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Certificates: "Sustainability manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" certificate
Certified Business Manager" certificate -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Sustainability manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Certified Business Manager -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 8 Weeks
Sustainability manager
Introduction to the topic of sustainability (approx. 2 days)
Term/definition of sustainability
Meaning of value orientation, social responsibility
Sustainable Development Goals (the 17 goals)
Sustainable corporate management
Stakeholder orientation and management
Instruments, models and systems of sustainable management with CSR and ESG model
Tasks of sustainability managers
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies and possible applications in the professional environment
Environment and risk analyses (approx. 2 days)
Presentation of tools and models
Stakeholder analysis with requirements
Analysis of sustainability factors
Double materiality analysis
Framework conditions, laws, regulations (approx. 2 days)
Legal regulations of the EU/ BRD
DIN EN ISO 26000:2021
ZNU standard for sustainable management
DIN EN ISO 14040/14044 and 14064/14067 (life cycle assessment and carbon footprint)
Co2 certificates
Sustainability in companies (approx. 2 days)
Sustainability in operational processes
and procedures
Standardized management systems
Goals and mission statements
Sustainability management tools
Monitoring, measurement and CIP
Sustainability reporting (approx. 3 days)
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
Reporting tools, logos, seals and symbols
Sustainability reporting
Common sustainability standards with DNR, GRI
Insight into the sustainability report
Structure/content/creation of a sustainability report
Development of a sustainability management system (approx. 4 days)
Basic analysis - identification of gaps between existing management system regulations
Integration strategy and planning
Design and implementation of a sustainability management system (NMS)
Integration into existing management systems
Sustainability controlling with key figures
Innovations and current trends (approx. 2 days)
International and supranational initiatives
Climate protection and human rights in supply chains
Sustainable corporate culture and communication
Greenwashing
Sustainable digitalization
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Sustainability Manager: in TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Management and corporate planning
Management (approx. 1 day)
Hierarchy levels
Management methods
Planning horizons
Management functions
Management control loop
Management instruments
Objectives, methods and instruments of business plan preparation (approx. 3 days)
Basics of business plan preparation
Analysis and planning tools (SWOT analysis, scenario analysis, portfolio analysis, creativity techniques)
Contract law (approx. 1 day)
Declarations of intent
Warranty and guarantee
Types of contract and their disruptions
Law on contractual defects (subsequent performance, withdrawal, purchase price reduction, compensation)
General terms and conditions (AGB)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Commercial and company law (approx. 1 day)
Types of merchants
company forms
Commercial practices
Special features of commercial law
Commercial register and publicity
Introduction to insolvency law
Project planning (approx. 0.5 days)
basics
Resource planning
Planning steps
Errors in project planning
Environment analysis (approx. 0.5 days)
Company analysis
Industry analysis
Location analysis
Competition analysis
Marketing (approx. 3 days)
Market analysis and market segmentation
Basics of market research
Instruments of the marketing mix
Advertising and supporting instruments
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Overview of
Instruments
Planning investment calculation (approx. 2 days)
Basics
Investment calculation methods
Limits and problems of capital budgeting methods
Key figures
Financial planning (approx. 1 day)
Basics
Equity and debt financing
External and internal financing
Key figures
Controlling (approx. 1 day)
Tasks and objectives of controlling
Areas of controlling
Controlling instruments
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 5 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After attending this course, you will know how to set up and maintain effective sustainability management in a company and how to implement a corresponding roadmap in accordance with legal guidelines. You will also be able to draw up a life cycle assessment.
You also know how to draw up different business plans for projects and companies from an economic perspective and apply the most important economic planning and marketing tools. You have knowledge of contract law and are familiar with the content of commercial and company law as well as the basics of financial planning.
This course is aimed at employees who want to operate sustainably in their organization and are interested in sustainability solutions in various areas of the company.
The course is also aimed at anyone who would like to acquire basic business management and planning knowledge or deepen their knowledge.
Targeted sustainability management is essential for companies to remain successful in the long term. Employees with specialist knowledge in the field of sustainability are in demand in companies of all sizes.
With your meaningful certificate, you prove your business planning knowledge and provide a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired to improve your career entry and advancement.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).