Tesla and Uber
Going green as a business advantage
February 6, 2025
6 weeks, online
4–6 hours per week
C$2,600
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Global ESG assets are on track to exceed $50 trillion by 2025, with sustainability serving as the foundation for business models.
More than 2,000 global organizations have set an emissions reduction target via the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Nearly all of the G250—a full 96% of the world’s 250 largest organizations—are now reporting on their sustainability efforts.
Sustainability is now a key driver of business innovation. Business leaders are increasingly understanding the need to develop sustainable practices that foster new growth and generate enhanced economic, social, and environmental outcomes.
The Sustainability Leadership: Innovation for Growth program delivers strategic frameworks that can help you build a case for sustainability initiatives and successfully lead them in your organization.
At the end of this 6-week virtual e-learning program, you will be able to:
Explore the history and the science of sustainability, analyze sustainable business, and learn how the cleantech industry can help tackle sustainability.
Learn the true impact of the exponential pace of change and open innovation on organizations, and delve into 7 major global challenges that have impacted our world to see why business model innovation is a pathway forward.
Evaluate the importance of vision, mission, value, and purpose in designing sustainable businesses and recognize the need for sustainability leadership and good governance.
Examine the implications of a post-COVID world on how we work and live, and recognize the significance of the circular economy as the only sustainable growth model.
Learn why engaging in environment, social and governance (ESG) issues is consistent with the fiduciary responsibility of managers and why it’s important for businesses to report on their triple bottom line.
Learn why engaging with stakeholders—rather than just shareholders—leads to better outcomes for all, and learn how to develop engagement plans for stakeholders.
Explore the history and the science of sustainability, analyze sustainable business, and learn how the cleantech industry can help tackle sustainability.
Examine the implications of a post-COVID world on how we work and live, and recognize the significance of the circular economy as the only sustainable growth model.
Learn the true impact of the exponential pace of change and open innovation on organizations, and delve into 7 major global challenges that have impacted our world to see why business model innovation is a pathway forward.
Learn why engaging in environment, social and governance (ESG) issues is consistent with the fiduciary responsibility of managers and why it’s important for businesses to report on their triple bottom line.
Evaluate the importance of vision, mission, value, and purpose in designing sustainable businesses and recognize the need for sustainability leadership and good governance.
Learn why engaging with stakeholders—rather than just shareholders—leads to better outcomes for all, and learn how to develop engagement plans for stakeholders.
The virtual e-learning program features a sustainability playbook where you can note initiatives that could be implemented in your organization and use them to work through related exercises in each module. Example exercises include:
A key framework of the Sustainability Leadership: Innovation for Growth program is the Triple-Layered Business Model Canvas, a tool that's designed to help create more sustainable business models. The 3 “layers” include:
The canvas can help business leaders develop a clearer understanding of the interrelationship between these 3 aspects of their business model.
The virtual e-learning program highlights a broad range of real-world sustainability case examples, including:
Going green as a business advantage
Customer value proposition and business model they created
Sustainable Living Plan
Efforts to achieve a carbon-negative output
Innovation and leadership
Impact of their focus on mission, vision, and values
Polls
Discussion Boards
Crowdsources
Quizzes
Sustainability Playbook
Capstone Project
Each week, you’ll develop potential initiatives related to that week's content and note them in your playbook. Near the end of the 6-week virtual e-learning program, you’ll use your accumulated findings to complete a final capstone project. This will involve:
Richard Blundell
Walid Hejazi
Richard Blundell
Executive-in-Residence at The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Mr. Blundell has over 35 years of senior executive management and consulting experience in the global environmental services and technology sectors. His experience includes operations management, corporate and market development, mergers and acquisitions, new business initiation, and consulting. Mr. Blundell’s international experience includes running organizations in East and West Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia (12 countries from India to China). He has significant experience in new business creation and management of growth-stage businesses in global markets and has completed over $500 million in combined corporate M&A transactions and private equity funding for early-stage companies.
