Sustainability Training Environmental Consultants Tampa, Florida
Sustainability Training
Seminars and Workshops
Ecowise-Solutions offers customized training on sustainable business practices to our clients. We have developed a series of informative seminars and workshops that can educate your management and staff on sustainability issues such as:
- Strategic planning and sustainability
- Conducting a carbon footprint assessment
- Green building standards and sustainable sourcing practices
- Greenhouse gas reduction strategies
Online Training
Ecowise-Solutions is the lead sustainability expert in the University of San Francisco’s Corporate and Environmental Sustainability online advanced specialized certificate course. This 100% online sustainability training course is ideal for newly appointed sustainability directors and “green team” members, as well as executives, managers and HR directors responsible for overseeing and/or training employees tasked with sustainability initiatives. It is particularly valuable for supply chain professionals, whose decisions, processes and suppliers directly contribute to an organization’s overall sustainability.
Corporate and Environmental Sustainability explores the far-reaching impact of companies’ actions in terms of people, planet and profit. Developed by leading sustainability experts, this advanced specialized certificate course reveals how to integrate sustainability in every aspect of your business — from strategy and planning to product design and marketing. In just eight weeks, you’ll master the critical concepts, tools and techniques required to put your organization on the path to sustainability — and greater success!
What You’ll Learn
Introduction to Sustainability
- Leading environmental issues
- Climate-change science and impacts
- Key principles and best practices of sustainability
- Essential elements of the sustainability business model
Why Sustainability Is a Strategic Business Issue
- Sustainability business risks
- Benefits of sustainability
- Leveraging sustainability initiatives for favorable financing and insurance rates
- The “Walmart effect” on supply chain sustainability
- Green innovation, tools and design
The Carbon Market
- Sources of greenhouse gas emissions
- Emission trading essentials and U.N. emission trading agreement
- U.S. federal and regional cap-and-trade legislation
- Global carbon markets and carbon-offset market
Sustainability Planning
- Strategic planning and sustainability
- Obtaining executive buy-in on sustainability initiatives with a focus on bottom-line results
- Conducting a carbon footprint assessment
- Green building standards and sustainable sourcing practices
- Greenhouse gas reduction strategies
- Proven techniques to improve energy efficiency
Sustainability Initiatives by Industry Segments
- Sustainability best practices in key industries: consumer goods, hospitality, real estate development, insurance, manufacturing, energy sector, technology sector and local government.
Sustainability in Product Design
- Must-know sustainability design principles and tools
- Lifecycle assessment and supply chain auditing
- Implementing a zero-waste resolution
- Certification schemes for products and packaging
Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Community engagement and employee training
- Voluntary standards and codes of conduct
- Enterprise sustainable performance management
- Sustainability monitoring and reporting
Marketing Your Sustainability Efforts
- Positioning your sustainability message
- Establishing successful strategic partnerships
- Social media and its role in marketing sustainability
- Using the triple bottom line in your messaging
- Evolution of sustainability-conscious consumers and current trends: consumption, attitudes and obstacles
