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Sustainability Strategy Demystified

Insights, Tools and Approaches to Thrive in the Sustainability Transition In an era where environmental and societal change is not just inevitable but accelerating, this workshop empowers participants with critical insights, innovative tools, and actionable approaches to not only comply with the new ESG mandates but to lead the charge for new value creation.

• Understand the Global Shift: Grasp the profound impact of worldwide sustainability efforts on businesses of all sizes, from corporate giants to SMEs.
• Compliance and Beyond: Transition from meeting minimum regulatory standards to leveraging sustainability as a catalyst for innovation, corporate revitalization and new growth.
• Strategic Advantage in ASEAN: Specifically tailored for the Southeast Asian context, learn how to transform sustainability from a checkbox exercise to a core driver of business growth.
• Practical Skills and Strategies: Arm yourself with the know-how to refine your organization’s sustainability strategies, aligning them with both local regulations and global market trends.

This program is designed to equip senior non-sustainability managers with the insights, competencies, tools and approaches to:

• Display essential foundational understanding of climate science and corporate sustainability issues, concepts and frameworks;
• Understand the tactical implications of the sustainability transition, identify and manage sustainability risks and comply with evolving regulations on ESG accounting and reporting;
• Identify strategic opportunities for their business of having a sustainability strategy, based on an assessment of the organization’s wider sustainability performance, and the business case for sustainability;
• Understand frameworks to develop, integrate and deliver sustainability strategy in the functional areas of the business.

Join ‘Sustainability Strategy Demystified’ to gain actionable insights and tools for driving innovation, growth, and compliance. Elevate your strategic advantage in ASEAN and harness sustainability for impactful business growth. **Early Bird: 10% Discount (when register and pay by January 18, 2025)** For more information, contact us at executiveeducation@sasin.edu or call +66 2 218-4000 Ext. 7.  

Instructor

Geert-Jan ‘GJ’ van der Zanden is an ESG and Sustainability Transformation Leadership Coach and Advisor, and a former Senior Advisor and Visiting Professor of Sustainability and Transformational Leadership at Sasin. As former managing director of sustainability advisory group Xynteo, he has worked with top leadership teams of global businesses including Unilever, IKEA, TCS, Verizon, Microsoft and Nordea, helping them design and implement their sustainability transformation journeys. Author of multiple articles in national and international media, and regular speaker at Sustainability and Leadership Education conferences, his book ‘Transforming Our Critical Systems – How Can We Achieve the Systemic Change the World Needs’ was released by Cambridge University Press in November 2023. GJ has worked and studied in 10 different countries across 4 continents and is an avid believer in the power of diversity.