Are you a manager pursuing competitive advantage in a challenging market with rising environmental and social pressures? Has your organization’s “CSR” or sustainability function failed to deliver tangible results?

In this program, you will learn how any organization can embed sustainability for value and profit. Many of the best-run organizations face new environmental and social demands, yet fail to capitalize on the opportunities they create because sustainability is seen as a distraction from core business objectives.

The program is aimed at small and mid-size organizations pursuing sustainability as a way to be more successful, rather than only ‘green’ or socially responsible. Learn to reframe sustainability as a source of profit, rather than a cost or moral obligation. Distinguish between bolt-on and embedded sustainability, drawing on compelling examples of leading companies. Discover the benefits of going beyond regulatory compliance and explore cutting edge management concepts from Michael Porter, Blue Ocean Strategy, and disruptive innovation as they apply to the challenges of embedding sustainability.

Topics

Learning will be experiential, interactive and focused on real-time business issues, particularly those important for small and mid-size companies. Using case studies based on sustainability leaders of various small to mid-cap organizations such as Fairmount Minerals and Tennant Compant, discover the benefits of going beyond regulatory compliance and explore cutting edge ideas that are at the intersection of business and society such as:

• Business risks and opportunities arising from energy needs, food security, water scarcity, global health challenges, demographic shifts, and poverty
• Supply chain management and product designs to meet changing societal expectations
• New skills required to create value for shareholders and stakeholders
• New tools and metrics to manage sustainability performance
• Corporate culture change required for system-wide success

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this programs, participants will:

• Understand what declining natural resources, radical transparency, and rising expectations mean for you and your organization.
• Capitalize on new business opportunities that leverage trends in commodity markets, energy and food security, water scarcity, global health challenges, and demographic shifts.
• Manage supply chains, product designs, and business models to meet changing societal expectations.
• Apply new tools and metrics to manage sustainability-driven performance
• Ask the fundamental "disruptive" questions that are often avoided but risk becoming big game changers in the years ahead
• Pursue innovation to serve the "bottom of the pyramid", reaching markets where consumers are currently underserved
• Learn how to leverage the strength-based perspective of AI to lead the charge for sustainability

Who Should Attend

The Case Weatherhead School of Management strongly believes that sustainability requires a central place on the executive agenda. As a result, this program is designed for leaders focused on strategic initiatives including:

• CEOs, CFOs and other senior managers
• Line managers with profit & loss responsibility
• Marketing, sales and brand managers
• Leaders of Lean and operations improvement
• Policy, NGO, non-profit and other public sector leaders

Costs

Individual Participants: $1,290
Package Pricing: 2 class day per participant

Available Discounts