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 positive impact and secure a sustainable competitive advantage that will 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 the risks to today’s business and realize the transformational opportunities of tomorrow 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. The program features executive guest speakers with substantial experience with formulating and executing sustainability strategies.
Key Benefits:
- Dynamic Curriculum Approach: Engage with topics that align with the latest sustainability trends impacting business leaders, including materiality, circularity, inclusive growth, and ESG reporting.
- Strengthen Stakeholder Relationships: Cultivate the skills and strategies needed to engage stakeholders in meaningful dialogue to ensure organizational legitimacy and to catalyze sustainable innovation.
- Embed Purpose: Formulate strategic sustainability initiatives that connect corporate purpose to the company’s operating reality.
- Enhance Capacity for Leading Change: Learn to be an effective internal changemaker for your organization’s sustainability transformation.
- Metrics & Analytics 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 aspects of sustainability.
- Applied Learning Experience: Formulate a capstone project, synthesizing program learning into an actionable sustainability initiative for your organization.
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 CSR Managers
- Sustainability Champions responsible for sustainability initiatives in their organization
- Investors, Asset Managers and Finance professionals
- Business Leaders seeking to transition into sustainability focused roles
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, Materiality & Risk Mitigation, Core Stakeholder Engagement
Day 2: Strategic Transformation
Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Circular Economy, Sustainable Innovation, Catalyzing New Initiatives
Day 3: Sustainability and ESG
Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, Circular Economy, Sustainable Innovation, Catalyzing New Initiatives
Day 4: Strategic Execution
Embedding Purpose, Capstone Experience, Conclusion
*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
Erb Institute Professor in Residence, University of Michigan
S.C. Johnson Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Chris Rider| Faculty Co-Director
Thomas C. Kinnear Professor,
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
Sara Soderstrom
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies,
Associate 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.