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From academia to executive coaching, Sd3 are experienced capacity builders with a strong track record in cost-effective, flexible and comprehensive training. We work with all levels of experience to deliver stimulating bespoke and off-the-peg training around corporate responsibility and sustainability issues and management. Active learning, fun and involvement, knowledge sharing and delivering practical, useful outcomes are the fundamentals of our approach. All our courses are designed to give delegates the enthusiasm and competencies needed to improve sustainability performance once back in their organisations.

How We Can Help
We offer three principle training options:
  Masterclass seminars
  Made-to-measure sustainability training
  Sustainability training in partnership with other organisations

Masterclass seminars
A one or two day masterclass seminar that weaves Sd3's extensive experience with the most recent developments. These introduce the key concepts of and the practical implementation tools needed to obtain sustainable business advantages. Interest in these courses has been global. We have already run courses for Canadian, British, Spanish, Japanese and South Korean organisations. Our Sustainability Management Masterclass will help you to:
  Understand the concepts of global and organisational sustainability and how they affect the future of your organisation
  Build the capacity of managing sustainability within your organisation
  Consider and work with the principles of sustainability
  Construct and communicate your business case for organisational sustainability
  Evaluate and enhance your existing management systems using a sustainability management framework
  Identify performance gaps, prioritise issues and develop action plans

While we tailor all our training to meet audience needs, Masterclasses are particularly aimed at: board members; managers and directors with responsibility for environment, H&S, corporate responsibility, risk and compliance; corporate affairs; SRI specialists and corporate strategy planners.

Made-to-measure Sustainability Training
If you prefer, Sd3 can provide bespoke training solutions to meet your specific organisation's needs. We will work with you to develop the priorities and focus for the training. We can draw on our expertise and experience to help develop capabilities in the range of corporate responsibility/ sustainability areas including reporting, communications, management, strategy etc.

Training in Partnership with Other Organisations with Other Organisations
Sd3 also works in partnership with other organisations to deliver specific training. For example the National Centre for Business & Sustainability (NCBS), AccountAbility, the British Standards Institution (BSI) and Imperial College.


Sd3 Training Projects Include:

Corporate Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement, Reporting and the AA1000 Assurance Standard Training Course
In March 2008 Sd3 will be running the first training course designed to meet the new AccountAbility and IRCA course criteria. The course will equip trainees with a thorough grounding in the concepts of accountability, sustainable development, corporate responsibility, stakeholder engagement, materiality, sustainability reporting and assurance.

For further details of the course, including a the summary of the five days, please
click here.

Sustainability Management
Bringing new levels of awareness and skills to managers and leaders


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