Online, Weekly Live Online Sessions: Tuesdays beginning April 8, for seven consecutive weeks
Additional asynchronous hours weekly, $6,500
The number of net-zero commitments has been increasing rapidly across the world, with countries and major companies joining the efforts and pledging for a net-zero impact by the middle or end of the century. The number of businesses officially working on environmental pledges more than doubled from 2022 to 2023 and now exceeds 4,000, according to research. Powerful forces are fueling this trend, including stricter government regulations worldwide, pressure from consumers and investors for firms to become more environmentally responsible, and companies’ growing recognition that sustainability can support revenue growth and market leadership. But for many executives, questions remain about how to move forward, and what steps to take, to reach their decarbonization goals.
Net-Zero Transformation helps leaders cut through the buzzwords and hype, providing a practical, research-backed roadmap for sustainability strategy and execution. You will acquire tools, concepts, and frameworks that position you to implement the various facets of your organization’s net-zero pledge or sustainability and decarbonization plan. Understand the main tradeoffs and the key questions you should be asking the specialists in your organization. Led by Wharton and University of Pennsylvania experts, including faculty from the Wharton Climate Center, this program helps you execute critical change management across your organization to make your environmental commitment a reality.
Program Experience
Highlights and Key Outcomes
In Net-Zero Transformation, you will:
- Discover how to lead a strategic transition to sustainability in your organization
- Evaluate the risks and opportunities associated with implementing a climate pledge for firms in different sectors
- Understand global regulatory frameworks for net-zero goals and how they affect your business
- Learn to leverage tools for carbon measurement and reporting
- Grasp the principles of sustainable practices related to travel, transportation, buildings, construction, supply chains, and more
- Explore new revenue streams and business-model innovations aligned with your net-zero objectives
- Interact with top Wharton experts and share ideas with a select group of executives from around the world
Blended Online Program Structure
Participants will engage in weekly, three-hour, highly active live online sessions, interspersed with self-paced online video segments and activities to work through foundational material at their convenience. Content is delivered by award-winning faculty who are pioneering the academic research and leading the dialogue on the business transition to net zero.
The program prioritizes engagement and employs a host of instructional modalities to enhance the learning experience: in-class discussions, team collaboration, case studies, and interactive exercises.
- Live Online Discussion with Distinguished Wharton Faculty – This program offers the opportunity to directly engage with each of the program’s faculty.
- The Best of Both Worlds – Live sessions from Wharton’s cutting-edge Wave Classroom provide a powerful interactive experience, like an in-person session but from the comfort of your home or office. Self-paced individual and team discussions and engagement with your peers and with the faculty offer opportunities to personalize your learning and key take-home value.
Experience and Impact
Highly actionable and research-based, Net-Zero Transformation provides the roadmap you need to strategize, implement, measure, and report on your company’s reduction in its environmental footprint. Global executives will gain insights into sustainable practices around carbon measurement and management with a focus on key operational areas including travel and transportation, buildings and construction, supply chains, and more. You will also analyze regulatory trends, assessing which current or emerging climate policies are likely to impact your firm. Finally, you will explore avenues to create new revenue streams through net-zero and sustainability approaches and business-model innovation. A strong theme of change management is woven throughout the program as an essential tool to make a significant impact in your organization.
The program is led by Wharton and University of Pennsylvania experts in carbon neutrality as it intersects with supply chain, carbon accounting, regulations, transportation, facilities, and business-model reinvention. The program faculty are active contributors to the research advancement of decarbonization and of innovation in green technologies. Sessions will draw on the latest findings and practical applications from the prestigious Wharton Climate Center. Moreover, you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with fellow participants: a select group of business leaders from around the world.
The familiar business saying “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” is very apropos when it comes to the Net-Zero Transformation program. After this program, participants will be able to approach sustainability initiatives analytically, with a level of rigor and understanding often lacking in actions following climate pledges. You will be empowered to truly forge your company’s path to environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality.
Session topics include:
- Sustainability in Your Core
- Measuring, Reporting, and Carbon Accounting
- A Closer Look at the Regulatory Framework
- Travel and Transportation: The Low-Emission Direction
- Supply Chain and Sustainability
- Site, Shelter, Setting: Net-Zero Building Design, Construction, and Operation
- Business-Model Innovation for Sustainability
Convince Your Supervisor
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