Sustainability Leaders Programme

The Skillnet Climate Ready Academy have partnered with Chambers Ireland and Skillnet Ireland to design and deliver an innovative Sustainability Leaders training programme. The programme aims to drive and assist businesses and Sustainability professionals to embrace responsible and sustainable business practices towards a decarbonised economy. Throughout the programmes we strive to examine the challenges of transitioning to a sustainable business model, and learn how to overcome them through identifying the key organisational levers that facilitate change.

Programme

Sustainability Leaders Programme

Start Date

Spring 2025

Duration

8 weeks

Cost

Funded for eligible firms

Delivery

This programme consists of a series of online workshop webinars

Who is this Programme for?

The Sustainability Leaders programme is aimed at those responsible for sustainability management within their company. The programme has the dual target of developing trainee skills at an individual level and delivering tangible impacts at organisation level.

Programme Benefits

Save
Resources & Money

The programme will provide trainees with the knowledge and skills to identify and deliver verified sustainable and related resource efficiency savings in their organisations

Fully
Funded

This programme is funded by Skillnet Ireland

Protect
the Environment

Trainees will learn the key principles of sustainability resource management and the actions that are required to improve their organisations environmental performance and credentials

Learn
from Leaders

This innovative programme has been developed with the support of leading sustainability experts

The Learning Experience

The Sustainability Leaders Programme consists of live mentoring and support workshops focussed on providing real world industry examples and peer to peer learning opportunities.

Workshop Webinars

Workshop One

Introducing SDGs for Leadership

Workshop Two

Identifying your Sustainability Priorities

Workshop Three

Defining and Monitoring your SDGs

Workshop Four

Integrating Sustainability into your Business

Workshop Five

Communicating and Reporting

Workshop Six

Bespoke Sustainability charter and action plan to deploy in their business.

Aims of the Programme

This programme aims to facilitate professionals working in businesses across all sectors to implement Sustainability management. Upon the successful completion of this training programme, participants will have the skills and knowledge to:

Develop a Sustainability report + Charter for their site. The programme will support trainees in understanding where sustainability is used within the business, how to conserve resources and trainees will create a Sustainability Charter which captures the business case for action and an agreed action plan for the first 12 months.

Successful trainees will gain the knowledge which will boost their organisation’s reputation and brand image by having a recognised sustainable leader onsite.