Premium Learning
Purpose:
To help members build the capabilities needed to lead change, make better decisions and put sustainability to work across their business.
How:
On top of the Academy learning included in every membership, Premium Learning brings together WBCSD’s open and bespoke learning offerings and is available for an additional fee. It provides access to world-class open programs, tailored company learning and distinctive environments designed to strengthen leadership capabilities, sustainability knowledge, technical skills, inner development and the practical know-how needed to drive transformation. The offering is designed to address a wide range of business needs, including reporting, metrics, investment appraisal, trend analysis, risk management, resilience and other capabilities needed to embed sustainability in decision-making.
Premium Learning goes beyond technical training. It helps boards strengthen oversight and senior leaders manage through complexity. It enables specialists to connect sustainability to business decisions. And it helps teams develop the shared language and confidence needed to act. The learning experiences draw on WBCSD’s practical insight, peer networks and partnerships with leading academic and expert institutions. The result is rigorous, business-relevant learning grounded in the real challenges members face.
Premium Learning is offered in two formats:
The open programs bring together peers from other companies. They include the Leadership Program, LEAP, the Young Professionals Program, Driving Sustainability from the Boardroom, the Stanford Leadership Experience, Yale MBA for Executives modules and the Moral Leadership course with the Laudato Si’ Centre.
The bespoke offering designs learning modules for a specific leadership group, function, region or transformation challenge of individual companies. Formats range from focused strategic sprints and workshops to longer leadership journeys, team development experiences and immersive programs. Bespoke topics can include: board governance, dynamics and oversight; team development; function-specific learning; regional programs; and tailored company-wide experiences. Learning can take place online, at member facilities or at the Laudato Si' Centre for Higher Education.
Learn more about these planned 2027 deliverables in the September release:
- Open Programs
- Bespoke Learning
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Participation in any WBCSD program is entirely voluntary. Each participant retains full independence over its commercial decisions and competitive conduct. Nothing in the description, framing or naming of these programs implies or requires any form of coordination, alignment or exchange of commercially sensitive information among participants. All activities under these programs are subject to the Policy. Participants are expected to have read and accepted the Policy, which is available at this link. Any questions or concerns regarding antitrust compliance should be directed to WBCSD Legal & Compliance (legal@wbcsd.org).