Sustainability Leader – Fundamentals: Notions, Challenges and Opportunities of a Sustainable Transition

The sustainable transition is reshaping business models and creating new opportunities for organisations: driving innovation, strengthening their attractiveness, responding to stakeholder expectations and creating new sources of value.

Sustainability Leader – Fundamentals is the first step towards understanding these changes and identifying what they mean for your organisation.

This programme provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, introduces the main regulatory frameworks and helps you identify the risks and opportunities relevant to your sector.

Through practical examples and interactive exercises, you will gain the knowledge and initial tools needed to initiate a structured discussion on sustainability within your organisation.

Ready to take the next step? The Sustainability Leader – Advanced: Implementing a Sustainable Transition Strategy programme builds on these foundations, helping you move from identifying sustainability challenges and opportunities to developing a tailored strategy and preparing for its implementation.

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the major issues linked to the sustainable transition
• Assess the impacts of the ecological transition on their sector and organisation
• Navigate the regulatory framework of the sustainable transition (CSRD, Taxonomy, SFDR, etc.)
• Identify and use practical tools to initiate the sustainable transition within their organisation

Day 1 – Governance and Sustainable Finance

• CSR and responsible governance: history, principles and key issues
• Governance best practices in Luxembourg and the role of governing bodies
• Introduction to the sustainable finance and reporting framework: CSRD, SFDR, Taxonomy, ISSB, VSME, etc.
• Role of labels and certifications
• Practical exercises: diagnosing governance and reporting issues within your organisation

Day 2 – Environmental Challenges and Circular Economy

• Introduction to planetary boundaries, climate change and impacts on businesses
• Overview of international, European and Luxembourg decarbonization objectives and framework (Paris Agreement, Green Deal, NECP)
• Key environmental impacts on companies’ activities related to decarbonisation, energy efficiency, sustainable water management, biodiversity and natural resource management
• Circular vs. linear economy: risks and opportunities for companies
• Introduction to sustainable innovation and eco-design
• Overview of European and Luxembourg objectives on circular economy
• Workshop: identifying environmental challenges and tailored solutions for your sector and the size of your organisation

Day 3 – Social Issues and the Value Chain

• Introduction to workplace well-being and the links to talent retention
• Overview of the regulatory framework on diversity, equality, inclusion and performance drivers
• Issues linked to health, safety and risk management.
• Introduction to the concepts of supply and value chain and associated regulatory challenges: CS3D, responsibilities, reputational risks and opportunities
• Introduction to stakeholder engagement and responsible procurement practices
• Interactive workshop: identifying issues related to the organisation’s own activities and value chain

This program combines scientific and regulatory material, concrete case studies (Luxembourg, EU, service and industrial sectors) and practical workshops allowing participants to identify concrete action points to implement in their organisations.

This training is designed for:

• Executives, managers and leaders willing to play a more active role in the sustainable transition
• CSR, ESG, quality or compliance managers
• HR, finance, legal and communication professionals involved in sustainability strategy
• Anyone required to integrate ESG into their organisation or value chain

Participants who complete the entire training cycle will be able to validate the knowledge they have acquired by obtaining a certificate of achievement issued by House of Training and House of Sustainability.