ESG Fundamentals Microcredential: Impacting People, Planet & Productivity

The purpose of this microcredential is to enable companies, teams, and individual employees to understand and act on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) factors to generate positive impacts for all stakeholders.

This microcredential enables participants to develop ESG strategies and actions – the fuel for our collective ESG journey.

In the program, you will identify what you already do well, what you can do more of, what needs to change, and what strategies can be put into place to positively impact people, the planet, and productivity.

Participants will learn the fundamentals of environmental, social and governance factors. ESG performance requires people at all levels of organizations to consider opportunities to positively impact people, planet, and productivity.

Join this training to advance your ESG understanding and design meaningful ESG actions.

What You Will Learn?

• Explore the rise of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and sustainable business practices and the resulting opportunities
• Understand leading practice and potential environmental, social, and governance impacts
• Investigate existing business processes that impact people and the planet
• Explore how to integrate positive impacts on people and the planet
• Design a roadmap and pitch to increase positive and reduce negative impacts on people and the planet in their work

Who Will Benefit From This Program?

This program is most valuable to participants who:

• Are curious and concerned about organizations’ impact on people and the planet
• Understand the risk of not acting and are eager to make positive and meaningful change
• Want to contribute to positive social and environmental outcomes through concrete and measurable actions

What You Can Expect From The Program?

• Hands-on: designing an action plan focused on advancing ESG performance within your organization
• Cohort-based: receive individual attention and connect with fellow participants to build your network
• Industry Practitioners: learn from instructors and guest speakers working in the field and benefit from the real-world experience of sustainability practitioners