Move Toward a Zero-Carbon Economy with Leeds
"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. Those businesses that factor climate into their strategies and operations will be more successful over the long-term. Leeds' new Climate Action for Business course will help executives identify climate-related opportunities, risks, and responsibilities ahead." Kathryn Wendell, Executive Director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business
The Time for a Low Carbon Future is Now
Climate Action for Business (CAB) is the Leeds School of Business newest Executive Education offering. Businesses are increasingly facing the importance of having a climate strategy - from gathering greenhouse gas emissions data, to designing reports for both internal and external stakeholders, to establishing reduction targets.
The is already driving investor demand for greater transparency, and is poised to fundamentally shape the future of business across sectors, industries and functions. Hiring for skilled workers is growing quickly. Large audit and consulting firms like , are betting that demand for strategy, data collection and reporting will continue to grow, while companies are creating new in-house positions as well.
This professional Certificate program was developed to help professionals stay on the leading edge of strategy in this dynamic environment, whether working within a company moving toward a carbon reduction commitment, or supporting that transition from outside.
Students will also receive a digital badge with a verifiable micro-credential from the University of Colorado Boulder for completing the course.
Equipping Business Leaders with Actionable Skills and Strategies
Pete Dignan - Principal of Ever Better, PBC, and Leeds Adjunct Instructor for the Certificate in CSR (CCSR), and Jeff York, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, developed the course with a framework. The course is broken up into eight segments over two half-days, November 15-16, 2022, and is designed to provide an actionable template that can be tailored to participants’ company and industry.
The modules are:
- Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration
- Emissions Reductions
- Products, Partnerships, and Procurement
- Investments and Financing
- Climate Disclosures
- Climate Policy Advocacy
- Business Model Transformation
- Long-term Thinking
This course is timely because many organizations are recognizing the need to act, but they're not sure how to get started. The biggest public companies have experts and teams on staff to lead this work, but everyone else is trying to understand what to focus on, how to separate the signal from the noise. This course will give folks the confidence they need to get off the sidelines and into the climate action game,"
says, Pete Dignan
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