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CISL: Cambridge Governance for a Sustainable Future online short course

Create a leadership action plan to embed good governance principles into your organisation and accelerate a better tomorrow.

Create a leadership action plan to embed good governance principles into your organisation and accelerate a better tomorrow.

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8 weeks
6–8 hours per week
Starts May 22, 2024
Enroll by May 28, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
8 weeks
6–8 hours per week
Starts May 22, 2024
Enroll by May 28, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Duration : 8 weeks (excluding orientation)

Companies are under increasing pressure to urgently address environmental and social degradation. The Governance for a Sustainable Future online short course from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) explores how to unleash sustainability-aligned decision-making through organisational governance. The course will guide you towards taking a more intentional, purpose-driven approach to governance that can accelerate a sustainable future. Over eight weeks, you will gain an in-depth understanding of the power of governance systems and the tools to influence governance practices within your business context.

Professionals across executive, management and functional positions will find this online short course invaluable. The course will equip you to become a changemaker within your context and help you to transition your organisation from traditional business thinking to a more purpose-driven, value-oriented approach.

Course curriculum

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Learn how to integrate governance and sustainability to create a sustainable future as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: The role of governance in a rapidly changing context

Module 2: Unsustainable governance under pressure

Module 3: Challenges of current ESG strategies, risk management and reporting frameworks

Module 4: Transitioning to an interconnected view of governance for business and society

Module 5: Integrating good governance and sustainability into the core of business

Module 6: Governance leadership and collaboration

Module 7: Developing an action plan to enact the purpose of your organisation

Module 8: Collaborating for a sustainable future

About the certificate

Learn about sustainable governance and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

29%

The percentage of CxOs who believe the private sector is “very” serious about addressing climate change

Deloitte (2023).

44%

The number of businesses requiring suppliers and business partners to meet specific sustainability criteria.

Deloitte (2023).

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