Comprehensive and practical corporate sustainability training
Elevate your team’s sustainability literacy with a practical sustainability education for professionals.
Fully online, self-paced learning with 24/7 access to course content.
Designed to bridge knowledge and action for sustainability in business.
Curated by expert academics and sustainability practitioners.
Gain sustainability expertise to confidently drive business success.
Why invest in sustainability skills for your team?
Empowering your teams with key sustainability skills drives innovation, fosters resilience, and aligns your organisation with global goals. Adopting a more sustainable business model enhances brand reputation, reduces risks, and contributes to profitability, ultimately positioning your organisation for long-term success.
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Tailored learning with custom course bundles
Empower your team and enhance their skills by tailoring their learning journey with custom course bundles. Select from a diverse range of modules to meet your organisation's specific needs, ensuring a learning experience that is directly aligned with your strategic objectives.
Module 1
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction to the sustainability challenges organisations face.
Understand the strategic framework involved in an organisation's sustainability journey.
Evaluate the UN Sustainable Development Goals and how companies can align their sustainability plans with the goals.
Module length: 3 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Outline key steps involved in developing a sustainability plan.
Conduct a materiality assessment to assess stakeholders' views on your organisation's impact.
Understand stakeholder engagement and sustainability plan framework implementation.
Module length: 3 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Understand how to measure progress, baselining and benchmarking
Identify internal communication to drive further progress and understand the importance of Stakeholder Engagement
Learn to implement strategies and seek feedback to ensure resilience
Module length: 3 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 4
DECARBONISATION: ACHIEVING NET ZERO
Interpret your organisation's carbon footprint according to industry best practices - Scope 1, 2 and 3
Understand product life cycle assessment and product carbon footprinting
Understand key carbon targets for your decarbonisation plan
Module length: 3 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
Understand circular economy; assess its risks, and opportunities.
Assess the value chain for circular economy integration to reduce impact of your products and services
Evaluate tools, steps, and designs for circular economy model development.
Module length: 4 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 6
BUSINESS WITH BIODIVERSITY
Recognise business cases where organisations have introduced initiatives to combat biodiversity decline
Understand how biodiversity is represented in global and EU policies
Understand the responsibilities that organisations have for financial reporting related to biodiversity
Module length: 5 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 7
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Assess your current DEI strategy, and identify gaps and the essential elements needed within the strategy
Use leadership to articulate DEI business case in your organisation.
Implement bias-free ways to collect and interpret diversity-related data
Module length: 4 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 8
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE
Understand sustainable finance: literacy, terms, systems, and global trends.
Learn how financial systems are redirected towards economic and social benefits.
Evaluate and utilise available sustainable finance instruments and approaches.
Module length: 5 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 11
GREEN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
Understand communication's role in effective sustainability plans.
Develop a strategy for collaboration, internal buy-in, and stakeholder engagement.
Design green marketing plan; understand challenges and opportunities.
Module length: 4 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Module 12
ESG REPORTING AND AUDITING
Understand the range of reporting frameworks out there and what is required of your organisation from a reporting perspective
Categorise the various ESG reporting challenges and how to overcome them
Apply the steps needed to develop high-quality non-financial disclosure information and improve transparency
Module length: 7 Lessons
CPD Hours: 3
Industry-Specific Example Bundles
The course modules are flexibly designed to cater to specific industry needs, offering customised learning paths. Below, we illustrate example bundles for the food, transportation, service, and construction industries, showcasing how tailored content addresses unique sustainability challenges and objectives.
Interested in tailoring a custom bundle for your organisation's specific needs?
Gain sustainability strategies and insights through our modules to address challenges in the food industry, including waste reduction, ethical sourcing, and carbon footprint management. Though the modules cover business sustainability concepts in their entirety and explore their impacts on different aspects of an organisation’s operations, you can tailor/customise your learning from the following modules to address specific sustainability challenges that you may face within the food industry.
➜ Sustainability Plan Development and Implementation
➜ Decarbonisation – Achieving Net Zero
➜ Circular Economy and Sustainable Products
➜ Business with Biodiversity
➜ Sustainable Supply Chain
➜ ESG Reporting and Auditing
Benefit from live masterclasses with sustainability experts, offering insights and strategies that help you meet your organisation’s unique sustainability challenges.
Leverage our modules to acquire sustainability strategies and insights, addressing key challenges within the service industry, including energy efficiency, sustainable service models, and stakeholder interaction. Though the modules cater to broad sustainability concepts, participants can apply the acquired knowledge to devise specific sustainable solutions for service-oriented businesses.
➜ Sustainability Plan Development and Implementation
➜ Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Operations
➜ Green Marketing and Communication
➜ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
➜ Sustainable Supply Chain Management
➜ ESG Reporting and Auditing
Benefit from live masterclasses with sustainability experts, offering insights and strategies that help you meet your organisation’s unique sustainability challenges.
