Net Zero for Business
What you'll learn
- Understand the business case for Net Zero
- Discover what Net Zero really means
- Learn the best way to develop a Net Zero strategy
- Understand how to embed sustainability into organisational culture
- Explore the controversies around offsetting and how to manage them
Requirements
- A basic understanding of sustainability issues in business will help but is not essential.
- A very basic understanding of climate change - we assume you know that greenhouse gases store heat in the atmosphere etc.
Description
An estimated 90% of the global economy is now under some form of Net Zero target, so you cannot ignore the subject. In this course, top Sustainability Consultant Gareth Kane will cover everything you need to know to develop and implement a winning Net Zero Strategy in your organisation.
The course covers the following topics:
What Net Zero actually means, including a brief overview of a carbon footprint and an exploration of how much of net zero should be delivered by carbon reductions and how much by offsetting
Explore the business case for Net Zero for your organisation (and why your strategy must be built on this business case to succeed)
Setting Net Zero targets appropriate for your organisation
Developing a successful Net Zero strategy using the backcasting technique
How to implement that strategy
Engaging hearts and minds using Gareth's Green Jujitsu technique
The thorny topic of offsetting - morality, greenwash and practicalities
A more in depth case study of the UK's National Health Service (NHS)
The course includes lots of practical exercises where you get to apply the learning to your organisation (or an organisation of your choice). At the end of the course you will develop a good-to-go action plan to implement your main takeaways.
Who this course is for:
- Sustainability professionals wanting to expand their skills
- Business executives wanting to understand the implications of Net Zero for them
- Business students and graduates wanting to extend their horizons
Instructor
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 5,255 Reviews
- 11,532 Students
- 3 Courses
Gareth Kane has been helping business get the most of the sustainability agenda for the last 17 years. He has worked with a long list of blue chip clients including Black & Decker, the BBC, BAE Systems, Johnson Matthey, the NHS, East Coast Mainline and Sage plc. He is the author of five books including The Green Executive and Green Jujitsu: The Smart Way to Embed Sustainability in Your Organisation.