Sustainability
Consulting
Accelerator - OnePointFive Academy
6-week training intensive completed in April 2024.
Certification Focus
A six-week sustainability consulting accelerator covering end-to-end Net Zero strategy to decarbonization. The course covers courses & practical labs on Net Zero Target Setting, Materiality Assessments, GHG Accounting (Scope 1, 2 & 3 & Life Cycle Assessment), Reporting & Disclosure Frameworks, Net Zero Transition Planning as well as hosting expert industry speakers on the topics. Throughout the course we also cover SBTi, CDP, GHG Protocol, ISO14000s Standards, IFRS S1 & S2, SASB, GRI, TCFD, TNFD, CSRD, among other leading sustainability standards & frameworks.
The Certification - Practical Experience
Each week, we did a practical hands-on lab experience covering the following: setting climate strategies, targets, and goals, carbon accounting - scope 1,2,3 at the organizational and product level, assessing materiality/double-materiality, calculating net present value for climate investment principles, and practical tools for sustainability consulting like preparing valuable proposals and how to think like a consultant.
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Pictured below - using The Change Climate Project's BEE Tool to input and analyze data from a company's Scope 1 & 2's Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Inspiring Lectures from Industry Leaders
Each week we got to hear from industry leading professionals about sustainability in the context of their work, sectors, and the field broadly.
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We engaged with Seth Godin (Author of the Carbon Almanac), Daniel Hill (Environmental Defense Fund), Alexandra Carlson (New Balance's Product Sustainability Manager), Sara Paiji Yoo (Blueland's CEO & Co-founder), and Shana Gallagher (ISO Standards).
