UPEACE Certificate in Sustainable Business
October 7-8th 2010, London

If you are interested in participating in this course please e-mail: hello@idealmedia.org.uk

Sustainable Business: Leading the Change

Sustainable business in 2010 means working with the bigger picture and aligning business goals with social and environmental objectives.
The UN mandated UPEACE Centre for Executive Education is visiting London to deliver a workshop on corporate responsibility (CR). The course will give professionals working in sustainability or CR practical knowledge that can be used for planning and implementing strategy as well as introducing other departments and stakeholders to sustainability issues. The course will be valuable for professionals at, or wishing to work at; blue chip companies, public sector organisations, NGOs, UN agencies, consultancies and social enterprises with an interest in understanding leading practice in sustainability and CR.The format of the course allows for an engaging and dynamic interaction between participants, facilitators and guest speakers, and includes a welcome dinner.

Course content:

Leadership for Sustainability
How can you bring your values to the workplace and develop leadership skills for sustainability? This module will take participants through exercises helping them to 1st identify and then integrate values into everyday business decisions.
Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
This module focuses on engaging and inspiring stakeholders and communications and branding. Some subthemes: Mapping stakeholders; communications to influence behaviour change; long-term strategic brand positioning and building brand value through CR.
Organisational and Behavioural Change
Techniques, strategies and case studies to affect change at an individual and organisational level. How to ensure high-level policies are supported by frontline behaviour.
Cross-Sector Partnerships for Sustainability
How can one develop win-win cross-sector partnerships given conflicting values and cultures? This module will explore the principles for developing effective partnerships for sustainability, and illustrate with case studies.
Microfinance and Social Intrapreneurship
The life of a social intrapreneur - how microfinance was born at Morgan Stanley.social entrepreneurs. Challenges for CSR in a downmarket. How banks are developing new business models around microfinance and becoming trusted partners working towards strategic social and environmental goals.
Sustainability Frameworks
This module focuses on the UN Global Compact (the largest voluntary CR framework) and the Global Reporting Initiative. A case-study format will allow participants implement these frameworks in a medium-sized organisation.

Including expert speakers from:
Morgan Stanley Microfinance, UNEP, UN Global Compact, Unilever & Ideal Media.

Graduates of the course receive a certificate from UPEACE and membership to our alumni network. To find out more about UPEACE Centre for Executive Education click visit: http://www.centre.upeace.org

Corporates £695, Public Sector £495, Academics / NGOs £350
The price includes all course material and a first night welcome dinner.

Comments from previous courses

"Great! Two thumbs up!"

"Open discussion about sustainability was very insightful"

"A good environment that encouraged participants to communicate constructively and honestly"

"Inspirational with good activities"

"Liked that we got to work in different groups"

"Whole event was very inspirational. Great to meet like-minded colleagues"

"I really enjoyed these past two days"

"Good mixture of thought provoking speakers"

"Wide ranging look at corporate responsibility, from theoretic and academic to practical. It also looked at global and local initiatives"

"Very informative and educational"

"Really well organised and smoothly implemented"

"Would love to take part in the next workshop"