Sustainable Business Foundations

In partnership with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Sustainable Business Foundations

Level Understanding Duration 7 hours

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This course is suitable for team - or organisation-wide programmes. Contact us for more details.

Businesses are under increasing pressure to respond to climate change, regulation and shifting stakeholder expectations. This course provides a practical introduction to sustainability, helping you understand the risks and opportunities shaping today’s markets and business practices.

You will explore how sustainability can be integrated into business strategy and operations and examine the business and financial case for action, including the practical challenges organisations face when implementing change. Through real-world examples, you will gain insight into how organisations are embedding sustainability into decision-making to drive resilience and long-term value.

Whether developing your own expertise or building shared capability across your team, this course equips learners with the practical understanding needed to shape future-fit organizations. It supports individuals and teams in developing a foundational understanding of sustainable business practices, facilitating improved organizational resilience, collaboration and innovation.

On-demand - training that’s even more flexible

BSI’s on-demand courses are market-leading and available 24/7. Developed by top subject matter experts, they contain the same high-quality content you will find in our tutor-led training, but with the added benefit of being able to learn at your own pace and at any time.

How will I benefit?

The benefits for you and your organization of developing sustainable business skills:

Clarifying and aligning your personal purpose and goals and knowing you are contributing towards a sustainable future.
Finding sustainable purpose in your role, project, department or organization, enhancing your professional position.
Creating natural pathways for career transitions and helping you find opportunities for creating new forms of value in your business.
Cultivating a holistic rather than top-down approach to leadership, with different perspectives feeding ideas into how to improve the business model and innovate for the future.
Getting the best out of employees who are better prepared to navigate the deep transformations ahead.

This course enables learners to:
- Understand the impact of current global economic, social, and environmental pressures on their business sector.
- Apply systems thinking to determine the ways in which systems shape societal outcomes.
- Appraise the value of integrating sustainability across their organization, operations and supply chains.
- Evaluate how best to manage the risks and opportunities relating to their organisation’s impacts on, and dependencies on, society and the environment.
Whether you already have some understanding of sustainable business or are completely new to the topic, this course equips you with the latest insights from industry experts and practical solutions to drive sustainability in your organization.

The learning is rooted in the latest sustainability thinking and can benefit employees across all levels, functions and industries within the business ecosystem.

The knowledge and skills it develops will benefit individuals in all roles and sizes of organizations, who wish to gain a critical foundational understanding of global sustainability trends and the urgent, purpose-driven action needed.
- Learners looking to start their sustainability journey or refresh their knowledge with the latest insights into sustainable business practices; to deliver impact within and beyond their business.
- Organizations and individuals looking to deliver impact through skills development.
- Organizations looking to build a foundational understanding of sustainable business practices in specific teams or across their organisation.
The 5 modules of the course are delivered by experts from industry and academia and equip you with introductory understanding of essential sustainability themes. With this knowledge, you can unleash sustainable practices to innovate, collaborate and lead for the future.

The course is assessed through in-learning quizzes, activities and submission of final assignment. The learners are also required to complete an end-of-course survey. Learners can retake all assessments as required throughout the 12-month licence period.
- Module 1 - Sustainability challenges: systems pressures and trends
  Understand the impact of current global economic, social, and environmental pressures on your business sector.
- Module 2 - The impact on business: risk and opportunities and the business case
  Apply systems thinking to determine the ways in which systems shape societal outcomes.
- Module 3 - The role of business in rethinking and rewiring economies
  Appraise the value of integrating sustainability across your organisation, operations and supply chains.
- Module 4 - What 'good' looks like: examples of best practice
  Evaluate how best to manage the risks and opportunities relating to your organisation’s impacts on, and dependencies on, society and the environment.
- Module 5 - Your personal action plan
  How to drive sustainability in your organisation Create a personal action plan to contribute to the necessary change in your organisation or sphere of influence.
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is an institution within the University of Cambridge. Its mission is to empower individuals and organisations to take the lead in tackling critical global challenges. By offering supported, interactive online short courses, CISL is able to share its knowledge and purpose with a worldwide audience.

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