Climate Innovation in Corporations
A four-week online course exploring and applying the concepts of corporate climate innovation and design thinking to drive new corporate sustainability solutions.
Course level: Introductory
Taught by
Daniel Hill
Director of Business and Innovation, Environmental Defense Fund, Creator of #OpenDoorClimate
- 4 weeks / 4 hours per week
- Build a business case for climate innovation
- Class recording available
- Completion certificate
- 100% online
About this course
A growing number of corporations are making climate commitments; however, there remains a sizable innovation gap for them to achieve those commitments. This course will review the role of climate innovation within corporate sustainability and explore how to create the conditions that foster the development of climate solutions in a company. You’ll learn the key levers of climate innovation available both within and external to a company such as innovation labs and industry collaborations. You’ll explore how to identify new climate solutions using design-thinking principles and how to advance new ideas within a company through business cases.
You’ll walk away from the course with an understanding of how businesses can create an ecosystem that generates new solutions to reach climate goals and how to champion those ideas as an employee, consultant, or leader.
Who is this program for?
Sustainability managers
Leverage your company’s existing resources to develop innovative solutions for your sustainability goals
Environmental consultants
Develop climate solutions for your clients that build on their strengths and have a clear business rationale
Senior leadership
Expand your climate “squad” by empowering all your staff to drive climate action
Employees in sustainability ERG groups
Identify opportunities for climate innovation and build the business case
What climate skills you'll learn
Catalyze climate innovation in corporate settings
Gain insights into the climate innovation landscape and the levers that corporations use to drive innovation
Practice design-thinking on climate
Find people-centered solutions using a systematic process that works in corporate settings
Build the business case for climate innovation
Understand how to build and communicate the business case for new climate solutions within a corporation
EVENT CONCLUDED
How companies signal the market for climate innovation
- Sep 30, 2024
- 9:00am - 10:00am PT
Join Daniel Hill, Director of Business and Innovation at EDF and Creator of #OpenDoorClimate, as he discusses the different ways that companies send demand signals to innovators to find missing climate solutions.
The Terra.do difference
Live lab groups
You will meet weekly with the instructor and fellow learners to share perspectives
Skills-based learning
You will engage in individual real-world assignments to immediately apply the skills you’ve learned
Personalized attention
Meet with the instructor 1-on-1 and get individualized feedback on your assignments
Asynchronous and synchronous learning
Flexible learning options to fit your learning style
Meet the course creator
Daniel Hill
Director of Business and Innovation, Environmental Defense Fund, Creator of #OpenDoorClimate
Course schedule
Pricing and expected commitment
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