Your Pathway to Green Core Competency Development & Certification.

Develop and certify your Green Core Competencies in five easy steps.

1. Decide your starting point: a) Pathway to Reimaging, b) Pathway to Strategy Development or c) Pathway to Implementation of Sustainabiity.

2. Examine the educational offerings that are part of: a) SLC's & SLC Partner expert led "ON-Line" or "Face to Face" training programs and b) SLC's E - Learning Modules under the Sustainability Education Series, and choose your Programs as outlined in the Table below.

3. Participate in SLC's Sustainability Learning Network, Community of Practice activities and culminating activities to demonstrate your competence.

4. Make application to SLC's Certification Partnership to gain recognized Professional Development Sustainability Certification here.

5. Continue to participate in formal and non-formal sustainability education to maintain your competency.

Steps 1 & 2: Deciding your Starting Point & Examing the Offerings

• Sustainability for Business

  knowledge and skills that enable businesses to create and implement a sustainability strategy 

• Sustainability for Municipalities

knowledge and skills that enable municipalities to create and implement a sustainability strategy

• Eco-Efficiency Strategies

knowledge and skills for lowering costs through energy, waste, water and material footprint

• Eco-Effectiveness Strategies

achieving competitive advantage by shifting to a “greener” operating paradigm while creating new “green” product and service opportunities 

Sustainability for Business

Public Courses

• Employee Engagement for Sustainability
• Developing your Sustainability Strategy
• Credible Strategies for Communicating and Marketing Sustainability (Business to Business or Consumer Products & Services)

Online Courses

• Sustainability 101™
• Sustainability - Step by Natural Step™
• Sustainability 101 - Sustainability Institute
• Story of Stuff Project
• Employee Engagement for Sustainability
• Integrating Environmental Management Systems & The Natural Step
• Integrating ISO 26000 (Corporate Responsibility) into your Sustainability Program

Sustainability for Municipalities

Public Courses

• Essential Steps to a Successful Eco Industrial Park/Eco Business Zone
• Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering for Thriving Businesses and Communities
• Green Building Technologies: Opportunities & Challenges
• Employee Engagement for Sustainability
• Developing your Sustainability Strategy
• Developing your Stakeholder Engagement Program (for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Initiatives)
• Credible Strategies for Communicating and Marketing Sustainability (Business to Business or Consumer Products & Services)

Online Courses

• Sustainability 101™
• Sustainability - Step by Natural Step™
• Sustainability 101 - Sustainability Institute
• Story of Stuff Project

Eco-Efficiency Strategies

Public Courses

• Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering for Thriving Businesses and Communities

Online Courses

• Measurement and Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
• Story of Stuff Project

Eco-Effectiveness Strategies

Public Courses

• Applying Design for Environment (DfE) to your Operation
• Renewable Energy Options and Feasibility Studies
• Green Building Technologies: Opportunities & Challenges
• Life Cycle of  Products Processes and Services (1 Day)
• Life Cycle of  Products, Processes and Services (2 Day)
• Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Online Courses

• Sustainable Supply Chain - Sustainability Institute
• Life Cycle Management 101
• Introduction to Green Procurement
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Fundamentals of Life Cycle Assessment