The CSO provides your organization with an improvement in the efficiency of processes, a clear articulation of your organization’s vision, a commitment and expectation management for sustainability, the identification of business opportunities, an improvement in the reputation and positioning of your institution in its interest groups, the attraction of key talent, an increase of relationships with clients by providing productive collaborations that promote sustainability solutions while creating value for the organization, and a reinforcement a culture towards sustainable development.
CSO: Chief Sustainability Officer
A key figure in executive position
The Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) occupies a relatively new executive position. An increasingly important figure due to the challenge of adapting to sustainable development and the effects of climate change that dominate the national and international agenda. The CSO is a vital figure who designs the sustainability strategy in your organization, acts as the main driver and coordinates its execution.
February 2023
120 h
Mon - Thur
17:00 a 20:30 h
On campus
Spanish/Catalan
Eva Garrell
Presentation
Goals
Why it’s important
Sources of interest:
Euromonitor. Informes: Global Trends 2022,
Pacto Mundial UN. Informes: Anuario climático, 2022
They think that CSO will be an indispensable figure to face the challenges of sustainability
Key to helping the CEO navigate and achieve the best performance of ESG criteria.
They think that the main strength of the figure of the CSO is to reconfigure the business model
They focus on having a long-term strategic business vision
They have a CSO position with decision-making power and governance
Between 2020 and 2021, the demand for CSO profiles grew more than twice as much as the total number of CSOs existing in companies before 2020
Who is it for?
This program is for you if:
You are a professional concerned about a strategic improvement in business sustainability management who wishes to gain in-depth knowledge of the future opportunities of managing it from an integrated and transversal perspective.
Your companions will be:
- Directors of small and medium-sized companies
- Entrepreneurs who want to learn about the opportunities and challenges of new business models based on corporate sustainability
- Aspiring managers with power over business strategy, policies and development KPIs.
- Technicians and consultants who want to obtain in-depth knowledge about the strategic value of sustainability.
- You are interested in sustainability and need to identify strategies and tools.