As part of our work to ‘raise the floor’ of sustainability, members have access to training and development courses and knowledge sharing opportunities
Executive Leadership Forum
The Executive Leadership Forum brings together CEOs and senior executives to explore how businesses can remain resilient, competitive and relevant in a period of rapid change. Through international perspectives, practical insights and peer discussion, participants examine the forces reshaping the business environment, challenge the assumptions underpinning current strategies and explore opportunities for long-term value creation.
Each participant brings a live strategic challenge, decision or question and applies the day’s thinking directly to it, moving from insight to practical leadership choices and action. The forum is designed to create space for candid executive dialogue and help leaders make better decisions amid uncertainty.
Find out more about the programme in our 2026 brochure and register your interest in joining a future Executive Leadership Forum in 2027. Forums will be convened as we form a strong cohort of senior leaders, helping ensure a high-quality peer experience and candid executive dialogue.
Sustainability Leadership Programme
The Sustainability Leadership Programme (SLP) will give you the connections, skills and confidence to make a measurable impact. You will grow as a leader and learn tactics to increase your influence beyond your current role and organisation. Tailored to the New Zealand market, this leadership course gives you the chance to apply your learning to a real-life sustainability challenge your business is facing. A hands-on, intensive and enjoyable experience, you’ll also gain a network of other sustainability peers to lean on for advice and expertise. SLP is a leadership programme. It is not about learning technical skills (e.g. measuring carbon emissions) for addressing sustainability.
Learn more about the programme and upcoming intakes here.
“Of all the leadership type courses I’ve completed, this one provided the most practical skills-based tools to take back into the business.” Jo Phillips, Senior Product Manager, Vector
WBCSD Academy
The WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) Academy is an online learning platform designed to provide professionals with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in today’s ever-changing business landscape. The Academy is user-friendly, interactive, and flexible, allowing you to learn at your own pace and on your own schedule. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to upskill yourself and stay ahead of the curve. Access a variety of free resources and courses to help get you started, and some additional premium content at a fee.
SBC Spotlight Series
The SBC Spotlight Series is a monthly online event series designed to allow members a platform to come together and learn from one another. In each session, 1-2 members spotlight some of their recent mahi, the challenges, the learnings and more, and participating members have the opportunity to ask questions and kōrero. As a subset of the Spotlight Series, we also offer bi-monthly Brilliant Basics Spotlights, designed to shed light on one of nine fundamental areas of sustainability and feature best practice on the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ from member organisations.
To stay up to date with upcoming Spotlight events, subscribe to the members version of Pānui (please note, these events are limited to SBC members only).
Building the capabilities to lead change
Creating change within organisations requires more than the right strategy. It also requires people with the skills and capabilities to navigate complexity, collaborate effectively, challenge established thinking and turn ambition into action.
SBC’s bespoke Inner Development Goals (IDG) workshops (link to IDG website) help organisations explore and strengthen the human capabilities needed to lead and deliver change. Start with a free one-hour taster session introducing the IDG framework and exploring how it connects to the challenges facing your people and organisation. From there, SBC can develop a longer workshop or series of workshops tailored to your business priorities, team and context.
Whether you are looking to strengthen leadership capability, support organisational change, build collaboration or accelerate your sustainability ambitions, the programme can be shaped around the outcomes that matter most to your organisation.
Get in touch to arrange a free one-hour IDG taster session.
Sustainability Toolkit
SBC supports members in meeting our requirements through case studies, templates, guides and more – this includes resources we’ve created, as well as resources created by other members that they’re willing to share. Do you have templates and tools that could support other members? Share them with [email protected].