Continued Innovation and Long-Term Success

“To put it mildly, you have opened our eyes to a whole new world in regard to sustainability and the use of our product to help achieve desired results. Everyone I spoke with said that your presentation was the highlight of the week!”

Jon Nickless, Solar Gard LLC

As demand for corporate responsibility continues to grow across industries, sustainability is becoming a powerful sales tool. Training and a firm understanding of your sustainability program help your sales team effectively communicate with customers about your company’s sustainable products or operations. Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC) will teach your team to confidently speak the customer’s language and turn sustainability into sales.


Whether your goal is to educate employees, clients, or suppliers, SSC's customized training programs will meet your needs.


scope 3 training academy

Conquering Carbon: Scope 3 Training Academy

SSC’s Conquering Carbon: Scope 3 Training Academy is designed to be a comprehensive guide for understanding, measuring, and reducing Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Training and educating suppliers has become imperative as one of the top Scope 3 categories for most companies is Purchased Goods and Services.

Our Conquering Carbon: Scope 3 Training Academy consists of two robust training options:

AUDIENCE:

This training is delivered directly to your company’s sourcing and procurement teams. Our team can deliver the sessions virtually via webinar or in-person. The goal of this training is to help your sourcing and procurement teams understand the importance of sustainable supply chains, their specific role in Scope 3 reduction, and how to engage the suppliers they communicate with to meet your company’s Scope 3 goals. SSC collaborates with your company to ensure that all training materials are in alignment with your specific company, industry, supply chain, and sustainability goals.

High-Level Training Plan:

(3) 1-Hour Training Sessions or One Half-Day In-Person Training Including:

  • Option of Virtual Webinars or In-Person Sessions

  • Customized Training Specific to Your Company, Industry, and Supply Chain

  • Training Delivered by SSC Sustainability Experts

  • Interactive Exercises

  • Webinar Sessions are Recorded For Ongoing Use by Existing and New Employees

  • Copies of the Three Training Presentations in PDF Format for Future Reference by Existing and New Employees

Scope 3 training for suppliers

Audience:

This training is delivered directly to your suppliers. A dedicated sustainability expert at SSC will be assigned to present each session live. A minimum of 20 suppliers is required in order to begin the training.

Each of our instructors can accommodate between 20 and 50 suppliers per module. We allow for participation from up to 3 people from the same supplier company making our maximum class size 150 participants total. This size gives our instructors the ability to offer a total of 5 hours of additional support to suppliers throughout the module.

High-Level Training Plan:

3 Webinar-Based Training Modules Including:

  • 4 Sessions in Each Module

  • 4 Months per Module equaling 12 Months Total if Completing All Modules

  • Interactive Exercises

  • Workbooks and Resources

  • Software for Measuring, Compiling, and Reporting Scope 1, 2, and Eventually Scope 3 Emissions is Available for an Additional Fee

  • Assigned SSC Team Member for Suppliers to Contact with Questions

 

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Training

Environmental, social, governance (ESG) refers to the three key factors used to measure the sustainability of a company. The following training is a structured program designed to educate and equip businesses with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate ESG principles into their operations and strategy.

ESG is an increasingly prevalent methodology for investors to evaluate potential company investments. It is a holistic assessment of how a company operates and serves its stakeholders and shareholders: employees, customers, communities, investors, suppliers, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

By equipping your team with the knowledge and skills to make informed ESG decisions, you can:

  • Drive operational efficiency

  • Foster innovation within your company

  • Build stronger stakeholder relationships


 

Introduction to Sustainability

This specialized training provides the tools to develop or enhance a corporate sustainability program, ensuring your organization meets market demands, maximizes profitability, and minimizes social and environmental impacts.

LCA and EPD Training

Our Life Cycle Assessment Certified Practitioners will provide the tools and expertise to internal client teams so they can conduct life cycle assessments of various products.


 

Sustainable Manufacturing and Operations Training

Manufacturing plant personnel play a key role in implementing sustainability initiatives and reducing the impacts of a facility.

This hands-on training evaluates the client's products and operations and provides a customized action plan for incorporating sustainability throughout the organization.


 

Green Building Training

Efficiency improvements in all operations of any building can be achieved through an understanding of the principles of sustainable operations, building performance measurement and benchmarking, and sustainable facilities management.

SSC develops and delivers training to:

  • Introduce LEED to your audience

  • Highlight the sustainable features of your building

  • Demonstrate the value of this certification

Customized Sustainability Trainings

As every business is reliant on certain resources to continue operating, long-term planning must consider all the factors that can affect operations and growth.

SSC trains your team to analyze your supply chain to identify risks and opportunities to manage or avoid supply shortages, lost production time, fluctuating material costs, delivery delays, and more.

 

Training plays a critical role in advancing sustainability objectives and ensuring successful implementation. Our team of experienced professionals will design, develop, and deliver hands-on, client-specific training onsite or online.

 

Why Choose SSC?

Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC) has developed a portfolio of sustainability training and education courses that can be tailored to meet your organization’s specific sustainability goals.

Our 23 years of experience as educators, along with our expertise in sustainability principles and practices, provides the platform to develop customized training programs for clients across a wide range of industries. We believe that sustainability training programs set the foundation for continued innovation and long-term success. Education is vital to the successful integration of sustainability through policies and practices, operations, and product design.

 

Resources

Podcast Episode

Tad Talks Sustainability: Developing a Circular Economy Plan for Building Materials with Dennis Wilson from CertainTeed/Saint-Gobain

CONQUERING CARBON

More information on decarbonization in manufacturing.

KEY TERMS & DEFINITIONS

Definitions of key terms and acronyms mentioned in the webinar below

 

Recordings

RECORDED
MAY 22, 2024

SSC’s President, Tad Radzinski, presented on a free educational webinar hosted by Sustain.Life about tackling Scope 3 emissions in purchased goods and services. 

Sustain.Life is a carbon accounting platform that can help you calculate your company's carbon footprint, set science-based targets, and simplify climate disclosures. 

SSC has partnered with Sustain.Life and we are actively using their software to not only help our clients measure GHG emissions and Scope 3, but also as a comprehensive sustainability tracking and reporting platform.

RECORDED
MAY 15, 2024

New regulations as well as commitments and requirements from large organizations are pushing companies to measure Scope 3 emissions and set science-based targets. The truth is most companies often feel overwhelmed by the scale of this effort and don’t know where to start. In this educational webinar, Tad Radzinski provides actionable steps for measuring, reporting, and reducing your Scope 3 Emissions.

In this hands-on learning experience, Tad discusses:

  • An Overview of Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions

  • Various Regulations and Market Drivers for Measuring, Reporting, and Reducing Scope 3 Emissions

  • Strategies for Measuring and Reporting Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions

  • Scope 3 Baselining/Hot Spot Process for Identifying Your Company's Top Scope 3 Categories

  • The Importance of Suppliers in Measuring and Reducing Scope 3 Emissions

  • Measuring and Reporting Scope 3 Emissions for Continuous Data Improvement