Sustainability for Leaders Level 1 Foundations Certificate Course, Stockholm October 4th 2010

This course draws upon 20 years of experience and result in coaching sustainability champions who are leading their organizations toward sustainability. It is an intensive 2-day practical course designed to build understanding of how to transform your organization’s approach to sustainability in order to achieve strategic advantages and long-term leadership in your industry and/or community. Participants of this course will gain the knowledge and skills to understand, apply and communicate a compelling science based systems approach to sustainability, based on The Natural Step Framework. This course will focus in particular on the ability to present the core concepts of The Natural Step Framework with confidence.
The workshop is open to anyone who wants to be a leader in the change toward a sustainable society. Participants include experts, consultants and auditors, entrepreneurs, representatives from NGO’s, professors, researchers, and company representatives.

We encourage participation from a wide range of sectors and perspectives, leading to a richer dialogue and peer learning, simulating the cross-sectoral approach needed to take a systems approach to sustainability.

As specific outcomes of this comprehensive two-day course, participants will:
 

1. Gain a clear understanding of sustainability based on sound science and systems thinking.

2. Achieve a solid foundation in The Natural Step Framework, its rational and how to apply it to organizations and complex sustainability issues.

3. Attain confidence in communicating core concepts of strategic sustainable development.

4. Learn to plan for success by use of backcasting.
 

For more information please download our brochure. (Please see attached PDF)

To register:  http://www.thenaturalstep.org/en/registration-sustainability-leaders-level-1

For more questions, please contact Josefin Nyström on josefin.nystrom@thenaturalstep.org

Note: Level Two Sustainability for Leaders Certificate Course will be launched in early June 2010 - stay tuned for the details!