ESG/Sustainability Human Resource Development Program (Target audience: Working professionals, students)
Index
Would you like to pursue a new career in a job that contributes to society and helps companies grow?
今、企業は「サステナビリティ人材」を強く求めています。
いまや「サステナビリティ経営」の実践は企業にとってあたりまえの時代となりました。サステナビリティ経営とは、環境や社会のサステナビリティ(持続可能性)に配慮することで企業自身のサステナビリティ向上を図る経営のことです。環境(E)社会(S)企業統治(G)の頭文字をとってESG経営とも呼ばれます。サステナビリティ経営の実践には「サステナビリティ人材」すなわち、環境問題や社会問題に関する知識を持ち、企業価値と社会価値を両立するサステナブルな経営戦略を立案し、具体的な行動計画を立てて目標達成を主導できる人材が必須でああり、サステナビリティ関連求人は年々増加しています。
This program aims to provide participants with practical learning opportunities to acquire fundamental knowledge of sustainability and build careers in the field of sustainability.
Program Features
- Practical learning through lectures and group work
- Guest lectures by leading practitioners at the forefront of sustainability.
- Clarifying each student's career plan through online career mentoring.
- Awarding of "Basic Sustainability Certification"
- Follow-up workshops and interaction through SNS communities after the program ends.
This program consists of guest lectures, seminars, and group work. By inviting leading figures in the field of sustainability as guests, participants will learn about the specific job responsibilities of sustainability professionals and gain role models for their sustainability careers. Through the seminars and group work, participants will gain practical knowledge about sustainability.
Furthermore, this program allows participants to receive individual online career mentoring. Through dialogue with their career mentors, participants can clarify their own career plans.
Furthermore, this program allows participants to receive individual online career mentoring. Through dialogue with their career mentors, participants can clarify their own career plans.
Students who meet the passing criteria for this program will be awarded the "Sustainability Beginner Certificate" certified by J. F. Oberlin University. It is a powerful tool to showcase yourself when seeking employment, changing jobs, or getting promoted.
This program will hold a follow-up course six months after the program ends. Students are invited to social media communities where people at the forefront of sustainability work gather and can interact continuously. This program will provide 100% assistance and support for your employment, career change, and promotion into a sustainability career even after the program ends.
This is suitable for people like this:
- I want to do meaningful work that has social value.
- I want to work or change jobs in a field related to sustainability in the future.
- I'd like to know what kinds of jobs are related to sustainability.
- I want to check if each job related to sustainability is a good fit for my skills and abilities.
- I want to advance my career at a company that practices sustainability management.
- I want to learn about sustainability and stay up-to-date on the latest trends.
About the online pre-briefing session
本プログラムに興味がありどのような講義内容であるのかをもっと詳しく知りたい方のために、下記日程でオンライン事前説明会を行います。もし個別でご質問等がある場合には熊沢講師宛にメールしてください(takukumazawa@gmail.com)。
| Online Information Session Schedule | Link to the information session (Zoom) *Please enter the room from here when it's time. |
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| Friday, December 9, 2022 21:00-21:30 | Click here for the online pre-briefing session. |
| Friday, December 16, 2022 21:00-21:30 | Click here for the online pre-briefing session. |
| Thursday, December 22, 2022 21:00-21:30 | Click here for the online pre-briefing session. |
| Friday, January 6, 2023 21:00-21:30 | Click here for the online pre-briefing session. |
Course Overview
| Course Requirements | ・Those interested in building a career in the sustainability field (job hunting, career change, promotion) - Applicants must be able to complete all 6 sessions (150 minutes each) plus assignments (video recordings will be provided for missed sessions). * No age limit. Working adults, university students, graduate students, anyone can participate. |
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| Capacity | Approximately 20 people *Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the maximum number of applicants is reached. *The course may be postponed if the minimum number of participants is not met. |
| Course fee | ¥50,000 (tax included) *University students, graduate students, Obirin alumni, and those affiliated with Obirin University: ¥30,000 (tax included). |
| venue | Online *For the 1st and 6th sessions, both online and offline sessions are available *Offline venue: J. F. Oberlin University Shinjuku Campus
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| Application period | December 1, 2022 (Thursday) - January 31, 2023 (Tuesday)
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| Course Schedule | February 4, 2023, February 11, February 18, February 25, March 4, March 11, 2023 (All Saturdays, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM) *Follow-up sessions are scheduled for around September. |
Syllabus
Course Overview
This program provides participants with the knowledge necessary to become "sustainability professionals" through practical learning via lectures and group work. Furthermore, guest lectures by leading practitioners in sustainability will present participants with role models for sustainability careers, and career mentoring will be provided to clarify each participant's career plan. In addition, after the program concludes, mutual exchange and networking among sustainability professionals will be fostered through an SNS community.
