Marina Mattera: Welcome certified sustainable development manager. Throughout this course, we're going to see several items that probably are already familiar with. We're gonna put all the pieces of the puzzle together in our outline for this certified sustainable development manager throughout the course. We're going to see different elements from the definitions of sustainability. What does it mean to manage sustainability? What is the circular economy, which is the concept very much related to sustainability?
Marina Mattera: We're also going to talk about data big data on the one hand and Internet of Things and other type of technologies that can be very useful to actually have the right tools and measurement for our sustainability management. We're gonna talk also about how to build a sustainable organization, how to enable sustainability inside of our organization and what are the risks associated with this concept and how to actually achieve sustainability through risk management. We're then gonna conclude with a.
Marina Mattera: Final three modules stainability incorporate governess, green finance and sustainability reporting and performance just to have a little bit of an insight into each of these topics in the first module, we're gonna talk about management and sustainability going through the pillars of sustainability, the key concepts and definitions, corporate social responsibility, what are the United Nations Stainable development goals? What does the United Nations Global Compact and what are their principles? What is the European Union, Green Deal and any other major global objectives.
Marina Mattera: We're gonna talk about principles, practices and measures of sustainable management. The triple bottom line and virtuous cycles. And we're going to see some case studies. We're then going to follow through with circular economy, how to define the fundamentals of the circular economy, the characteristics of this circular business model and how does it differentiate it from a linear one. And then of course how to circularize a business model and what are the benefits of this transition? Module 3 is gonna cover stainability and big data and module 4 stainability in IoT.
Marina Mattera: Which is 1 specific tool that allows me to have different objects connected. That's why it's called the Internet of Things. In this context, Module 3 is going to focus on why big data is important, what it is, and how can it impact a business, how we can capture and transform data into source of competitive advantage. How does this relate to sustainability? And of course to corporate decision making. We're going to talk about the knowledge triangle and how to incorporate knowledge and promote knowledge when we are actually creating and diffusion.
Marina Mattera: New ideas throughout supply chain management Module 4, we're going to discuss Stainability and Internet of Things, how to drive innovation through impactful solutions, how to use Internet of Things as a tool to capture value and to boost research and development as well as innovation. How can these tools help me to manage carbon emissions and waste, which are two elements very much related to sustainability and how to assess and evaluate environmental and social impact through these tools? How can they be useful?
Marina Mattera: In module 5, we're going to focus on how to build a sustainable organization. Different elements related to stakeholder values, designing policies and procedures, standard operating policies and procedures, how to develop workforce that actually is aligned with this and how to align your organization with the moral values and beliefs of the organization. And of course, promoting sustainability through training and employee empowerment and Module 6, we're gonna discuss the enablers of sustainability.
Marina Mattera: Which are different elements that can help us actually build it. So what do we need to have inside of our organization and what type of agreements, partnerships. So we're gonna focus on all these elements and especially human capital as a key factor to enable sustainability. Module 7's gonna focus on risk management. So identifying risks related to environmental, social and governance variables, manages stainability related risks. The vuca environments which are volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.
Marina Mattera: Environments, which is where most organizations are operating nowadays, the impact of sustainability and long term risk management, compliance and legal risks and then all types of preventive approaches that we can undertake in module 8, we're gonna focus on corporate governance and sustainability. So the duties of Board of directors, mechanisms that can help create solid governance structures, defining corporate governance. So what are these elements? How can we be applying them in an international structure? And then of course the implications of two.
Marina Mattera: Elements that should not be present, green washing and blue washing. So we're going to discuss what they are, what are their differences with actual sustainable approaches and sustainable strategies and then the impact of lack of proper structures and ESP ESG strategies in corporate reputation.
Marina Mattera: We're gonna finalize with green finance defining what this is, the development of green financing. We're gonna talk about green bonds, green indexes, corporate green reporting to me, investors, information requirements, any type of stock market reporting requirements which are super important nowadays and then special frameworks. And we're gonna conclude with module 10 talking about sustainability reporting and performance. So in this case, we're going to focus on sustainability reporting and performance management, international reporting guidelines.
Marina Mattera: And standards stakeholder transparency. Why is important and what we can achieve, and then of course, building trust and creating long term shared value, I hope you're ready for this journey. I will see you soon with module 1.