COMPETENT BOARDS
Climate & Biodiversity Designation and Certification (CCB.D)
October 2023
Gain the knowledge you need to turn climate change risk and biodiversity challenges into business solutions
Program Details
6 Sessions
1.5 hours per session
FACULTY OF WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS
LIVE BI-WEEKLY INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS
DESIGNATION, CERTIFICATE AND CREDLY™ BADGE
global networking opportunities
CURATED TOOLBOX FOR EACH SESSION
USD $3,495
For your success. For our business landscape.
We teach board members and senior executives to make better-informed decisions that impact their business today — and tomorrow.
This program is ideal for board directors, investors, and senior business leaders who are looking to improve their climate and biodiversity competencies.
Meet some of your Faculty Speakers

Pia Heidenmark Cook
Senior Advisor, Teneo and Eurazeo Planetary Impact Fund; Advisory Board Member, Decathlon and The Do Group; Board Member, Bupa, Max Burgers and Origin Materials

Vicky Sins
Decarbonization & Energy Transformation Lead / Nature & Biodiversity Transformation Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance

Andreas Kraemer
Director of Oceano Azul Foundation, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Agora Energiewende, and Co-Chairman of the Investment Committee of Ökovision Investment Fund

Julia Jackson
Founder, Grounded; Board Member on California Department of Food and Agriculture, Earth League International, SeaLegacy, Arctic Base Camp Advisory Board, GASP Leadership Council, and the Council of the Eagle and the Condor Advisory Board.

Keith Tuffley
Vice Chairman, Global Co-Head, Sustainability & Corporate Transitions, Citibank
Learn about the risks and opportunities business will face, and find out how you and your company can become future-fit
- Upgrade your competencies and prepare yourself for future C-suite and board positions with the knowledge investors, nomination committees, and recruiters are looking for
- Understand how to ensure effective board oversight over climate and biodiversity actions and commitments
- Understand what it means to prepare and respond to the growing climate and biodiversity-related demands from investors and insurers (eg. double-materiality), and quantify, identify, manage and disclose related risks and opportunities
- Connect with peers to discuss pressing challenges and build a global network
- Interact live with our faculty of best-in-class board members, executives, experts and investors
- Uncover how to maintain and improve your company’s competitiveness in the low-carbon and nature-positive markets of the future
- Learn how to navigate the transition from voluntary to mandatory disclosures
- Elevate your climate governance skills through our toolbox of self-reflecting questions, readings, case studies, and mind-opening recordings of leading experts
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Here's what global board members and business leaders say about our programs.

"The program delivered practical guidance on how to embed climate risk into business strategy. I left the program much more knowledgeable and with actionable objectives. I highly recommend the program to anyone who wants to learn to navigate these issues in an intelligent and professional way. I look at my role and our company’s future through an entirely new lens. It was excellent."
Catherine Sigmar
VP Strategy & Chief Legal Officer, Tecsys Canada

"What makes this course a step above many others is the quality and experience of speakers who are global industry experts as well as the fellow participants who were from all over the globe! The discussions were open, transparent and very practical."
Nicole Paquin (GCB.D)
Corporate Director, Logistec Corporation

"I wanted to understand various aspects of climate change, how they are being addressed and how best to influence key stakeholders and other leaders to make meaningful change. I learnt new concepts that I didn’t even know existed. This program gave me a thorough deep dive and world-class perspectives on effectively addressing climate change."
Emily Waita Macharia
Africa Public Affairs Director For Coca-Cola Africa
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Session times: 9:30 – 11:00AM ET
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Welcome, which course are you interested in:
Primarily discuss the topics through the lens of serving on the board. You must be serving on at least one board with fiduciary responsibility to enter this stream.
Discuss the topics through a wide range of business perspectives (including the board) and comprise senior executives, investors, and board advisors.