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Foundation in Sustainability for Business
Understand the commercial case and business drivers behind sustainability, demystify the topic, and know what to do about it. A practical grounding that you can apply straight away to the decisions and conversations you're already part of.
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£350 per person
Eight courses, 30 minutes per course, work at your own pace.
Foundation in Sustainability for Business is a practical, business-focused eLearning program designed to help professionals understand why sustainability matters — and what to do about it.
Through 8 concise, 30-minute courses, learners build a clear understanding of the commercial drivers shaping business today — from regulatory pressure and investor expectations to climate risk, supply chain resilience, and long-term value creation. Designed for all functions and experience levels, the program turns sustainability from an abstract concept into practical action that strengthens performance and competitive advantage.
8 courses — 4 hours of content in total
6 months access from date of purchase
Certificate of Achievement on successful completion
Not completely satisfied after completing the first of the 8 courses? We'll give you a full refund — no questions asked.
WHY WE MADE THIS
Sustainability affects businesses whether they are ready for it or not.
Through regulation, customer requirements, investor scrutiny, and strained supply chains - many organisations are still working out how to respond.
Most people lack a proper grounding. They see fragments without ever understanding clearly why it matters commercially or what to do about it.
That grounding is what changes things: once you can see where sustainability protects the business and where it creates value, you can connect it to the decisions you're actually responsible for. Organisations need people in commercial and operational roles who understand it well enough to implement it.
Our foundation is designed to give you that grounding to be more effective in your role, more credible for the roles you want next, or better equipped to advise the businesses you work with.
WHAT IS COVERED
Eight courses which are each built around why it matters to business, demystifying each topic and what you need to do about it.
1. Why Sustainability Matters — how sustainability connects to cost, risk, revenue, access to capital, brand and company value, and the five forces driving businesses to act.
2. Human Rights — where the risks sit across operations and supply chains, and what companies are expected to do about them.
3. Environment and Resource Use — water, land and biodiversity, the commercial risk in resource depletion, and what responsible management looks like in practice.
4. Carbon and Climate Change — the relationship between business activity and emissions, the risks climate change creates, and what credible action looks like.
5. Poverty — fair wages, economic inclusion, and the role business plays in the communities it operates in.
6. Regulation, Certifications and Standards — a practical route through the regulatory landscape, certifications and standards that matter.
7. Sustainability Strategy — how organisations build a sustainability strategy that drives change rather than just reporting — and how to tell a real one from a weak one.
8. Making It Happen — turning all of it into decisions, influence and action in your own function.
Eight courses
30 minutes per course
Four short video modules per course
Quizzes to check progress
Assignments to support learning
Implementation guidance
Real life case studies
Eight courses 30 minutes per course Four short video modules per course Quizzes to check progress Assignments to support learning Implementation guidance Real life case studies
SEE WHAT IS INSIDE
Eight courses over 4 to 8 weeks
Four short video modules per course
Get introduced to each topic
Understand why it matters to business
Cut through the complexity
Learn from real world examples
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Anyone who needs a working understanding of sustainability to do their job well — finance, sales, operations, procurement, HR, legal, IT — from early career through to senior leaders and business owners. Whether it's landed in your remit, you're building credibility for your next role, or you advise businesses and need a practical foundation.
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A business-first course about sustainability, not a sustainability course that happens to mention business. Every topic is framed around what it means commercially — the cost, the risk, the opportunity, and the decisions it affects. Practical, not academic.
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No. The program starts from zero and is built for people in any function with no sustainability experience.
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It starts as soon as you enrol — there are no set dates. Around 30 minutes a week gets you through it in eight weeks, and you have 12 months' access, so you can go faster or slower.
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You can have a full refund, no questions asked, any time up until you complete the first course. Work through it, see what you think, and decide from there.
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Yes — a certificate of completion from the Sustainability Solutions Academy, evidence that you've completed a structured, business-focused foundation in the subject.