CESR Business Solutions to Environmental Challenges CESR Blog /business/ en Move Toward a Zero-Carbon Economy with Leeds /business/cesr/insights-news/2022/10/07/move-toward-zero-carbon-economy-leeds <span>Move Toward a Zero-Carbon Economy with Leeds</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-10-07T18:00:33-06:00" title="Friday, October 7, 2022 - 18:00">Fri, 10/07/2022 - 18:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/business/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/small_climate_reduction_image.jpg?h=7183fd4c&amp;itok=jwhWggCu" width="1200" height="800" alt="Climate Reduction Pledge"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/business/taxonomy/term/1324"> CESR Blog </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/business/taxonomy/term/2378" hreflang="en">CAB</a> <a href="/business/taxonomy/term/2357" hreflang="en">CESR Business Solutions to Environmental Challenges CESR Blog</a> <a href="/business/cesr/business-resources-and-executive-education/sustainability-and-social-impact-certificate/news" hreflang="en">CESR Executive Education News</a> <a href="/business/executive-education-leeds/news" hreflang="en">Executive Education News</a> </div> <a href="/business/justine-roberts">Justine Roberts</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/business/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/small_climate_reduction_image.jpg?itok=1WAIDByt" width="1500" height="667" alt="Climate Reduction image"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="hero"><em>"Climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity today. Those businesses that factor climate into their strategies and operations will be more successful over the long-term. Leeds' new Climate Action for Business course will help executives identify climate-related opportunities, risks, and responsibilities ahead." Kathryn Wendell, Executive Director, Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business</em></p> <hr> <h3>The Time for a Low Carbon Future is Now</h3> <p><a href="/business/executive-education-leeds/climate-action-business?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnP-ZBhDiARIsAH3FSRcRpV9AZRWXpRyG4_C0WtebpBOvp1kBNwj4QtjZiy3i7kjgnHq4bUYaArYfEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">Climate Action for Business (CAB) </a>is the Leeds School of Business newest Executive Education offering. Businesses are increasingly facing the importance of having a climate strategy - from gathering greenhouse gas emissions data, to designing reports for both internal and external stakeholders, to establishing reduction targets.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-46" rel="nofollow">proposed SEC rules on climate risk disclosure</a>&nbsp;is already driving investor demand for greater transparency, and is poised to fundamentally shape the future of business across sectors, industries and functions. Hiring for skilled workers is growing quickly. Large audit and consulting firms like <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/accounting-and-financial-firms-are-hiring-sustainability-experts-2022-6" rel="nofollow">EY and Deloitte are investing in sustainability and ESG teams</a>, are betting that demand for strategy, data collection and reporting will continue to grow, while companies are creating new in-house positions as well.</p> <p>This professional Certificate program was developed to help professionals&nbsp;stay on the leading edge of strategy in this dynamic environment, whether working within a company moving toward a carbon reduction commitment, or supporting that transition from outside.</p> <p>Â鶹ÒùÔº will also receive a digital badge with a verifiable micro-credential from the University of Colorado Boulder for completing the course.&nbsp;</p> <h3><span>Equipping Business Leaders with Actionable Skills and Strategies</span></h3> <h3></h3> <p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="/business/cesr/news-insights/2020/06/29/introducing-pete-dignan-ccsr-instructor-and-changemaker" rel="nofollow">Pete Dignan</a><span> - Principal of Ever Better, PBC, and Leeds Adjunct Instructor for the Certificate in CSR (CCSR), and </span><a href="/business/leeds-directory/faculty/jeffrey-g-york" rel="nofollow">Jeff York</a><span>, Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, developed the course with a </span><a href="http://www.drawdown.org/programs/drawdown-labs" rel="nofollow">Project Drawdown</a><span> framework. &nbsp;The course is broken up into eight segments over two half-days, November 15-16, 2022, and is designed to provide an actionable template that can be tailored to participants’ company and industry.&nbsp; </span></p> <p><span>The modules are:</span></p> <ul> <li>Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration&nbsp;</li> <li>Emissions Reductions</li> <li>Products, Partnerships, and Procurement&nbsp;</li> <li>Investments and Financing</li> <li>Climate Disclosures</li> <li>Climate Policy Advocacy&nbsp;</li> <li>Business Model Transformation&nbsp;</li> <li>Long-term Thinking&nbsp;</li> </ul> <div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-none ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-darkgray"> <div class="ucb-box-inner"> <div class="ucb-box-title"></div> <div class="ucb-box-content"> <p class="text-align-center"><strong></strong> </p><p class="hero text-align-center"><strong>This course is timely because many organizations are recognizing the need to act, but they're not sure how to get started. The biggest public companies have experts and teams on staff to lead this work, but everyone else is trying to understand what to focus on, how to separate the signal from the noise. This course will give folks the confidence they need to get off the sidelines and into the climate action game,"</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p class="text-align-center"><em>says, Pete Dignan</em></p> <p class="text-align-center"><em></em></p></div> </div> </div> <hr> <h3>Request More Information</h3> <p>To learn more, meet with the instructors, or apply, please visit the <a href="/business/executive-education-leeds/climate-action-business?gclid=Cj0KCQjwnP-ZBhDiARIsAH3FSRcRpV9AZRWXpRyG4_C0WtebpBOvp1kBNwj4QtjZiy3i7kjgnHq4bUYaArYfEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">website</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Be an advocate for climate policy by learning how to take ownership of the climate strategy for your organization. The Climate Action for Business program teaches participants how to use a business-aligned framework to gather and report data on emissions and other areas to address climate change within your business. </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:33 +0000 Anonymous 17167 at /business