Resource

Business Ecosystems Training

Author/Contact:

Violaine Berger
berger@wbcsd.org
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Resource description:

Business Ecosystems Training (BET) course is a freely-available capacity building program to increase the knowledge and understanding of the links between ecosystems and business. The objective of BET course is to equip companies with the skills they need to better manage their impacts and dependencies on ecosystems and the services that they provide. The program draws on the wealth of WBCSD materials, methodologies and tools that have been developed over the past 10 years.

Requirements:

  • BET has been designed to get employees from different functions and business units thinking not only about ecosystems and the services they provide, but also how their organization can impact or depend on them. It is structured as four modules, which grad

Advantages:

  • BET has been developed by the WBCSDin collaboration with KPMGand an advisory committee that brings together some of the world's largest companies, NGOs, UN related organizations, and academic institutions. This collaborative development process makes BET

Constraints:

  • BET is, in principle, a linear training program, i.e. the audience needs to follow each module one after the other. However, the modules are developed in such a way to allow them to be used individually if necessary.

Licence:

  • Public/open source

Development stage:

  • Full, working product