Senior Certified Sustainability Professional

  • 12 Months
  • 110 Course Hours
  • $2,495

Overview

Are you prepared for an exciting career as a leader in the green-collar economy? After completing this premier certification program, you'll establish yourself as a sustainable business professional. You'll be ready to take responsibility for coordinating an enterprise's sustainability strategy across multiple functional areas, including sales, marketing, communications, new product development, global supply chain, operations, and corporate social responsibility.

You'll start by learning the basics of green purchasing. Next you'll cover corporate social responsibility, and carbon strategies. You'll also explore environmental accounting, green transportation, and sustainability consulting.

Upon successful completion of this program, you'll be able to:

  • Establish and maintain a green procurement strategy
  • Apply the principles of environmentally preferred purchasing, design for environment, eco-control systems, and sustainable business practices
  • Indentify corporate social responsibility strategies to meet organizational needs
  • Develop and use Environmental Management System (EMS) practices
  • Select and effectively use a variety of environmental accounting methods
  • Improve product positioning using the green marketing-mix principles
  • Organize and sequence carbon strategies using the World Resource Institute protocol
  • Improve operational sustainability through greening the logistics and supply chain
  • Plan continued organizational sustainability strategies as an internal or external consultant

Overview

Are you prepared for an exciting career as a leader in the green-collar economy? After completing this premier certification program, you'll establish yourself as a sustainable business professional. You'll be ready to take responsibility for coordinating an enterprise's sustainability strategy across multiple functional areas, including sales, marketing, communications, new product development, global supply chain, operations, and corporate social responsibility.

You'll start by learning the basics of green purchasing. Next you'll cover corporate social responsibility, and carbon strategies. You'll also explore environmental accounting, green transportation, and sustainability consulting.

Upon successful completion of this program, you'll be able to:

  • Establish and maintain a green procurement strategy
  • Apply the principles of environmentally preferred purchasing, design for environment, eco-control systems, and sustainable business practices
  • Indentify corporate social responsibility strategies to meet organizational needs
  • Develop and use Environmental Management System (EMS) practices
  • Select and effectively use a variety of environmental accounting methods
  • Improve product positioning using the green marketing-mix principles
  • Organize and sequence carbon strategies using the World Resource Institute protocol
  • Improve operational sustainability through greening the logistics and supply chain
  • Plan continued organizational sustainability strategies as an internal or external consultant

Registration Information

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