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Becoming a Sustainability Champion
Lead and Inspire
Chaired by
Virginia Cinquemani
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Overview
Are you passionate about the environment and sustainability? Do you want to be at the heart of leading your organisation’s efforts to become more sustainable?
If so, then our public sector focused Becoming a Sustainability Champion course is just for you.
Regardless of your current role, our expert-led course gives you the necessary advice and skills to lead the day-to-day efforts of making your organisation become more environmentally friendly.
Understand and apply environmental frameworks, learn how to set more effective sustainable strategies, understand UK environmental law legislation, and become the driving force behind your organisation’s sustainability strategy and transformation to net-zero.
Leave the day with an action plan to become that much needed influential and inspirational sustainable champion.
Virginia is a qualified architect, project manager and BREEAM AP, with a life long passion for sustainability. She is focusing exclusively on empowering sustainability professionals to become the most confident and assertive version of themselves, and to successfully accomplish their sustainability projects even when their stakeholders think sustainability is a waste of time and money!
She is the author of SustainABLE: How to Find Success as a Sustainability Professional in a Rapidly Changing World, a practical guide for those that have a passion for sustainability but cannot make an impact.
Virginia is also a Lecturer in Sustainability and Environmental Management at Coventry University. During her previous long career at BRE…
Virginia Cinquemani
Learning Outcomes
Define what it means to be a sustainable organisation
Gain techniques on how to make your organisation more sustainable
Learn how to utilise your resources to support your business strategy
Utilise environmental frameworks and carbon footprinting tools
Take back an action plan to become a sustainable champion
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Agenda
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:00 Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives
10:00 - 10:45 What does it Mean to be a Sustainable Organisation?
Defining sustainability
Defining business sustainability
Clarifying the language around sustainability and net zero
Understanding the UK legislation
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Why is this Transformation Necessary and Urgent?
The imperative for the net zero transformation
The economic and social benefits of acting now
The risks to your organisation if action is not taken
12:00 - 13:00 Making Better Use of Resources to Deliver the Business Strategy
Reviewing operations for improved sustainability
The role of the circular economy
Innovation and cost savings
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Environmental Frameworks and Carbon Footprinting Tools
Environmental Frameworks:
What are they?
When are they useful?
Where to find more information
Carbon Footprinting:
What is it and do you need to do one?
The pros and cons of using a footprinting tool
15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon Break
15:00 - 16:00 Workshop: Becoming a Sustainability Champion
Assessing your organisation’s readiness to engage
Identifying key stakeholders and their readiness to engage
Identifying drivers for change
Setting and managing expectations for change
Barriers to action and overcoming them
Making sustainability business as usual
When and how to engage the wider organisation
16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Evaluation and Close
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