Sustainability for Managers (Online)

Throughout this course, you’ll develop a practical understanding of sustainable management practices through six in-depth modules, each covering crucial topics to support sustainability leadership in your role:

1. Introduction to Sustainability
Understand the definitions and fundamental concepts of sustainability, including the triple planetary crisis and why environmental responsibility is essential for business success.

2. Net Zero Leadership for Managers
Learn the basics of carbon emissions and how to measure and manage your team’s footprint. This module will help you set achievable, department-level net-zero goals and identify practical emission reduction strategies.

3. Embedding the Circular Economy and Technology
Discover the circular economy approach, focusing on how your team can move beyond waste reduction to reimagine resources, using technology to promote efficient and sustainable processes.

4. Nature-Positive Practices and Biodiversity
Gain insight into the role your team plays in supporting nature-positive business practices, and explore ways to integrate nature-based solutions that protect biodiversity and strengthen supply chains.

5. Promoting Ethical and Sustainable Operations
Learn how to foster a socially sustainable and ethical workplace. This module covers ways to engage suppliers and partners, promoting ethical sourcing and improving standards within your team’s operations.

6. Building Transparency and Engaging Stakeholders
Understand the importance of transparent communication around sustainability and gain strategies for effectively engaging your team and stakeholders to support sustainability goals.

The online course includes interactive and practical learning approaches tailored for managers, with each module offering:

• Case studies that show how sustainable management practices are applied in real businesses.
• Practical exercises at the end of each module prompt you to create team-level goals and integrate sustainable practices.
• Commitment-building activities, allow you to set and document actionable targets for your team’s sustainability impact.

Assessment will focus on your participation in these exercises and your ability to develop a tailored set of sustainability commitments for your team, aligned with company-wide goals.

From the point of enrolment, you will have access to the course content for 3 months and will be able to download an e-certificate at the end of the course to evidence your learning.

If you want to find out more about the course, or course content, please contact our Admissions Team on: 0800 612 6008

Once you have completed your enrolment and paid for the course, you will receive your log-in details within 3-5 working days. Please check your junk mail folder for the email with log-in details.

The following guide will show you how to access your course information and resources via ALO: Login – Activate Learning – Adult Education 

If you need further support with accessing the course once you have made payment, please complete the form and we will reach out to you: https://forms.office.com/e/nAj3ek9gQR

Course Duration: The course consists of six online modules, each designed to be completed within a week, but it is self-paced for flexibility.

Certification: A certificate of completion is awarded upon submission of all exercises and final assessment.

Requirements: This course is ideal for managers who want to bring sustainability into their team’s practices and create a positive impact at the operational level.

Support: Access additional resources and support from Activate Learning and Bioregional’s network.

By the end of this course, you’ll be prepared to integrate sustainability into your team’s practices effectively and lead by example in contributing to broader organisational sustainability goals.

Activate Learning has partnered with Bioregional, an award-winning purpose-led sustainability consultancy, to develop this introduction to sustainability course.

Bioregional supports businesses and organisations to transition to a net-zero carbon, circular, and sustainable future, and works with partners to create homes, workplaces, and retail destinations that enable sustainable living.

Bioregional helped develop BedZED – the UK’s first major sustainable community in South London which was completed in 2002. From the learnings of this project, Bioregional created the One Planet Living framework with WWF – comprising ten simple sustainability principles with detailed goals and guidance on how to ensure we live within the planetary boundaries of our one planet, Earth.

Since then, Bioregional has accrued over 20-years’ experience working with a wide range of organisations from small businesses and charities to large multinationals on calculating their carbon footprint, setting net zero targets, and developing sustainability strategies and reports.

Visit Bioregional’s website to find out more about their impactful work and access useful sustainability resources and case studies.