Many companies speed up their sustainability and ESG initiatives. Often, these initiatives lead to substantial transformation processes. In turn, this need for change often increases the need for impulses from external experts, and I am regularly invited to give
keynotes, trainings, and workshops
about ESG and sustainability.
A key learning from these activities is the need to tailor the content to the company setting. In fact, this need for targeted content seems to be more pronounced for sustainability and ESG than for other topics, such as strategy, leadership, innovation, and AI. Of course, some challenges like carbon emission reduction are shared by many firms. In a similar vein, the same keynote to increase awareness may work perfectly in many different companies. Beyond these common challenges, however, the specific context is essential for enabling the audience to transfer some of the new knowledge to their own job context based on frameworks, such as the
SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION MAP.
In this regard, it really matters to have a solid understanding of the target group (e.g., sustainability or corporate responsibility experts vs. managers from other functional areas, like supply chain management or marketing), the firms’ maturity level in terms of sustainability management, and the organizational context. On this basis, I have reviewed and systematized my sustainability-related services in three categories with some example topics of keynotes and workshops for each category:
Relevance, basics, and management - ESG and sustainability: Relevance and basics
- Sustainability: Carbon emission reduction and what else?
- Sustainability management: Evolution and maturity model
- The importance of sustainability for supply chain management
Strategy, innovation, and business models
HR management, leadership, and change - Gen Z as
SUSTAINABLE NATIVES: Challenges for HR and employer branding
- Why do companies need a sustainable purpose?
- Sustainability skills and key competencies for the future
- Sustainability and I: Exciting new career opportunities
Moreover, my recent collaborations with firms across industries have underscored the need for advancing most firms’ sustainability management. In this regard, my
trainings and workshops
often combine the interactive communication of new content, intensive discussions, small group exercises, and initial ideas for applying the new knowledge to the participants’ job context. For a free initial discussion about a specialized sustainability and ESG training, workshop, or keynote (in English or German) for your organization, please contact me
here.