Sustainable Leadership in the ESG Era
Drive Sustainable Transformation in Your Organization with Innovation and Purpose.
Lead your organization’s sustainable transformation to create a meaningful impact and secure a sustainable competitive advantage that will foster higher levels of employee engagement and retention, enhance stakeholder value, drive innovation, and ensure long-term resilience. This program integrates leading research with industry best practices, providing you with a solid foundation of evidence-based knowledge and tools to inform your decision-making and drive sustainable business strategies and practices.
You will develop the skills needed to effectively manage risks and seize opportunities in the evolving ESG landscape through interactive lectures, case studies, group discussions, and experiential learning activities.
Sustainable Leadership in the ESG Era was developed in coordination with the Erb Institute, which has been at the forefront of business sustainability for over 25 years.
Key Benefits:
- Dynamic Curriculum Approach: Engage with topics that align with the latest sustainability trends impacting business leaders, including ESG reporting frameworks
- Strengthen Stakeholder Relationships: Cultivate the skills and strategies needed to engage stakeholders in meaningful ESG dialogue and generate value.
- Embed Purpose: Formulate a strategic sustainability initiative that connects employee action to corporate purpose, keeping employees engaged and attracting top talent.
- Enhance Strategic Decision-Making: Learn to integrate ESG principles into your decision-making processes and core strategy.
- Metrics for Success: Establish clear targets, metrics, and processes for tracking and evaluating sustainability performance and impact.
- Multidisciplinary Faculty: Learn from renowned experts with diverse insights across all pillars of ESG sustainability.
- Applied Learning Experience: Collaborate on a capstone project, synthesizing program learning into actionable sustainability solutions.
This program is designed for all executives who are passionate about driving sustainable transformation, integrating ESG principles, and creating long-term value for their organizations and stakeholders. Participants in these roles will find this program beneficial for them and their organizations.
Titles may include:
- Executives and Senior Leaders, Government and Nonprofit Leaders
- ESG or SCR Managers, Sustainability Champions responsible for sustainability initiatives in their organization
- Risk and Compliance Managers, Investors, Asset Managers and Finance professional
Let’s discuss how this program can help you achieve your goals. Contact us at [email protected] or call +734-763-1000.
Program Structure*
The teaching methodology emphasizes practical application, enabling participants to translate their learning into actionable organizational strategies and initiatives.
Day 1: Sustainable Value Creation
Sustainable Value Framework, ESG Risks & Opportunities, Materiality Assessment
Day 2: Strategic Transformation
Stakeholder Engagement, Sustainable Innovation, Embedding Purpose
Day 3: Sustainability and ESG
Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, The Equity Challenge, ESG Ratings and Reporting Frameworks
Day 4: Strategic Execution
Good Governance in Global Context, ESG Investing & Shareholder Activism, Applied Exercise and Action Plan
*This sample schedule is intended to represent the program structure and content. Timing and session topics are illustrative and subject to change. For a more detailed program structure download the program brochure.
The Experts
Stu Hart| Faculty Co-Director
Executive Education Faculty
LEO Intermittent Lecturer
Chris Rider| Faculty Co-Director
Thomas C. Kinnear Professor,
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
Sara Soderstrom
Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies,
Assistant Professor of Program in the Environment, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Gwen Yu
Professor of Accounting
Michael and Joan Sakkinen Faculty Fellow
Accounting Faculty Doctoral Coordinator
Credential
After successful program completion, you will earn a certificate of merit, a digital badge for social media, and 1 credit towards the Distinguished Leader Certificate from Michigan Ross Executive Education.
The program fee is payable in advance in US dollars, is net of any tax, is subject to change, and includes:
- Tuition, instructional materials, living accommodations, all breakfast, lunch, snack breaks, and select dinners
- Program materials, assessments, and simulations
- Check our website for our Cancellation, Transfer, and Substitution Policy
- Program dates and fees are subject to change
Let’s discuss how this program can help you achieve your goals. Contact us at [email protected] or call +734-763-1000.