Goal to reach
- 受講生がサステナビリティの基礎知識を身につけ、サステナビリティ分野での新しいキャリアを築けるようになる。
Lesson plan
| 1st: 2023/2/4 (Sat) | "Sustainability, Environment, and Corporate Activities" Guest lecturer: Masaaki Ishii (Professor, Faculty of Global Liberal Arts, Kanda University of International Studies) |
| 2nd: 2023/2/11 (Sat) | "Sustainability and Corporate Activities" Guest Lecturer (tentative): Yuichi Yamaji (Chief Member, Corporate Communications Department, Corporate Planning Office, Fujikura Ltd.) |
| 3rd: 2023/2/18 (Sat) | "Sustainability and Decarbonization of Energy" Guest Lecturer (tentative): Yukiko Tanaka (Group Leader, ESG Promotion Group, Sustainability Promotion Department, Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd.) |
| 4th: 2023/2/25 (Sat) | "Sustainability and Money Flows" Guest lecturer: Masamichi Fujisawa (BlackRock Japan Ltd., Investment Stewardship Department) |
| 5th: 2023/3/4 (Sat) | "Sustainability and Supply Chains" Guest Lecturer (tentative): Azusa Yamamoto (Sedex Information Exchange Limited) |
| 6th: 2023/3/11 (Sat) | "Proposals for Sustainability and New Business Development" Guest Lecturer (tentative): Megumi Miyake (Consultant at a foreign-owned consulting firm) [Message to students] "Sustainability means changing the present in order to be chosen by the future, and that also leads to new business ventures." |
*As a follow-up, a follow-up course will be held six months after the program ends.
Learning outside of class time
There may be pre-assignments for each session (the workload for these assignments is approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour).
Textbooks and reference books
Recommended reading: Post-COVID-19 – The Future as told by 10 Harvard Japanophiles – (Shincho Shinsho) Chapter 2: "Now is the chance to create a just and sustainable society (Rebecca Henderson)" and Chapter 3: "Trust will be the key word in the post-COVID-19 world (Sandra Thatcher)." These will be helpful in gaining an overview of sustainability as a whole.
How to contact teachers
I will invite you to the Slack group.
keyword
Sustainability, sustainability management, ESG, ESG management, environment, decarbonization, climate change, biodiversity
Instructor Introduction
Taku Kumazawa
Managing Partner, Social Impact Research Inc.; Lecturer, SBI Graduate School
He completed his master's degree at Keio University Graduate School and withdrew from the doctoral program at Waseda University Graduate School of Environment and Energy. After working at Nippon United Finance, SoftBank Internet Fund (fund manager), Wit Capital (IT sector analyst), HSBC Bank Investment Banking Division, and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, he founded Social Impact Research Co., Ltd. in 2010. In the same year, he developed Japan's first unique quantitative impact assessment methodology, which has been disseminated to over 100 large corporations and NPOs, becoming a pioneer in impact assessment and impact investing in Japan.
[Message to students]
サステナビリティ＝マイナスのインパクトを減らす＋プラスのインパクトを増やす。システム思考とデザイン思考で社会課題を解決するきっかけをつくってみてください。
Mutsumi Sakai
J. F. Oberlin University Graduate School International Graduate School of Advance Professor
Completed doctoral coursework at Waseda University Graduate School of Commerce, Department of Commerce. Holds a PhD in Business Administration from Meiji University. Specializes in corporate finance and innovation theory. Vice President of the Japan Society for Labour Science and Vice President of the Japan Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Venture Business Consortium. His book "Japan's Strategic Executive Compensation System" received the Japan Society for Financial Management Award (Author's Category). Scheduled to publish "DX and Human Capital Investment" in 2023.
Application method
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STEP 1
Please fill in the required information on the application form and submit it.
We will close registration once the maximum number of participants is reached. The questionnaire on the application form is intended to allow the instructor to understand the content in advance so that we can provide better follow-up support, so please answer as specifically as possible. -
STEP 2
You will receive a payment instruction email from PayPal; please make the payment within one week.
A PayPal account is required for payment. Please check the automatic reply email you receive after applying for details on account registration. If payment is not received, your order will be automatically canceled. Thank you for your understanding. -
STEP 3
We will send pre-course information to those who have completed payment. [Scheduled for late January 2023]
We will send you information necessary for taking the course, such as how to contact the instructor, the classroom for the first lesson, and Wi-Fi setup instructions, so please be sure to check it. -
STEP 4
Classes begin [February 4th (Sat)]
Your instructor will support you, so please try to relax and not be nervous.
Precautions
- 入金後の返金受付はいたしません。
- 初回授業までに、Slackへの参加をお願いしています。受講前メールに記載されているURLからご参加ください。
- 1回目と６回目の授業で現地参加の場合は、ノートPCを使って授業を進めますので、各自ノートPCを持参ください。PCの貸し出しは行っていません。
- 各回で事前課題が出る場合があります（事前課題の作業負担は30分〜1時間程度）。
- オンライン受講も含め、完全に授業を欠席する場合は、事前にSlackからご連絡をお願いします。
- Please be sure to watch the archived video of any class you missed before the next class.
Inquiry
桜美林大学大学院 社会人教育事業開発プロジェクト事務局
- recurrent@obirin.ac.jp