The Diploma in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability is a blended learning program that allows you to work full time while earning your Graduate Diploma.
The program consists of a total of eleven (11) day and evening sessions over a period of one year, plus distance education through a leading Learning Management System, meetings/teleconferences with your Mentor Group, and Best Practice Webinars every two weeks. The face-to-face sessions occur on the University of St. Michael's College campus in the University of Toronto. These sessions occur over three modules as outlined below.
Information Session on Business Case & Application Process
Module 1
3 days in October on the University of Toronto campus
(Toronto)
Foundations of CSR, Sustainability, ESG:
- State of Sustainability, CSR, ESG
- Company-level and Project - level business case
- Sustainability assessment frameworks
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioners as Change Agents
- Building Mindfulness, Meditation and Reflection into your Practice
- ExperienceChange™ Change Management Business Simulation and Transitional Pathways - Three Horizon Model (Group Case)
- Innovation and Building Business Models for Social Responsibility & Sustainability (Group Case)
- Transitional Leadership Competencies and Practice
- Introduction to Truth and Reconciliation - Kairos Blanket Exercise
- Understanding Context and Systems - Slow Knowledge and Reflection
Experiential Work between Sessions:
- Work with Mentor/Instructor on Capstone
- Assignment 1: CSR, Sustainability, ESG Book Review
- Assignment: Capstone Project Proposal
- Monthly Alumni Webcasts and Readings
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- Prior to Module 1
- Embedding Project
- Volunteerism for Engagement & Community Investment
- Business Case - ROI Tool (Pre-Work for October)
- Intrapreneurship
- Post Module 1 & Prior to Module 2
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Understanding ESG & how it is different from CSR & Sustainability
- Understanding the Taskforce on Climate Related Financial Disclosures
- Understanding SASB and Integrated Reporting
- Understanding IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (in progress) including: General Sustainability-related Disclosures and Climate-related Disclosures
- Reporting Best Practices (Annual Report by The Works Design)
- Anti-Corruption & Human Rights
- Strategy Development (Strategy Assessment Pre-Work for May)
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (Benchmark Pre-Work for May)
- Leadership and Climate Change Group Projects and Dialogues
- Prior to Module 1
- Preparation for the next Module on the Learning Management System
- Journaling and Reflection
Module 2
5 days in May on the University of Toronto campus
(Toronto)
Deconstructing CSR, Sustainability, ESG:
- Developing Strategy and Embedding CSR/Sustainability/ESG
- Examining Credible Goals
- Materiality Methods and Approaches for Opportunity and Risk Management & Reporting
- En-Roads Climate Solutions Simulation
- Ethical Behaviour, Tools (Codes of Conduct etc.) and Giving Voice to Values
- Inclusion, Diversity Equity & Accessibility and Panel
- Building Mindfulness, Meditation and Reflection into your Practice
- Transitional Leadership Check In
- Community Investment, Corporate Partnerships, Measurement & Reporting and Panel
- Metrics & Reporting ESG, CSR, Sustainability and Panel
- ESG & Sustainability Ranking and Ratings
Experiential Work between Sessions:
- Assignment 2: Option of 1. B Corp or Embedding Gap Assessment, 2. Various Accreditations 3. Participant Hosted Webinar, 4. Conference Reflection Elective
- Capstone Project Work (due September)
- 4 Seasons of Reconciliation Course - Reconciliation Education with Deloitte
- Best Practice Webcasts and Readings
- Supply Chain Sustainability
- Participant Hosted Webinar (Option for Assignment 2)
- Preparation for Next Module on the Learning Management System
- Journaling and Reflection
Module 3
3 days in November on the University of Toronto campus, plus Convocation on Saturday
(Toronto)
Integrating CSR, Sustainability, ESG:
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Indigenous Perspectives and Reconciliation for ESG, Sustainability & CSR
- Progressive Aboriginal Relations, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
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Governance: Implications for ESG, CSR and Sustainability and Panel
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Your Transitional Leadership Journey ESG, CSR/Sustainability and Panel
- Building Mindfulness, Meditation and Reflection into your Practice
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Novel Study - Application of ESG, CSR, Sustainability
- President's Capstone Award Nominee Presentations and Awards
- (Optional Day 4) University of St. Michael's College at University of Toronto, Grad. Diploma in SR&S Convocation Ceremony and Reception
