The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Programme & Certificate
The essential guide to senior leadership level ESG mastery - Comprehensive, Concise, and Contextual.
Current and aspiring Non-Executive Directors (NED) and Chairs
Upskill or update for ESG oversight
Aspiring or newly appointed Sustainability Committee Chairs
Structure issues and sustainability governance
CEOs, Presidents and Owners
Implement and operationalise ESG strategy
Enterprise ESG and Sustainability
Senior Leaders
Understand sustainable leadership challenges and opportunities
Advisors (Law Firms, Leadership, Board & Management Consultants)
Stay abreast of current sustainable leadership best practice
Academics & NGO/NPOs Leaders
Insights into business leaders' challenges and opportunities around sustainability
Who will benefit from the Programme?
Why it is Important
7%
of board directors have a formal ESG credential only
The Sustainability Board
23%
of CEOs are implementing sustainability strategies across their entire business
IBM
68%
of CEOs indicate that their current ESG progress is not strong enough to withstand scrutiny
KPMG
47%
of boards have sufficient ESG competence and experience to challenge management
BCG-INSEAD
This course is your essential guide to senior leadership level ESG mastery – Comprehensive, Concise, and Contextual.
It aims to enhance your personal capacity to better lead a sustainable business.
The course equips with the foundational knowledge needed to implement robust sustainability and ESG strategies and transformations.
It is designed to apply in a management and governance context.
We now also offer this course on a foundation level, completely self paced, without assignments and live sessions for more flexibility.
The Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC)
Full Programme Key Facts
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Self-paced online with regular deadlines
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22-28 hours over 5 weeks
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Course platform access for 8 weeks
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14 renowned faculty members
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4 graded assignments
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Comprehensive certification and traceable online badge awarded on successful completion
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4 interactive live sessions per membership year drawing on the course narrative
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CPD accredited
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6 cohort date options in 2024 (see brochure for details)
Next Cohorts:
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8th of May
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3rd of July
Course Only (Foundation Level Certificate)
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Self-paced online with 8 weeks access
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16-20 hours flexibly during course access
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14 renowned faculty members
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Foundation level certification and traceable online badge awarded on successful completion
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Sporadic invites to live sessions, if spaces are available
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CPD accredited
Preview
Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)
Nature, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Magnitude of AI and Business Case
Sustainability Issues and High Impacts
Week 1-2 (8-10 hours including assignment)
Understand the core sustainability issues and systemic changes to business and society.
Lessons:
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Introduction and Definition of Sustainability
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Climate Change
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Nature & Biodiversity
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Human Rights
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AI & Emerging Technology
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Geopolitics & Conflict
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Equality/Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Syllabus
All you need to know about sustainable business and leadership in approximately 25 hours of course duration.
The foundational level is approximately 6-8 hours less.
Our Faculty of Experts
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, Planet 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 Neeman
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
An accredited, traceable and validated certificate
A certified online badge
What you will Earn
Showcase your credentials in any official materials and LinkedIn
Sustainability Governance
8th of February 2024
16.00 UTC
with
Sonia Tatar, Executive Director
INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre & INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise
Julia Hayhoe, Non-Executive Director & Independent Board Advisor
Materiality, Standards and the Future of Disclosures
16th of May 2024
15.00 UTC
with
Paul Druckman, Chairman World Benchmarking Alliance and Non-Executive Chairman and Director of organisations in multiple sectors
Veronica Poole, Vice Chair of Deloitte UK and Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader
AI, Regulation and Governance
5th of September 2024
15.00 UTC
with
Karen Silverman, CEO The Cantellus Group, WEF Global AI Council, Global Innovator, and Experts Network
2nd speaker TBA soon
Tools for Sustainable Strategy
7th of November 2024
16.00 UTC
To be announced soon
Live Sessions and Roundtables
We host 4 highly interactive live sessions/roundtables per annum featuring changing speakers. These are only available to programme members.
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 and Thought Leadership
At that time we will discuss the results from your Sustainable Leadership profile screening and design an action plan for future steps. We will also help you to position your thought leadership and advise on more effective LinkedIn use.
Sustainable Leadership Development Add-on
Who is this for?
Our Sustainable Leadership Development Add-on is tailored to equip executives and board directors with essential sustainable leadership skills and the capacity to effectively implement and oversee ESG agendas.
We will aid in personal leadership transformation and facilitate a peer mentoring session through our network of Senior Advisors.
Individual Programme
£1,900
12 months membership
+VAT if applicable
Other currencies available on request
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Earn the Comprehensive Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC), through our self-paced 25 hour executive education course
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Quarterly virtual interactive roundtables with sustainability domain experts
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Indefinite alumni status
Course Only
(Foundation Level Certificate)
£800
+VAT if applicable
Other currencies available on request
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Earn the Foundation-Level Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC), with increased flexibility outside of fixed cohorts
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Same course content as the full programme, excluding assignments and live sessions
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Indefinite alumni status
Sustainable
Leadership Development
£1,200
+VAT if applicable
Other currencies available on request
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3 Advisory Sessions:
Fundamentals in preparedness, peer mentoring session, follow-up and action plan with TSB
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Individual benchmark: Public Sustainable Leadership profile
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Thought Leadership and public profile advice, including LinkedIn optimisation
Programme Membership Overview
Programme Overview
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 abreast 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.
The programme includes the Sustainable Leadership Preparedness Certificate (SLPC), the essential guide to senior leadership level ESG Mastery - Comprehensive, Concise, and Contextual.
The certificate course is now also available standalone.