From 1989-2004, Mr. Blundell held senior leadership positions with Laidlaw Inc., Canada’s largest waste management company, as Director of European Business Development; SGS SA, a global company in inspection, testing, and certification services as SVP of the Global Environmental Services Division; and Hagemeyer Cosa Liebermann, a technology marketing company in Asia Pacific as EVP of the Technology Division. During this period and since 2004, Mr. Blundell has held founder and/or executive management positions in ten early-stage, cleantech companies, including a number of Board of Directors appointments.
He joined the MaRS Discovery District in 2018 to lead the development of applied innovation networks for global, corporate partners. In 2019, he was appointed Managing Director of the Cleantech Venture Services group. MaRS is Canada’s largest innovation hub with 1M ft sq of office space in downtown Toronto serving over 1,400 startups, from early-stage to high growth companies in Cleantech, Health Sciences, Fintech and Enterprise Software, including a focus on AI, IoT, AR and other fourth industrial revolution technologies.
He is an Executive-in-Residence at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He joined the Rotman faculty in 2016, where he teaches MBA, Executive MBA and Global Executive MBA courses in sustainability and entrepreneurship. He is also an advisor to the Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability charity. Mr. Blundell holds a BSc from the University of Toronto and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne.
Walid Hejazi
Associate Professor of International Business at The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Walid Hejazi is an Associate Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, and Academic Director at The Rotman School of Management. He has researched, advised, and testified extensively on global competitiveness and is currently working on a series of studies that shed light on the competitiveness and productivity of Canadian organizations.
He teaches Macro and Global Economics in Rotman’s MBA and EMBA programs, and has also delivered lectures in over 30 countries. Dr. Hejazi has also developed and teaches a successful MBA course in Islamic Finance, the first such course in Canada. He is extensively involved in enhancing the prevalence of Islamic Finance in Canada. He is currently writing a book on Islamic project finance, and has several ongoing research projects in the area. He holds a PhD and MA from University of Toronto and an HBA from University of Western Ontario.
Upon successful completion of the 6-week virtual e-learning program, you’ll earn a digital certificate of completion from The Rotman School of Management. This program counts toward a Rotman Excellence in Executive Leadership Certificate.
The Ontario Student Assistance Program is now offering funding for micro-credentials, including Rotman Executive Programs. This new resource is part of Ontario’s micro-credentials strategy, helping learners access more opportunities to train or upskill for in-demand jobs through loans and grants. This funding is available for Ontario residents only with additional requirements.
Learn about OSAP funding for Ontario residents as well as the full details of the program by downloading our brochure.
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We have designed this program to fit into your current working life as efficiently as possible. Time will be spent among a variety of activities including:
The program is designed to be highly interactive while also allowing time for self-reflection and to demonstrate an understanding of the core topics through various active learning exercises. Please email us if you need further clarification on program activities.
More than 300,000 learners across 200 countries have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programs said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded.
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Peer learning adds substantially to the overall learning experience and is an important part of the program. You can connect and communicate with other participants through our learning platform.
Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week, so you can gauge what will be required before you enroll. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page. All programs are designed to fit into your working life.
This program is scored as a pass or no-pass; participants must complete the required activities to pass and obtain the certificate of completion. Some programs include a final project submission or other assignments to obtain passing status. This information will be noted in the program brochure. Please email us if you need further clarification on any specific program requirements.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a smart digital certificate. The smart digital certificate can be shared with friends, family, schools, or potential employers. You can use it on your cover letter, resume, and/or display it on your LinkedIn profile.
The digital certificate will be sent approximately two weeks after the program, once grading is complete.
No, only verified digital certificates will be issued upon successful completion. This allows you to share your credentials on social platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
No, there is no alumni status granted for this program. In some cases, there are credits that count toward a higher level of certification. This information will be clearly noted in the program brochure.
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