Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner

Overview

Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CSR) Practitioners are found in all industries and are increasingly a key component of virtually all types of business models where profit and growth are a means to an even greater end. The role acts as a social conscience for the organisation, helping innovate and drive ambitions for social and environmental change.

Training covers the major areas a Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Practitioner will experience, including:

• Working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
• Being an advocate for social conscience for the organisation.
• Reaching out into the community to work collaboratively.
• Being responsible for ownership of corporate responsibility and sustainability campaigns, projects, and events.
• Being passionate about social and environmental change.
• Promoting human rights, carbon reduction, waste management, energy efficiency and supply chain.
• Helping to ensure the organisation acts to embed the strategy into every-day business practices and in turn managing risk and reputation.

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Apprenticeship details 

Apprenticeship Level: Level 4

Typical duration: 36 months

Funding Band: £14,000 - Government subsidies and/or Levy Share can cover up to 100% of apprenticeship training costs for SMEs. Visit Cost of hiring an apprentice for more information.

Training provision

Providers approved and able to deliver training for this apprenticeship standard in Norfolk are:

• Anglia Ruskin University
• Cambridge Marketing College

Visit GOV.UK's Find apprenticeship training website for a full list of providers approved to deliver this standard nationally.