Starts on:
April 21st, 2026
It is intended for Heads of Sustainability, Social Responsibility Directors, ESG Executives, Environmental Advisors, Administrators, Founders, and C-level executives who want to align sustainability with business strategy and prepare their organizations for the post-2030 future.
Ideal for those seeking to strengthen sustainable leadership, integrate ESG into the core of the business, overcome internal resistance, measure the return on sustainability, and position the company for global transformation.
Key Takeaways:
Understanding that the "business case" is undeniable and there is no other way for companies aiming for success to operate in the market.
Understanding the challenge of Sustainability as something holistic that affects all dimensions of the company: strategy, marketing, operations, and Human Resources.
Knowing the processes that can lead to the definition of these strategies.
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Program Structure
Discover the learning modules and unlock your full potential.
1) Introduction: Why Sustainability as a Strategy in a Changing World?
2) The Strategy: Fundamentals of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
3) Sustainability as a business: arguments for future businesses
4) From Purpose to market leadership: How to define a strategy aligned with stakeholders?
5) Sustainability reporting and due diligence: strategy or compliance?
6) How sustainable finance will change the business world
The importance of Responsible Leadership in a fractured world
1) How to define a winning sustainable strategy
2) How to define a winning sustainable strategy
3) My business's sustainable strategy: step by step I & II
4) Double Materiality: how to develop and put it at the service of strategy
5) Immersion in reality: sharing good corporate environmental practices
6) Immersion in reality: sharing good corporate social practices
7) How to generate business with sustainability? Practical application
Governance as a pillar of sustainable business
1) How to “sell” sustainability internally
2) Innovation, Sustainability, and AI
Technology and Sustainability: Much more than a world of Artificial Intelligence
Future trends and sustainability - Forum with CEO's
Program Directors
Nuno Moreira da Cruz
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Filipa Pires de AlmeidaExecutive Director of CRB (Center for Responsible Business and Leadership) at CATÓLICA-LISBON, and investigates in the area of strategy and international business, namely how companies embrace sustainable strategies to develop competitive advantage, with a focus on the SDGs. She is a professor of executive training, bachelors and masters at the School of Economics and Law and is developing her PhD at the Rotterdam School of Management in Strategy and Sustainability, focused on the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategic advantage for companies. Filipa has a degree in Economics, a Masters in Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and she completed the Shared Value executive course at Harvard Business School with professors Michael Porter and Mark Kramer. She was a social business trainer and mentor, having been Community Manager and Business Developer at IES-Social Business School. She worked as Economic and Monetary Policy Adviser at the European Parliament, having also worked at Deloitte Consulting. |
The program fee is 2.490€ with a discount of 10% to former students of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
It includes:
- admission fee: €250
- coffee breaks;
- reserved space in the parking lot of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa;
- closing session dinner.
Total fees must be paid at the beginning of the Program.
Universidade Católica Portuguesa is exempt from VAT.
CATÓLICA-LISBON signed a cooperation protocol with Caixa Geral de Depósitos which provides special enrolment conditions for Executive Education participants. If you are interested, please check the funding conditions offered by this banking institution.
