to new reports and frameworks
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Early recipient of TSB research & frameworks
Support
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Onboarding session
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Open door policy
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Open door policy
SLPP membership dues (12-month cycle) excl. VAT
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B-Corp (Up to $1bn revenue) – $16,000 / £13,000
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SME (Up to $1bn revenue) – $20,000 / £16,000
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Enterprise (Above $1bn revenue) - $30,000 / £ 24,000
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$4,900 / £ 3,900
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Can be paid by an organisation