Senior Certified Sustainability Professional

Certificate Program

Are you prepared for an exciting career as a leader in the green collar economy? Millions of new jobs in this rapidly growing sector will be available to people that set themselves apart from the crowd by earning the professional credentials and skills they need to lead sustainable business practices. Imagine the doors you will open for yourself as a Senior Certified Sustainability Professional.

After completing this premier certification program, you will establish yourself as a sustainable business professional ready to take responsibility for setting the direction and coordinating an enterprise’s sustainability strategy across multiple functional areas such as sales, marketing, communications, new product development, global supply chain, operations, and corporate social responsibility.

Program Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Establish and maintain a green procurement strategy.
• Apply the principles of environmentally preferred purchasing, design for environment, eco-control systems, and sustainable business practices.
• Indentify Corporate Social Responsibility strategies to meet organizational needs.
• Develop and use Environmental Management System (EMS) practices.
• Select and use a variety of environmental accounting methods effectively.
• Improve product positioning using the green marketing mix principles.
• Organize and sequence carbon strategies using the World Resource Institute protocol.
• Improve operational sustainability through greening the logistics and supply chain.
• Plan continued organizational sustainability strategies as an internal/external consultant.

Who Should Attend

This program is intended for professionals working in or preparing for leadership roles tasked to support the sustainable business practices and goals of their organization.

• Professionals who need to create collaborative partnerships with management in order to improve sustainable business practices.
• Sustainability consultants who must analyze “green” challenges for their clients and develop multi-faceted solutions.
• Managers and professionals whose departments are evolving on their sustainability journey, and have responsibility for linking business needs to performance interventions, including sustainable business practices.

Program Highlights