Training workshop - Nelson: Planning strategically for sustainability using the Natural Step Framework

Course details

This intensive 2 day practical training course is designed to build understanding about what sustainability really means for your organisation and why a strategic response is imperative to avoid wasting time and money.  Using practical, hands-on exercises, you will learn how to develop a strategic approach to sustainability that is tailored to your organisational needs.

The course will be run by accredited Natural Step advisors in collaboration with Otago Polytechnic, our training partner, and is supported by the Sustainable Business Network.

For further details about this course in Nelson, and to register, please contact our office at natstep@naturalstep.co.nz.

Course objectives

• Understand how the Natural Step framework provides a definition of sustainability based on sound science and systems thinking that enables organisations to develop a coherent and strategic approach to implement sustainable practice
• Demonstrate how to reduce costs, improve performance and increase profitability by using a strategic framework for designing and planning the implementation of sustainable practices
• Learn how to identify, prioritise and implement initiatives and investments that are aligned with a long-term plan for sustainability
• Learn how leading global and NZ companies have used the Natural Step framework to align commercial success with implementing sustainable practices
• Hear from experienced sustainability practitioners from the business and community sector

What others say about the course:

“This course provided an exceptionally stimulating and motivating learning environment.  It perfectly complemented the TNS model which provides a very clear and practical understanding of sustainability for implementation in the real world.”  Sean Barnes, Senior Manager, Connell Wagner

"This course was invaluable.  It provided a practical decision-making framework for sustainability based on applied knowledge in a range of business and public sector settings.  The structure ensured good participant engagement with great opportunities for sharing information and experiences."
Deborah Godinet, Property Development Manager, Auckland City Council