This 3-hour introductory module will review sustainability history, definitions, and frameworks. It will answer the questions:

• Why is sustainability important to your business?
• How can you calculate the return on investment?
• How can you gain buy in from the leadership team or employees?

This 3-hour module will allow learners to assess and document their current sustainability state.  Content will include:

• Defining baseline and gap assessments
• Gathering relevant business data
• Documenting baseline results

Special Topic: Greenhouse Gas Reporting

This 3-hour module will allow learners to assess their current management practices as they pertain to sustainability. Content will include:

• What is Governance?
  • Best Practices
  • Ethics and Corruption
  • Climate Adaptation (Flood and Fire Risk)

Special Topic: Emergency Risk Management

This 3-hour module will allow learners to determine who matters to their business and create a plan to understand their priorities. Content will include:

• What and who is a stakeholder?
• Gathering External Stakeholder Information
  • Topics Important to International Reporting Agencies
  • Publicly Available Information Regarding Clients and Suppliers
  • External Stakeholder Surveys
• Documenting and Interpreting Stakeholder Assessment Results

Special Topic: Indigenous Inclusion

This 3-hour module will allow learners to assess the priorities of the people in their business. Content will include:

• Employee Surveys
• Leadership Surveys
• Interpreting Survey Results
• Social Support for Employees and the Community
  • Assessing employee support
  • Assessing community needs and skills-based volunteering

Special Topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This 3-hour module will allow learners to develop a sustainability vision for their business. Content will generally include:

• Vision Setting Methods
• Alignment with Business Vision
• Change Management

Special Topic: Embedding Sustainability

This 3-hour module will guide learners to develop a road map to document the path to achieving their vision. Content will include:

• Understanding the Need for Change
• Enlisting the Support of Change Agents
• Creating a Road Map
  • Identifying priorities
  • Back casting from future envisioned state
  • Documenting goals and timelines

Special Topic: The Circular Economy

This 3-hour module will review current standards for sustainability reporting. Content will include:

• International reporting frameworks
• North American reporting frameworks
• Reporting material content

Special Topic: 3^rd Party Certification and Rating Systems

This 3-hour module will allow learners to present their sustainability programs to their cohort. Content will include:

• Individual Presentations
• Presentation of Awards and Certificates of Completion