Valuing nature and people to inform business decision-making

COST PER PARTICIPANT: FREE OF CHARGE

What you'll learn:​

• Why it is important to include nature, people and society in business decision-making.​

• How businesses impact and depend on natural, human and social capital and how that translates into risks and opportunities.​

• How to get started with a capitals assessment.​

• The course helps you to understand how to drive change at the organizational level and teaches you what you can do to make a difference as individual.

The We Value Nature campaign and the Capitals Coalition have developed a free, online business training course focusing on valuing nature and people. Businesses that value nature and people benefit from improved risk management, new business and investment opportunities, enhanced stakeholder engagement and anticipation of future legislation.​

​This course comes in response to We Value Nature and the Capitals Coalition having seen an increased demand from businesses and the finance sector for the knowledge and skills to apply natural capital assessments and a capitals approach.​

​This course introduces practical steps that individuals and businesses can take to integrate natural, social and human capital into their decision-making. Participants will hear from other businesses and experts on how an integrated capitals approach can benefit nature, society and their businesses.​

​The course is split into modules, starting with a general overview of natural, human and social capitals and progressing to a more technical exploration of managing risks and opportunities and assessing capitals.​

​The We Value Nature campaign has spent three years developing training resources centred around valuing nature and the Natural Capital Protocol. The Capitals Coalition has developed extensive training materials centred on the Natural Capital Protocol and the Social & Human Capital Protocol. This training course brings together these resources in an interactive self-paced course.​

​This course is developed for businesses and the finance sector, but it is freely available to anyone who is interested in learning more about new ways of doing business and wishes to keep up to date with the latest developments in this space​

​The training course is built on the Coursera platform, in collaboration with consultancy Nature^Squared. It features videos, interactive exercises, quizzes and discussion prompts.​

COURSE DURATION: 19 hours

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Course Modules

The first four modules are:​

​Module 1 - The role of the private sector in creating a positive impact on people and nature​

Module 2 - Better managing risks and opportunities by adopting a Capitals Approach​

Module 3 - Getting started with a natural capital assessment: defining the objective and scope​

Module 4 - Measuring and valuing impacts and dependencies to integrate natural capital in decision making