Embedding Sustainability into Business
LOETB are delighted to provide a fully funded comprehensive twelve module programme that brings attendees from strategy to action.
Fad an Chúrsa: 12 Modules from January to April
Why Do This Course?
Sustainability is no longer a “nice-to-have” – it is a critical driver of business resilience, innovation, and profitability. Yet, many professionals struggle to bridge the gap between high-level ambition and day-to-day implementation.
This course is designed to take you from the “Why” to the “How.”
Whether you are an SME leader building a strategy from scratch, or someone looking to upskill to meet new demands, this curriculum provides a 360-degree view of the sustainable business landscape. We move beyond theory to cover practical tools: from measuring carbon footprints and designing circular systems to navigating the complex world of ESG reporting, strategy building and stakeholder communication.
Who Is This For?
This course is built for those with a keen interest in Sustainability who need practical skills and tools to drive change including:
- Employees who are involved in collaborating ESG data, reporting current ESG activity, are receiving questionnaires from suppliers/customers and require a practical educational course to gain knowledge to ensure a robust and credible ESG system within their business.
- SME leaders & entrepreneurs looking to build a sustainability roadmap
- SME’s seeking to begin their ESG journey with an outline and clear plan
- Operations & Supply Chain employees tasked with addressing operational sustainability from a KPI and lean lens.
- Employees seeking to upskill and move into the role of Sustainability Co-Ordinator/Manager.
The Curriculum
Our modular approach guides you through three phases of learning, ensuring you leave with a holistic skillset.
PHASE 1: Strategy & Foundations
Building the business case and setting the direction.
- The “Why” for Business: Understanding the risks (regulatory, physical, reputational) and the opportunities (innovation, efficiency) that drive the sustainability agenda.
- Measuring Sustainability: Moving beyond guesswork. How to establish baselines, set KPIs, and track progress using data.
- Implementing Sustainability Strategies: Practical change management. How to gain internal buy-in, overcome resistance, and embed sustainability into core business objectives.
- ESG Certifications: Navigating the alphabet soup of badges and standards (B Corp, EcoVadis, ISO etc.) to choose what is right for your organisation.
- Reflect & Action: Apply core principles above to your organisation.
PHASE 2: Operational Excellence & The Circular Economy
The technical tools to redesign how you operate.
- Circular Economy & Waste Prevention: Shifting from “take-make-waste” to regenerative models. Strategies for reuse, repair, and designing out waste.
- Carbon Footprint Measurement: Demystifying scopes 1, 2, and 3 emissions. A step-by-step guide to calculating your organisation’s climate impact.
- Supply Chain Management: Managing risks beyond your four walls. Ethical sourcing, green logistics, and supplier engagement.
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): An introduction to thinking in lifecycles – from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal.
- Reflect & Action: Apply core principles above to your organisation.
PHASE 3: Communication, Reporting & Innovation
Telling the story and ensuring continuous improvement.
- Stakeholder Communications: Mapping your audience and building trust. How to communicate progress transparently and honestly to investors, employees, and customers without “greenwashing.”
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS): The structure of compliance. Understanding frameworks like ISO 14001 to systematise your efforts.
- Lean Thinking for Innovative Sustainability: Using Lean principles (efficiency, waste reduction) to drive sustainable innovation and cost savings simultaneously.
- ESG Reporting: Understanding the major frameworks such as CRSD, GRI, SASB, and how to prepare a non-financial report that meets stakeholder needs.
- Reflect and Action: Apply core principles above to your organisation.
Course Outcomes
- Lead Change: champion Sustainability initiatives that get buy-in from the boardroom to the breakroom.
- articulate the business case for sustainability and its key risks and opportunities.
- Assess an organisation’s baseline performance and set meaningful sustainability KPIs.
- Develop and implement a practical sustainability strategy using change-management principles.
- Identify and compare major ESG standards and certifications to choose the right fit.
- Apply circular economy thinking to reduce waste and redesign processes.
- Measure carbon emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3.
- Evaluate supply-chain sustainability risks and identify improvement opportunities.
- Use basic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) concepts to understand product and process impacts.
- Communicate sustainability progress clearly and responsibly to avoid greenwashing.
- Understand and apply EMS frameworks such as ISO 14001.
- Use Lean principles to drive efficient, sustainable innovation.
- Prepare credible ESG or non-financial disclosures aligned with leading standards.
- Create a practical sustainability action plan tailored to their organisation.
Timetable
| Date | Time | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Module 1 | The Why for Business | 21.1.26 | 9am to 1pm | In Person or Online |
| Module 2 | Measuring Sustainability | 28.1.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 3 | Implementing Sustainability Strategies | 4.2.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 4 | ESG Certifications | 11.2.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Reflect & Action | ||||
| Module 5 | Circular Economy & Waste Prevention | 4.3.26 | 9am to 1pm | In Person or Online |
| Module 6 | Carbon Footprint Measurement | 11.3.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 7 | Life Cycle Assessment | 18.3.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 8 | Supply Chain Management | 25.3.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Reflect & Action | ||||
| Module 9 | Reporting Mechanisms - Stakeholder Communications | 15.4.26 | 9am to 1pm | In Person or Online |
| Module 10 | Lean Thinking for Innovative Sustainability | 22.4.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 11 | Environmental Management Systems | 29.4.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |
| Module 12 | ESG Reporting | 6.5.26 | 9am to 1pm | Online |