About Foresight NEXT

For Leaders, By Leaders

Sustainability is a dynamic field being shaped by a diversity of interrelated drivers. The corporate professionals charged with tracking and responding to these developments have few established road maps, and must posses an unusual breadth of skills. To remain competitive in a global market, while also confronting pressing issues like climate change, water scarcity, supply chain reliability, and energy efficiency, it is essential for the next generation of corporate leaders to embrace more strategic, holistic problem-solving and decision-making. No business unit or department will be exempt from incorporating the firm's response to these challenges into their activities.

Foresight NEXT is a professional development program that prepares emerging and established leaders from any area to better understand and address these urgent and diverse problems. A unique model, NEXT leverages Foresight's deep relationships with sustainability-oriented businesses and decade of sustainability-related educational experience. The program delivers a cutting-edge curriculum forged in close collaboration with leading practitioners from McDonald's, Interface, Haworth, and Newell Rubbermaid, among others. While incorporating diverse learning modes, NEXT's focus on empowering tomorrow's corporate trailblazers is singular.

NEXT provides participants with a broad foundational knowledge upon which they can continue to grow, learn and engage. Participants will leave with:

• A structured comprehension of the diversity of sustainability-related issues impacting business and the economy, including climate change, responsible procurement, energy efficiency, facilities management, waste reduction, stakeholder engagement, communications and reporting, etc.;
• An in-depth knowledge of the history and practices of leading "triple bottom line" focused corporations, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises;
• Insight into relevant public policy issues, government agencies, and influential nonprofit organizations;
• Facility with understanding the complex mix of influences, drivers and responses to sustainability-related challenges;
• The ability to present the business case, based on real-world examples, for sustainability initiatives, including improving risk mitigation, brand credibility, employee retention, and organizational efficiency;
• Exposure to the professional and personal skills required to be an effective change maker;
• A network of other like-minded emerging corporate influencers;
• A certificate of successful course completion (if all requirements have been met).