FRANCESE TRAININGS

Sustainability Strategies

Sustainability has become a priority for more and more companies across multiple sectors. Defining its meaning and implementing it in the daily business is however not always straightforward as its definition and implementation depends on the business of the company, and its overall targets. The course provides participants with a comprehensive training allowing them to master the whole spectrum of activities necessary for successful sustainability strategies, from their conception to their implementation. It firstly provides an in-depth understanding of the drivers for sustainability strategies, the regulatory framework around them, and how this more and more impacting companies’ strategies across sectors. It consequently provides participants with the knowledge necessary to define key components of a sustainability strategy and the array of tools at their disposal to ensure the strategy can have real effects on their company’s business. Finally, the course provides participants with the tools to implement sustainability strategies within their organizations, collaborate across companies, and identify the financing tools available for sustainability-related projects. 

day 1 - Drivers for Sustainability Strategies

• Sustainability strategies – definition and drivers for adoption

• ESG – definition and impact on financing options

• SDG – Definition and role in sustainability strategies

• Regulatory framework for sustainability – international and national laws

• Sustainability strategies trends across sectors and outlook

day 2 - Definition, Components and Tools for Sustainability Strategies

• How to define sustainability within an organization – economic, social, environmental and governance targets

• Key components of sustainability strategies – vision, priority areas, KPIs, tools, governance etc..

• Tools for sustainability strategies – supply chain, energy use, energy procurement, etc..

day 3 - Implementation of Sustainability Strategies

• Governance models for sustainability

• Role of innovation is sustainability strategies and within their implementation

• Partnerships to drive sustainability projects and strategies

• Tools for assessment of sustainability

• Financing sustainability and financial products for sustainability

Sustainable Finance

The course aims to provide participants with a clear understanding of sustainable finance, sustainable business models, how sustainable investments are made, as well as the banking solutions available and the related climate change risks to consider and mitigate. The course therefore aims to provide participants with the necessary tools to implement sustainable financing solutions within their organizations. The course provides first a clear definition of sustainable finance in all its components as well as of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria which play a key role in it. It consequently deep dives in sustainable business models and the business strategies behind them, as a key pre-conditions for companies to become ready to face the transition towards full sustainability. Sustainable investments, the tools to carry them out and related market trends represent the second step in the training, so that participants can identify them and target them to assets or companies with sustainable business models. Finally, the course aims to prepare participants to understand banking and financing tools to sustainable investments or assets, trends and the drivers behind financial institutions and banks to provide such tools. It concludes with an overview of new risks emerging due to climate change and how these impact the insurance of assets, therefore representing another element to assess in sustainable finance

day 2 -Sustainable Business Models - Investing

• Sustainable business models

  • Definition of sustainable business models

  • How to build a sustainable business model

  • Sustainable business models incorporation in the company’s strategy

  • Examples of sustainable business models (Unilever, Umicore, Philipps)

• Sustainable investing

  • Definition of sustainable investing and its tools

  • Sustainable investment strategies

  • Drivers for sustainable investing

  • Market trends for sustainable investing

INTRODUCTION TO RENEWABLE ENERGY

The course delivers to participants the ground knowledge necessary to understand the world of renewable energy. In its first session, the course covers the fundamentals of renewable energy, providing an understanding of the different technologies and comperative advantages, as well as several examples of renewable energy policies. In its second session, the course guides participants in approaching large-scale renewable energy projects, and the multiple revenue sources that can be targeted, as well as the support mechanisms available for renewable energy. The course concludes providing an outlook for demand and supply of renewable energy, and what the future market for renewables may look like for multiple types of renewable energy

DAY 1 - Setting the Scene on Renewable Energy

• Setting the scene on renewable energy: technologies and costs

• Market trends:

• Global and regional demand and supply trends

• Key market players

• Cost and price dynamics

• Renewable energy policies:

• International efforts

• European and American renewable energy policy

• Recent developments