Training
Business triple-bottom line sustainability training and awareness is foundational to marketplace success for any 21st century sustainable enterprise. Sphinx Enterprises Ltd. offers training and events that drive measurable improvements in awareness and competencies related to the planning and implementation of organizational sustainability initiatives. The training and events range from single and multiple-day workshops to 60 minute webinars. Sphinx will also custom-design a training and awareness program to help you meet your organizational goals and objectives. Listed below are brief descriptions of our training programs to help you find the right fit for your organization.
"What does it mean to 'Go-Green'? A look at sustainability as competitive advantage." Training Modules
Format: Webinars and On-site Facilitated Sessions
60 – 90 minutes each
Going-Green: Fact or Fad for My Business/Industry?
- > We will define sustainability as a business practice and highlight various case studies or industry practices of relevance.
- > Participants will be able to define sustainability as a business practice, and identify pertinent industry sustainability practices.
Sustainability Frameworks, Tools, & Techniques
- > We will look at the theories, tools, and techniques that support sustainability work and measures.
- > Participants will gain general insights into the common models that guide the sustainability process and how these models apply to everyday business practices.
Creating a Sustainability Plan
- > We will identify and discuss eight steps to developing and implementing a business sustainability plan.
- > Participants will be able to plan and initiate the process of putting a sustainability plan in place for their place of business.
Getting the Most Out of Your Sustainability Initiatives
- > We will explore sustainability as a competitive advantage, and look at key drivers that will help ensure the business maximizes the ROI from 'going-green'.
- > Participants will develop a strategic plan for realizing full benefits from their sustainability initiatives.
Evaluating Your Sustainability Initiatives
- > We will look at all the functions within a business (purchasing, facilities, H.R., etc.) and discuss how each department can support a business wide sustainability agenda.
- > Participants will be able to identify and evaluate key sustainability actions each department needs to perform as part of the broader sustainability agenda.
Management Trends and Practices for Business Sustainability
- > We will look at current innovations, management practices, success stories, and technologies used by businesses in today's marketplace.
- > Participants will survey current trends, practices, and technologies, while also asking questions and discussing new ideas on how to improve their sustainability program.
Achieving Global Economic Inclusion through Corporate Sustainability Practices
(Half or Full Day Workshops)
As Corporate America continues to define and recognize the importance of sustainable practices, the issue of Global Economic Inclusion (GEI) will become a key plank within these practices for all businesses.
This workshop will provide important reasons why GEI is important for Corporate America, and is a key component of any corporate sustainability program. We will examine and tie GEI to the triple-bottom line sustainability approach of people, planet and profit.
After completing this workshop, participants will better understand the reasons supplier inclusion can strengthen the corporate bottom line. We will also provide tactics that participants can apply back at the workplace. Additionally, small business owners attending will get a view of how corporate supply managers operate.
What Does It Mean to Go Green? A Look at Sustainability as Competitive Advantage
(Full and Half-Day Seminars)
What Does It Mean to Go Green? is a one day, interactive seminar introducing corporate leaders to the principles and practices of sustainability as they apply toward enhancing a corporation's performance, profits, and competitive advantage.
As a participant, you will:
- > Have a working definition of sustainability applicable to their individual corporate setting
- > Know the strengths and weaknesses of the dominant frameworks used to incorporate sustainability into a corporations day-to-day operations and practices
- > Identify opportunities for sustainability to enhance the corporate competitive advantage (based on market position and internal operations)
Corporate Executives, Cross Functional Leadership Teams, Supplier Diversity and Supply Chain Management leaders with an active interest in sustainability as a business management, and market advantage tools should attend because:
- > You are now responsible for the development/management of a corporate sustainability program
- > You need to communicate the value of sustainability to your suppliers and business partners
- > You want to incorporate sustainability into your supplier development initiatives
- > You want to gain maximum advantage from your sustainability initiatives
- > You need a general understanding of sustainability and its relationship to business performance / competitive advantage