Utilise our modules to develop sustainability strategies and insights to tackle prominent challenges in the construction industry such as resource efficiency, supply chain risks, and regulatory compliance. Though the modules cover business sustainability concepts in their entirety and explore their impacts on different aspects of an organisation’s operations, you can tailor/customise your learning from the following modules to address specific sustainability challenges that you may face within the construction industry.
➜ Sustainability Plan Development and Implementation
➜ Sustainable Operations
➜ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
➜ Sustainable Supply Chain Management
➜ ESG Reporting and Auditing
Benefit from live masterclasses with sustainability experts, offering insights and strategies that help you meet your organisation’s unique sustainability challenges.
The following modules will help you gain valuable sustainability strategies and insights that you can implement to tackle key challenges within the manufacturing industry, including reducing emissions, enhancing resource efficiency, and implementing sustainable production techniques. Though the modules cover business sustainability concepts in their entirety and explore their impacts on different aspects of an organisation’s operations, you can tailor/customise your learning to address specific sustainability challenges that you may face within the manufacturing industry.
➜ Sustainability Plan Development and Implementation
➜ Decarbonisation – Achieving Net Zero
➜ Circular Economy and Sustainable Products
➜ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
➜ Business with Biodiversity
➜ Sustainable Supply Chain Management
➜ ESG Reporting and Auditing
Benefit from live masterclasses with sustainability experts, offering insights and strategies that help you meet your organisation’s unique sustainability challenges.
The following modules will help you gain an understanding of sustainability strategies and insights to address critical challenges in the transportation industry, such as reducing emissions, improving fuel efficiency, and promoting sustainable logistics. Though the modules cover business sustainability concepts in their entirety and explore their impacts on different aspects of an organisation’s operations, you can tailor/customise your learning from the following modules to address specific sustainability challenges that you may face within the transportation industry.
➜ Sustainability Plan Development and Implementation
➜ Decarbonisation – Achieving Net Zero
➜ Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management
➜ Sustainable Operations
➜ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
➜ ESG Reporting and Auditing
Benefit from live masterclasses with sustainability experts, offering insights and strategies that help you meet your organisation’s unique sustainability challenges.
Interested in tailoring a custom bundle for your organisation's specific needs?
Why take action now?
80%
of 200 studies show that company stock price performance is positively correlated with good sustainability practices.
2 in 3
UK employees want to work for organisations that have a positive impact on the world.
49,000
large companies are expected to comply with sustainability reporting requirements starting 2023.
90%
of 200 studies analyzed conclude that good ESG standards lower the cost of capital.
£1 trillion
market opportunity for British businesses supplying the goods and services to enable the global net-zero transition, in the period up to 2030.
Top 100
sustainable global companies experienced significantly higher mean sales growth between 2006 and 2010.
What course graduates say
Find out how they’re using the practical tools and insights from the course to tackle urgent sustainability challenges.
Broadening your impact through practical hands-on training
With the total focus on practical skills that your team can implement in your workplace, this course helps gain key sustainability insights and learn to implement best practices to drive sustainable success.
Key Features
- Flexible, Self-paced Learning
Your team enjoys a completely online, immersive, self-paced, guided learning experience with round-the-clock access to all course materials in one place.
- Expert-Led Content
Expert-curated content, featuring interactive modules and on-demand videos, to navigate your team’s sustainability education.
- Interactive Learning Experience
Engage in a dynamic learning experience with videos, interactive tools, knowledge check-ins and assessments to deepen your knowledge.
- Internationally-Recognised Course
This course is credit-rated by Glasgow Caledonian University, offers CPD credits upon completion, and is aligned with EQF for contemporary relevance.
- Practical Application-Based Learning
Solidify learning through practical exercises, leveraging essential tools and templates for direct real-world application.
- Collaboration and Networking
Outcomes focus on interactive teamwork, fostering collaboration and networking with participants across diverse industries and sectors.
- Insightful Masterclasses
Exclusive masterclasses provide unparalleled sustainability insights and strategies from leading experts, fostering professional community engagement.
- Customised Organisational Learning
Tailored to professional learning needs, our sustainability course enables effective management and scaling of your organisational education.
- Integrated Learning Platform
Integrate ISS's learning platform with your organisation's system for streamlined learning and content distribution.
Internationally-recognised course
The Diploma in Business Sustainability is credit-rated by Glasgow Caledonian University, maps onto the European Qualifications Framework and is CPD certified.
Looking for more details?
Please reach out to us to know more about how we can help you and your team foster a sustainability mindset and gain the skills needed to confidently drive sustainable success within your organisation.
(a) Speak to our Corporate Education Advisor for one-on-onediscussion regarding the course and what best suits your team.
(b) Download course brochure for a deeper understanding of learning outcomes and key features.
(c) Send us an email to learning@instituteofsustainabilitystudies.com to initiate a conversation with our course advisor