Program in Sustainability Management in Business

Program in Sustainability Management in Business

Get ready to master the principles of sustainability and put them into practice with a strategic vision capable of transforming your organization.

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Syllabus
Module 1 - Business sustainability: essential principles

1. Our environment

  • Where we come from, where we are going
  • Trends. Planetary boundaries
  • Triple impact and the importance of stakeholders
  • Risks and opportunities associated with climate change
  • Case study: identification of risks and opportunities

2. Initiatives of hope

  • National and international initiatives towards sustainable and inclusive development
  • 2030 Agenda and SDGs. European Pact
  • Implications for the company
  • Case study: impactful SDGs. Associated projects

3. ESG commitments. Regulation

  • Sustainability regulation review
  • Sustainable commitments: the added value of regulation
  • Actions linked to the application of regulation
  • Case study: applicability and impact of regulation

4. Being sustainable

  • Triple impact
  • Decarbonisation and circular economy plans
  • Carbon footprint
  • Case study: environmental impact. Carbon footprint

5. Beyond sustainability

  • Social absorption of sustainability. UN Global Impact
  • Impact on the planet. Biodiversity. Regeneration
  • Good governance of organisations
  • Case study: social impact. Governance

6. Metrics, evaluation, objectives and reporting

  • Metrics. KPIs
  • Reporting. Digitalisation
  • Sustainable objectives. Generating impact
  • Certifications: BCorp
  • Case study: associated KPIs. Objectives

7. Business and sustainability

  • The transversality of sustainability in organisations
  • Impact of sustainability on organisations. Transformation
  • Evolution of the sustainable company
  • Case study: sustainable enterprises

8. Leading sustainability

  • Sustainability governance model. CSO
  • Consumers and sustainability. Trends
  • Case study: sustainability plan
Module 2 - Implementation of the sustainability strategy in the company

1. Conceptual and geopolitical framework

  • Anthropocene. Donut model and planetary boundaries
  • 2030 Agenda, SDGs, European Pact and business. Impact projects
  • Geopolitical situation. Managing uncertainty
  • Organizations and sustainability
  • The ethics of sustainability
  • Case study

2. Planet

  • Environmental regulation: climate change law, packaging and packaging waste law, sustainable mobility law, deforestation
  • Climate change. Mitigation and adaptation strategies
  • Calculation of the organisational carbon footprint. Scope 3. Value chain
  • Decarbonisation plan. SBTi
  • Circular economy
  • Biodiversity. Regeneration and compensation strategies (NbS)
  • Case study

3. Social

  • Social regulation. Guiding principles on business and human rights
  • Good governance. Impact on employees and the entire value chain
  • ESG supply chain
  • JEDI strategy integration
  • Sustainable leadership skills development
  • Sustainable organizational culture
  • Internal and external communication
  • Case study

4. Strategy

  • Double materiality
  • Analysis of impacts, risks and opportunities
  • Sustainability strategic plan. Objectives
  • Key metrics and indicators to measure the impact generated. Frames of reference
  • B Corp. Strategic and growth element
  • Case study

5. Governance

  • Governance models
  • Stakeholders. Transversality
  • Transparency. Reporting. CSRD. Gap Analysis. Verification
  • AI integration. Support software
  • Case study

6. Economy

  • Taxonomy
  • Integrating sustainability into corporate finance
  • Sustainable finance and ESG
  • Sustainability competitive advantage
  • Community impact
  • Case study

7. Product development

  • Circularity from conception. Eco-design
  • Development of more sustainable products. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Project prioritization and valuation
  • Sustainability in project management
  • Claims, greenwashing and brand reputation
  • Case study