Back to BASICs Sustainability Training for Small Businesses March 7, 2011

Sustainability Planning Training Opportunity for Small Businesses

The Back to BASICs Training Program for Small Businesses is being offered in Cochrane, Alberta this spring. The program walks participants through the process of

• finding the value of sustainability planning,
• setting a sustainability vision and goals,
• identifying their current sustainability footprint,
• developing an action plan to integrate sustainability into their products, services, and operations in a strategic way,
• implementing their plan throughout the business, and
• communicating their success to stakeholders.

The program consists of 4 workshops that are delivered over 3 months. By the end of the program participants will have developed a sustainability plan for their company or organization.

An Experiential Learning Opportunity

This program is delivered in workshop style as participants not only learn about the sustainability planning for small businesses, they actually work through each step and gain valuable experience.

Building Capacity

Rather than prescribing to a set of pre-determined actions, this program teaches businesses to find the value of sustainability for their specific company. This value will be different for each business depending on their industry, their size, their current impacts, and the values of their stakeholders. This program teaches businesses HOW to plan for sustainability and implement a meaningful action plan. Gaining this knowledge and experience will help businesses adapt to ever changing pressures and concerns from environmental, social, and economic factors.

Join Us!

Who should attend? If you own or manage a business, if you run an organization, not-for-profit, if you would like to improve the way your department operates...this program is for you!

The full five day program is broken down into 4 courses.

» Sustainability Fundamentals - 1 day
» Footprinting - 1 day
» SMS Strategy - 2 days
» Indicators of Success - 1 day
The first delivery of the program runs from March 7th 2011 – May 30th 2011. The cost for participation in the full five day program (four workshops) is $1450. Course fees include customized instruction, course materials, in class coaching, lunch and snacks (coffee and refreshments).

This program is being hosted by Peratos Consulting Ltd.

Register online at http://peratosconsulting.com/upcoming-events/

Official Website: http://peratosconsulting.com/upcoming-events/