- 100% online
- Weekly guest lecturers
- Global community of leaders and experts
- 6 weeks / 5 hours per week
- Practical applications and methods
- Market-specific takeaways
Understand and implement high-impact corporate sustainability strategies
- 1
Articulate the business case for sustainability
Learn how to communicate the business case for sustainability. Understand how to examine risks/opportunities and use quantitative data to persuade decision makers. Build coalitions of internal and external stakeholders to champion your sustainability strategies.
- 2
Design & execute sustainability roadmap
Create a world-class corporate sustainability strategy and develop a roadmap to deliver on it. Understand proven sustainability strategies and implementation tactics. Learn to deploy comprehensive frameworks.
- 3
Tap into global network of sustainability experts
Leverage Terra’s network of business leaders, CSR professionals, suppliers, manufacturers, investors, and general climate experts. Be part of a global network that will be open to you forever and will keep growing with future cohorts.
This was a fantastic program. Highly recommend! It really helped me to learn and think what I/we can do to tackle the climate crisis...
Teruhide Sato
Founder and CEO,
BEENEXT
Singapore
World-class instructors and guest speakers
Vance Merolla
Worldwide Director of Global Sustainability, Colgate-Palmolive Company
Course Creator and Lead Instructor
As Worldwide Director of Global Sustainability for Colgate-Palmolive Company, a consumer products company based in New York City, Vance is responsible for leading Colgate’s worldwide sustainability strategy and programs around climate, energy efficiency, water stewardship, waste reduction, and sustainable buildings. Prior to his current 20+ years with Colgate, he was an environmental consulting group manager for the URS Corporation. Vance is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in the states of New York, New Jersey and Washington, a U.S. Green Building Council LEED-Accredited Professional, and a Member of the USGBC NJ Chapter Board of Directors. Vance is also an adjunct professor at Columbia University in NYC, where he teaches a graduate course in Sustainable Operations.
Denise Taliaferro
Assistant General Counsel at IGT
Lab Instructor
Denise has over 17 years of experience as in-house counsel advising a multinational corporation on a range of practice areas, including corporate sustainability, intellectual property and technology licensing. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Michigan State University, Honors College, with a major in chemical engineering, and is registered to practice law in New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Denise enjoys living in Rhode Island with her husband, two children and dog.
Our guest speakers
Apoorv Garg
Director of Supply Chain at Prometheus Fuels and Angel Investor
Marina Haydn
Senior Sustainability Strategist, Quantis
Rachel Stern
Worldwide Manager, Enterprise ESG Reporting & Disclosure, Johnson & Johnson
Austin Whitman
CEO and co-founder, Climate Neutral
Isabella Todaro
Director of carbon measurement, Climate Neutral
Exceptional alumni
Our alumni have accomplished careers in industry, policy, and more, and have all made a commitment to focusing their career on sustainability and decarbonization. Expect a similarly accomplished peer set of business and sustainability leaders from across industries and geographies...
The program breakdown
Week 01
The Business Case for Sustainability
We will begin by defining sustainability through a business lens and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To understand which issues matter most, we will discuss the material assessment process as a way to evaluate risks & opportunities against key stakeholder expectations.
Week 02
Understanding Your Value Chain Impacts
By examining end-to-end operational aspects of sustainability through the lens of greenhouse gases (GHGs), we will identify potential “hotspots” for reducing emissions across the value chain.
Week 03
Internal Stakeholder Engagement
Building on our analysis of the value chain, we will next focus on how to embed sustainability into the organization by engaging internal stakeholders and integrating into existing systems and functions, aiming to make sustainability a normal part of day-to-day work.
Week 04
Sustainability Ambitions, Strategy and Targets
As businesses work to define their sustainability ambitions and targets, they need to deploy comprehensive frameworks to help ensure robust future-proof outcomes. We will review examples of sustainability strategic models, public reporting, and setting of science-based targets.
Week 05
Embedding Sustainability into Your Business
To bring sustainability to life within a business, it ultimately must be embedded into a company’s values, business strategy and functions. We will explore ways to embed sustainability as a growth strategy, as a functional overlay, and as an employee tactic to attract and retain talent.
Week 06
Sustainability Communications and Storytelling
As a way to conclude, we will look at the importance of communicating sustainability to all stakeholders in an authentic and transparent manner. We will discuss meaningful, authentic and transparent brand messaging and storytelling.
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Personalized and relevant instruction
Our world-class faculty are industry experts that are trained in online teaching and facilitation techniques. Think of them as your personal coaches as you navigate your own climate leadership journey in your company
01
Live Discussion Groups
Once a week, you will meet with your instructor in live, small-group sessions to:
- Analyze sustainability case studies
- Discuss and debate how to integrate sustainable practices across the value chain
- Learn how to manage the delivery of a sustainability strategy
02
Hands-on projects
Through group and individual projects, you will:
- Refine ability to communicate the business case for sustainability
- Strategize how to prioritize sustainability efforts while creating business opportunity
- Get feedback from peers and experts
03
Expert Guest Talks
Once a week, you will meet experts in interactive small-group sessions to:
- Get insights and learn best practices
- Build a network or fellow sustainability professionals and aspiring change agents
- Learn practical and applicable tools and frameworks
04
Up-to-date material
We update our learning material to stay cutting-edge:
- Latest developments on the science, climate impacts, and corporate sustainability strategies
- Lifetime access to material for the fellows
Pricing and expected commitment
Corporate Sustainability Leadership
/ 6 Weeks
Who is this program for?
Climate Change presents tremendous risks and opportunities for every business. This program is designed for purpose driven professionals who want to take climate action in their workplace and effectively manage the delivery of a sustainability strategy.
- You are a purpose driven business professional who wants to be a sustainability change agent within your organization
- You want to understand how to deliver on your team’s sustainability strategy and accelerate your organization's sustainability goals
- You have sufficient time (5 hours/week) to dedicate to the program
- You want to learn from an industry leader who has a twenty year track record of successfully implementing sustainability initiatives
- You don’t consider yourself a business professional
- You don’t have the time to commit to a deep dive right now (you can always apply for later cohorts)
Corporate Sustainability Leadership
/ 6 Weeks
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