Program Description:
In recent years, the world has been facing several major problems that affect businesses, such as climate change, energy and resource management issues, and supply chain risk management, all of which hinder business continuity. Hence, the need for what is known as sustainability in business has emerged. This entails managing businesses in a way that has a positive impact on the economic, environmental, and social aspects, creating awareness of the positive effects that companies and organizations can have on their environment and the surrounding community. This training program provides participants with a good understanding of business sustainability topics and how to deal with the challenges of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. It covers topics such as corporate social responsibility, sustainability reporting, the sustainability lifecycle of products, environmental marketing, and more.
Overall Objective:
The general objective of this training program is to enable participants to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and familiarity with developing the fundamental skills and knowledge of sustainability mechanisms, their importance, the value chain perspective, sustainability strategy and planning, stakeholder engagement, integrated sustainability management systems, sustainability reporting frameworks, product lifecycle management, and social sustainability management.
Specific Objectives:
By the end of this training program, each participant will be able to:
1. Enable trainees to identify the motivations, risks, challenges, and opportunities associated with sustainability management.
2. Enable trainees to apply the principles and guiding values that form the basis for achieving the concept of business sustainability.
3. Enable trainees to navigate through the common and conflicting needs, perspectives, and interests of diverse stakeholder groups, sectors, disciplines, and industry specializations.
4. Enhance the strategic benefits of integrating and engaging the commercial value chain from suppliers to end-users to achieve sustainability breakthroughs.
5. Link systems thinking and life cycle thinking to business strategies.
Program Topics:
❖ What is sustainability?
– Elements of sustainability
– Current global issues and their relationship to sustainability
– What is managerial sustainability?
– Why is sustainability important?
❖ Integrating sustainability into business
– What is managerial sustainability?
– Core pillars of managerial sustainability
– Key dimensions of business sustainability
– Conditions for achieving sustainability by companies
– Value chain perspective
– Corporate social responsibility
– Community responsibility and sustainable development
❖ Integrated sustainability management
– What is managerial sustainability?
– Core pillars of managerial sustainability
– Key dimensions of business sustainability
– Conditions for achieving sustainability by companies
– Value chain perspective
– Corporate social responsibility
– Community responsibility and sustainable development
❖ Sustainability reporting
– What is sustainability reporting?
– Contents of sustainability reporting
– Fundamental principles in preparing sustainability reports
– Preparing sustainability reports
– Steps in preparing sustainability reports
– Challenges organizations face in preparing sustainability reports
❖ Product lifecycle management
– What is product lifecycle management (PLM)?
– Benefits of product lifecycle management
– Stages of the product lifecycle
– How to improve it?
– Lifecycle assessment
– Lifecycle impact assessment (LCIA)
❖ Sustainability management approaches
– What is environmental sustainability?
– How does environmental sustainability work?
– Principles of sustainable environmental management
– Top 6 sustainable companies in the region
❖ Social sustainability management
– Dimensions of social sustainability
– Sustainable procurement
– Supply chain sustainability
– Product stewardship
❖ Sustainability, marketing, and the environment
– Importance of addressing sustainability
– What is environmental marketing?
– Methods to encourage environmental marketing in your organization
