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ONLINE PROGRAMME
Sustainability Leadership and Corporate Responsibility
Secure sustainable success. Build the strategy to transition to responsible business, and transform your competitive advantage.
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Transition into sustainability
Reconceptualise critical global challenges as sustainable growth opportunities for your business, and achieve positive social impact.
- Good for you
- Good for your organisation
- Build the fundamental knowledge of sustainability, corporate responsibility and ESG needed to address your organisation’s goals and challenges
- Explore the success of responsible organisations, and how to develop these innovative business models
- Understand the trade-offs from integrating sustainability into business practice, and how to generate profit through creative resolutions
- Develop practical frameworks to identify material stakeholders, and create strategy and disclosure practices to meet their conflicting, ever increasing demands
- Examine the challenges of transitioning to a sustainable business model, and learn how to overcome them through identifying the key organisational levers that facilitate change
- Reflect on your role as leader and your ability to affect change, through growing social and environmental challenges
- Gain the confidence to influence other senior executives, and contribute to boardroom discussions on embedding sustainability in your corporate strategy
- Build credibility with a London Business School certificate of completion.
We help you to understand sustainability in a strategic, enterprise-wide fashion, to futureproof your organisation whilst maximising your stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Attendees include:
Individuals seeking to develop their knowledge within sustainability, to provide a competitive advantage for their organisation and to accelerate their careers
Managers with minimal experience in sustainability, who aim to take on responsibilities in this area to impact their organisation’s future
Senior board members aiming to quickly develop a solid foundation on the sustainability issues that are entering board-level discussions
General, project and risk managers, alongside directors, vice presidents and investors from a variety of industries, with broad range of business experience and managerial responsibility.
5
of management experience
required
Who attends
- By nationality
- By industry
The data above displays the top nationalities and top 10 industries across a three year average of participants on this programme.
Programme content
The solution to sustained success
Design, implement and execute sustainability strategies to create lasting competitive advantage
- What you learn
- How you learn
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Week One: The Sustainability Challenge – Begin your journey by discovering what sustainability means for businesses today and why it has become a crucial strategic focus for any organisation striving for long-term success. Through a groundbreaking case study in the luxury sector, you will explore how a new company is revolutionising the diamond industry. Analyse how innovation and ethical business models can challenge established players, and examine the strategic decisions necessary to thrive in a competitive market.
Week Two: The Sustainability Advantage – This week equips you with the knowledge and skills to influence your peers, measure your impact, and balance the pursuit of profit with sustainable practices. Through an in-depth case study on an ambitious refill programme in Turkey, you will evaluate how businesses can drive sustainability at scale. Explore the complexities and challenges of expanding sustainable initiatives globally, while staying true to your company's core mission.
Week Three: Sustainability Leadership in Action – Part one – Witness the concepts we’ve explored applied in real life. Understand the mechanisms through which sustainability leads to value creation from a real business case study, so you can develop and implement them in your own organisation.
Week Four: Sustainability Leadership in Action – Part two – Revisit our case study to discover how they reinvented their business model to become an industry leader in sustainability, and delve into some of the innovative products introduced, and the processes developed.
Week Five: Sustainable Pathways to Value Creation – Uncover how sustainability opens unique pathways for organisations to create financial value while driving socio-environmental impact. Explore recent advances in AI and big data and their applications in sustainability, helping you identify value-creating mechanisms relevant to your context. Deep dive into a case highlighting the strategic decisions behind expanding timber construction into North America.
Week Six: The Roadmap to Sustainability – Gain a deep understanding of the four pillars needed to embed a culture of sustainability within your organisation. Learn how to anticipate future trends and build a robust roadmap that aligns your corporate goals with sustainability leadership.
Self-paced flexible online learning
Challenge your thinking with our range of online courses for individuals and teams. During this unique digital learning experience, you’ll embark on a self-paced journey with a dedicated Learning Manager over the course of several weeks. We have a variety of programmes to suit your individual needs, all of which offer access to the expertise of our world-class faculty, no matter where you are in the world, and an e-certificate on completion.
Up to 18 hours of pre-recorded faculty-led lectures
Learn from industry experts through videos, curated content, assignments and - on select courses - live faculty sessions.
6 weeks, 4-5 hours per week
Experience a journey to suit your schedule with self-paced learning over the course of 6 weeks.
Dedicated learning manager support
Benefit from the support of a learning manager to boost your development.
Global online peer network
Connect and reinforce your learnings with an exceptional group of peers from around the world.
E-certificate on completion
Build credibility with a London Business School e-certificate on completion.
Certificate in Management
This programme can also be taken as part of the Certificate in Management. Enhance your leadership approach, hone your business skills and curate your own curriculum with a blend of online and in-person learning.
How to apply
Submit your application through our online application form.
Not ready to apply yet? Reserve a place
The fee for the programme is £1,995.*
We offer a 25% discount for London Business School Alumni and for those who complete four eligible Certificate in Management or Finance programmes.
For more information on what the programme fee covers, please speak to our Client Relationship Manager.
*Fees are subject to change.
Contact us
Whether you are an individual or an organisation/group looking for a programme, get in touch and we can help find the best solution for you.
