Chief Sustainability Manager
Build the Skills to Lead Sustainability in Your Organization
Sustainability is becoming a key business concern – driven by regulations, customer expectations, and rising pressure to reduce emissions and resource use. Companies need people who understand these challenges and can turn them into clear strategies and practical measures.
This 5-day training helps professionals take on the role of Chief Sustainability Manager. You’ll gain tools, methods, and orientation to develop a company-specific sustainability strategy – and learn how to put it into action.
Why this Training is Relevant Now
The role of the Chief Sustainability Manager (CSM) is expanding. It's no longer just about collecting data and writing reports – it’s about steering sustainability across departments, setting priorities, and ensuring that sustainability goals support business objectives.
Today, CSMs are expected to:
- identify key areas for action
- make well-informed decisions on measures and priorities
- communicate sustainability topics in a clear and practical way
- engage others and lead implementation processes
This training helps you build exactly these skills. You’ll work with proven methods, real-life business cases, and best practices. By the end of the week, you will have developed your own structured and actionable sustainability strategy.
Who Should Attend
This training is ideal for professionals who want to integrate sustainability into business operations in a meaningful and strategic way:
- Sustainability managers who want to structure their work more strategically
- Executives & decision-makers aiming to embed sustainability in their business strategy
- Experts from procurement, operations, energy, or compliance who play a key role in implementing sustainability goals
Training Week Overview
A 5-day journey toward a robust sustainability strategy
Day 1 - Strategic Foundations & Regulatory Landscape
- Welcome & training objectives
- Sustainability as a strategic business lever
- Regulatory frameworks (CSRD, EU Taxonomy, Supply Chain Act)
- Internal & external analysis
- Beyond Value Chain Mitigation
Day 2 - Sustainable Value Chains & Circular Economy
- Sustainable supply chains & logistics emissions
- Material strategies
- Introduction to circular economy
- Circular business models & best practices
Day 3 - Sustainable Production & Energy Systems
- Industry 4.0 & digitalization for sustainability
- Demand-side management & energy storage
- Decarbonization of electricity and heat
Day 4 - Evaluation, KPIs & LCA
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) fundamentals & tools
- Defining strategy KPIs and monitoring success
- Evaluating and prioritizing sustainability measures
Day 5 - Roadmap & Implementation
- Developing your sustainability roadmap
- Presentation & peer feedback
- Certification & reflection
Need an Inhouse Training?
Would you like to train your entire team? We offer customized inhouse trainings tailored to your company’s specific needs. Contact us for a personal consultation – we’ll be happy to support you.
Learn more about
- Identifying and prioritizing strategic sustainability actions
- Aligning regulatory, environmental, and business objectives
- Applying circular and sustainable business models
- Developing a roadmap with KPIs, milestones, and stakeholder communication
- Anchoring sustainability as a key pillar in your company’s transformation
Our Partners
Speakers
Dr. Myron Graw has 15 years of experience in the field of advanced technology consultancy. He held over 100 trainings about digitalization, hydrogen, and sustainability and was involved in more than 200 specific technology consultancy projects all around the globe. As an Executive Director of the business unit Sustainability at the INC Innovation Center and Managing Director of the Center Fuel Cell Industrialization FCI at RWTH Aachen Campus, he aims to support companies driving innovation and transforming towards an intelligent and sustainable future.
Dr. Myron Graw
Daniel Führen is a highly experienced professional in technology and innovation management, specializing in diverse industries such as automotive, life sciences, materials, energy, and chemicals. His expertise includes hydrogen economy, sustainable production, additive manufacturing, and printed electronics. He excels in diversifying businesses, identifying new products and applications, and leading sustainable production projects. Daniel Führen currently serves as the Head of New Energy Systems at INC Innovation Center, with a Master's Degree in Physics from RWTH Aachen University.
Daniel Führen
Ixchen Elías is a materials scientist with expertise in innovative materials and circular economy strategies across the automotive, micro and power electronics, photovoltaics, and construction industries. She combines her deep knowledge of materials, process technologies, and recycling technologies to help companies redesign products and implement circular business models. With over 7 years of experience in both research and consultancy, she focuses on advancing resource-efficient innovation and guiding clients towards successful circular transformation.
Ixchen Elías
With a foundation in physics and the electrochemistry of all-solid-state batteries, Michael Wagners's focus topics are renewable energy production, storage, and utilization technologies. Since he is working as an Innovation Specialist at INC Innovation Center he has worked on various topics with industrial customers ranging from product carbon footprint calculations and the analysis of the main CO2 emission reduction levers in production and supply chain to the development of circular economy business models.
