Training & capacity building services

Overview

We believe that training, education and capacity building represent one of the most significant opportunities and challenges for companies to accelerate their progress towards sustainability. Unlocking and utilising the understanding and creativity of staff in response to sustainability issues is a pre-requisite to truly embedding sustainability. In addition, interactive people-based processes not only build staff capacity and capabilities, but also engage them in creating solutions that work.

We have worked extensively in developing and delivering training in the UK and around the world. This has provided us with an unrivalled track record in creative and innovative sustainability training and development.

We employ participative training and capacity building techniques to support the majority of our services and also offer specific training in a number of technical and specialist areas within the subject of sustainability.

Featured Training Products

The fundamentals of sustainability

We can provide your staff with a grounding in sustainability issues and the business case for transforming corporate activities.

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Dynamic Sustainable Teams

Build involved, action orientated teams to drive sustainability action in your organisation. Make sustainability a valuable part of your business by building staff understanding and skills.

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EnVision Master Classes - Leadership in sustainability

Supporting organisational leaders to understand the strategic implications of sustainability and developing innovative and creative approaches. Our training will drive leadership understanding, enthusiasm and innovation.

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Products & services

The fundamentals of sustainability

We can provide your staff with a grounding in sustainability issues and the business case for transforming corporate activities.

Sustainability fundamentals details >>

Dynamic Sustainable Teams

Build involved, action orientated teams to drive sustainability action in your organisation. Make sustainability a valuable part of your business by building staff understanding and skills.

Team training details >>

EnVision Master Classes - Leadership in sustainability

Supporting organisational leaders to understand the strategic implications of sustainability and developing innovative and creative approaches. Our training will drive leadership understanding, enthusiasm and innovation.

EnVision Master Class details >>

Specialist technical training

We can provide clear, simple training in specific areas such as sustainable construction, sustainable procurement, sustainability reporting, materiality assessment, stakeholder engagement, sustainability metric and measures, cutting edge sustainability techniques.

Bespoke training and capacity building

With extensive experience of designing specialist training and interactive processes, we can develop bespoke training solutions to support your organisational needs ranging from half day master classes to ambitious programmes.  

Experience

WWF International One Planet Leaders

Between 2005-10 we developed and delivered this programme (in conjunction with ESD Consulting Ltd). At its core it supports a strategic transformative approach to sustainability. We developed extensive tools and models to support strategic development, including a groundbreaking electronic sustainability management system which was designed based upon our experience of global best practice and innovation. The programme was delivered to many of the world's largest companies. See more >>

CITB Sustainable construction leadership and management development

CITB (now ConstructionSkills) is the UK training body for the construction sector. With ESD Consulting Ltd, we developed and delivered leadership training to the organisation's executive team and over 100 senior managers.

ConstructionSkills Scotland

We worked with ConstructionSkills Scotland, in association with ESD Consulting Ltd, to identify needs and develop information and training materials for the members of three Scottish building federations.

Leeds Metropolitan University sustainable construction training

Prior to the commissioning of a significant new building programme, we worked (with ESD Consulting Ltd) with key senior staff to develop their understanding of the principles and opportunities of sustainable construction.