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ISSP Certificate Program

The ISSP certificate program is designed for current and aspiring sustainability professionals.

The certificate program will provide you with the skills and competencies to take on positions such as Sustainability Officer, Sustainability Director, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability Analyst, Sustainability Coordinator, Sustainability Consultant, Green Facilitator, Sustainability Services Expert and Climate Officer.

You will benefit from the virtual eLearning platforms, access to sustainability experts, the latest tools and methods and the valuable credential once completed.

Sustainability Professional Certificate (SPC) - This certificate program blends sustainability concepts and practices with organizational change theory to provide you with the leadership skills and knowledge to lead a sustainability program. See attachment below to download Certificate Program PDF.

PROMOTION for ISSP members

Purchase the entire certificate program - within 4 weeks
for the discounted pricing of $2,600 / eight workshops
then receive the prerequisite Sustainability 101 workshop for free, a $250 value.

View the Complete Calendar of Education Events HERE

ISSP's 5 Core virtual workshops (choose 5 and note SPaRK, Sustaining Sustainability and Leadership Skills all repeat in the 2013 calendar year):
Stakeholder Engagement Strategies FEB 2013 Susanne Croft

Sustainability Planning MAR 2013 Marsha Willard (repeats SEP 2013)

Sustaining Sustainability: Organizational Assessments & Systems APR 2013 Dorothy Atwood (repeats OCT 2013)

Practical Tools and Methods for Change Agents MAY 2013 Alan AtKisson

Leadership Skills for Change Agents MAY 2013 @ISSP Conference Bob WIllard - one day pre-conference workshop (repeats NOV 2013)

ISSP's Elective workshops:

Life-Cycle Assessment JUN 2013 Tom Gloria

Biomimicry JUL 2013 Mary Hansel

Sustainable Event Management SEP 2013 Meegan Jones

Ecosystem Valuations FEB 2014 James Pittman

ISSP's Sustainability Professionals Certificate Prerequisite

Sustainability 101 Self-study Darcy Hitchcock

ISSP's virtual monthly topic webinars are announced in the ISSP Insight eNewsletter and Events Updates weekly email.
Choose any 4 to count for credit towards your certificate. Calendar of upcoming webinars HERE

Members - contact cnordstrom@sustainabilityprofessionals.org to access all archived webinars at the Learning Center.

Learning Environment

As part of our commitment to keeping a small footprint and providing you with the best instructors, all workshops are delivered virtually. For the five Core and four elective workshops we use a combination of live webinars, online discussions and individual study to meet the learning outcomes. Participants enjoy ISSP's dynamic, interactive eLearning experience: meeting online once a week for a live webinar AND online 24/7 over the 4 weeks at the ISSP Learning Center. The self-study Sustainability 101 is computer based and delivered virtually. You can enroll at any time, study when it fits your schedule and take up to 8 weeks to complete the workshop.

Enrollment

Workshops start throughout the year and participants can take up to two years to complete the requirements.

Completion of Certificate

Successful completion of the certificate program includes completing 5 core workshops, 3 electives and writing summaries of 4 webinars.

A basic understanding of sustainability concepts is required by taking the pre-requisite Sustainability 101 within six months of starting the Certificate.

Refunds for event cancellations

Webinar/ Workshop refund policy (A month or more before the workshop, 100% less any Paypal fees; 22-30 days out 75%; 15-21 days 50%; 7-14 days 25%, Less than a week no refund. Transfer from one workshop to another is handled the same as cancellation.

Statements from Graduates of the ISSP Sustainability Professional Certificate (SPC):

"The ISSP Sustainability Professional Certificate is a great program for either current sustainability professionals looking to sharpen their skills or others wanting to enter this field."

"The high quality and level of experience of the instructors. The instructors are all accomplished leaders and authors in the field of sustainability and delivered exceptional webinar programs which were supplemented with excellent readings. The perspective and experience shared with us by the instructors was most valuable. It was a good group of courses, covering all the major areas at a high level without a lot of extraneous material or busy work. Also, the tools that I have available to me for use on sustainability planning and reporting are very valuable and could not be obtained from other sources without considerable expense. The program is, in my opinion, the best value for obtaining education in the field for working professionals - very reasonable cost and time commitment. I can't say enough about what the program has done for me and my professional development. I am now in a position that I very much enjoy due directly to my participation in the certificate program." from a 2010 SPC grad.