eLearning: Sustainability In Practice
Sustainability In Practice™ is a library of interactive eLearning courses designed to engage people across your organization in building sustainability throughout your business. Based on the acclaimed book, The Truth About Green Business, by Natural Logic CEO Gil Friend, Sustainability In Practice provides role-based, on-demand, at-your-desktop sustainability training for employees across your organization. For more information or to arrange to see a demo, click here.
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Track |
Core Topics |
| For Managers | What does it mean to go green and be sustainable? How to apply the sustainability lens across the business? Treating sustainability as an investment rather than a cost. Accounting for business-based results. Getting your people engaged to help drive results and improve corporate culture. |
| For Operations | How to eliminate non-product waste, run lean & green operations, conduct eco-audits and manage carbon usage? How to extend sustainability principles into the supply chain and procurement programs? Understanding cost and benefits of sustainable ‘green’ buildings, more efficient data centers, and how IT can help drive sustainability strategies, and more. |
| For Marketing, Products, Services | How to appeal to conscious customers and consumers? How to improve branding and messaging while avoiding costly ‘greenwashing’ mistakes? How to use lifecycle considerations to make more sustainable products? Transition some products into services? Promote innovation. Build the ‘brand within.’ |
All Sustainability in Practice courses are based on current best practices and backed by subject matter expertise and applicable know-how so lessons can be applied immediately in your business environment today. Courses are built with instructional design rigor and produced to deliver an engaging and interactive experience for learners.
Courses now available include Green Business: Overview and Green Marketing; future courses include Green Operations and Green Management.
Green Business: Overview provides a basic understanding the landscape of sustainable business. Module 1 defines what makes a business green and addresses the business case for greening your business. Module 2 explores the ‘whole systems” approach for analyzing your products and understanding the environmental impact of your business. Module 3 looks at strategies for greening your products. In Module 4 you’ll learn about climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and what they mean for your bottom line. And Module 5 tackles strategies for eliminating waste in your business operations.
Green Marketing presents approaches for crafting an effective green marketing strategy. Module 1 discusses methods for shaping a credible green message. Module 2 presents the characteristics of conscious consumers, and how to reach them. In Module 3, you’ll learn to recognize a good green marketing claim and to identify the six sins of greenwashing. And in Module 4, you’ll learn to distinguish between weak and strong “eco” or “green” labels. In each module, you will have the opportunity to apply what you learn to your company.
Courses consist of 3-5 modules taking about 15–20 minutes each. Each module includes learning objectives, key concepts, case studies, track-able assessments and survey questions to capture feedback and suggestions on how this applies to your organization. All courseware can be delivered as a hosted service by Tripos Software through a custom-branded portal with full program management capabilities, including:
- Automated user registration
- Email-based invitations and reminders
- Usage tracking
- Survey and feedback tracking
- Reporting
The courseware is fully SCORM-conformant and can be delivered through 3rd-party SCORM-conformant learning management systems (LMS).
For more information or to arrange to see a demo, click here.