Secure Your Spot: New UN-Accredited Sustainability Leadership Course Launches at University of Surrey

Whether you’re a big brand or a dynamic startup, operating sustainably isn’t optional any longer – it’s a fundamental and strategic imperative. Customers increasingly demand it, and many investors expect it.

If you’re looking for an efficient way to elevate your company’s or your personal sustainability credentials, check out the University of Surrey’s new UN-accredited three-day sustainability course, running this September.  

The University of Surrey’s UNITAR CIFAL Centre, a key part of its renowned Institute for Sustainability, is running its inaugural expert-led Sustainability Leadership training course.

Running from 11th to 13th September at the University’s main campus in Guildford, this intensive, in-person programme is designed for professionals ready to efficiently integrate advanced sustainability principles into their strategy, policy, and operations, delivering tangible results for both their organisation and their career.

Professor Amelia Hadfield, who is the director of CIFAL Surrey, Co-director of the Institute for Sustainability and Associate Vice President for External Engagement, said:

“CIFAL centre is usually housed at a university with a direct understanding that it’s an international training centre… to provide training on an area that it knows best. For the University of Surrey, that’s sustainability, that’s climate change.

“We would like to reach out to local businesses, local government and civil action groups as well to be able to support them as they get to grips with the very real challenges of climate change and sustainability.

What the programme will cover:

The three-day course, which will take place at the University’s main campus in Guildford, Surrey, will cover:

• Day 1: Setting the scene: Understanding current trends and why they matter, systems thinking, planetary boundaries, climate and nature crises.
  
• Day 2: Developing business response: managing and measuring for impact, managing stakeholders, embedding standards, regenerative business.
  
• Day 3: Making it Happen:  activating purpose: Designing an actionable leadership plan.

View the full programme and book your place

Learn more about CIFAL Surrey in this short video: