Embedding Sustainability in HR (PH)

As the stewards of people and culture, HR leaders are central to how organizations meet the challenge and opportunity - of building a sustainable future. This course is purpose-built for HR professionals who want to align purpose, performance, and planetary impact.

Drawing from the globally recognized Embedding Framework (EF) and the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD), this program empowers HR to catalyze sustainability by working at the level of mindset, behavior, structure, and systems.

You will explore how to embed sustainability into HR’s core - from values and recruitment to leadership development and learning - using tools grounded in context-based strategy, maturity assessments, and systems thinking.

You will learn to:

• Embed sustainability into HR systems, strategy, and everyday operations
• Engage employees in meaningful sustainability work
• Align recruitment, performance, and development with long-term impact
• Position HR as a strategic enabler of the organization’s sustainability goals
• Create cultural shifts that stick - starting with mindset, language, and leadership

What this course includes

• Expert-led sessions with global and local HR-sustainability facilitators
• Case studies from organizations embedding sustainability in HR successfully
• HR-specific applications of the FSSD framework
• Peer learning and reflection with like-minded professionals
• Tools and templates to use immediately in your workplace

This course is designed for:

• HR Directors, Managers & Business Partners
• Learning & Development Leaders
• People & Culture Teams
• Employee Engagement Officers
• Sustainability Leads working closely with HR

Whether you’re leading HR or influencing from within, this course will equip you with the strategic clarity and confidence to take action.

About the Embedding Framework

The Embedding Framework is a research-based, practice-in-formed approach that helps companies integrate sustainability into core strategies, decisions, and daily operations. It recognizes that true transformation comes not from lofty goals, but from shifting culture, systems, and leadership.

Rather than focusing on surface-level commitments or reporting, it supports the deeper alignment of mindsets, processes, and structures with long-term sustainability. Developed with input from sustainability leaders across sectors and regions, it blends academic rigor with practical insight. Contributions span cross-sector partnerships, systems science, Indigenous knowledge, and reflective learning with hundreds of practitioners - making it grounded yet adaptable.

It empowers HR and leadership teams to drive cultural transformation, making sustainability part of the story, system, and soul of the organization.