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The Summit | Corporate Citizenship Certificate Program
UPCOMING: NOV 10-14, 2025 in SAN DIEGO, CA | FEB 2-6, 2026 in HOUSTON, TX
The Summit is an opportunity to step away from your desk and focus on your professional development. It's a five-day program where corporate citizens can earn their Certificate of Practice, while enjoying plenty of time to network with peers and discuss specific goals/challenges with expert instructors.
The Summit is our most popular certificate program because it offers a lot of flexibility for busy corporate citizenship professionals. It is a five-day program, which means five days of attendance are required if you want to go home with your certificate in hand. But if you can only attend for a few days, we will work with you to make up any remaining coursework online, according to your schedule and timeline.
The program curriculum also offers some flexibility in that only three of the five courses (one course per day) are required. The other two courses can be electives that you choose, according to your professional interests and challenges. Browse the Summit schedule below for the different course options available on different days. Note that you can click on any course (they are all available fully online) to learn more about it.
What You'll Learn: Select from Required & Elective Courses
FALL 2025 CLASS SCHEDULE
The following courses will be offered during the 2025 Fall Summit. Use the schedule below this list to see the days on which different courses are available. Keep in mind: participants can pick only one course per day. Courses in bold are required courses for anyone intending to earn their Certificate in Corporate Citizenship Practice.
- Corporate Citizenship Strategy
- Impact Measurement for Corporate Citizenship
- Corporate Citizenship Communications
- Corporate Giving: Maximizing Effectiveness
- Environmental Sustainability 101
- Fundamentals of Sustainability Reporting
- Corporate Citizenship Partnership Management
- Opportunity, Inclusion & Workforce Engagement
- Reporting with the International Sustainability Standards Board
- Reporting Aligned with CSRD Regulatory Requirements Using the ESRS
- Fundamentals of Employee Volunteer Programs
Choose one of the options below as the class you will take on Monday, Nov. 10th.
Required vs. elective courses are offered on different days through the week. If you wish to go home from this event with your Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice, you must select all three of the different required courses: Strategy, Communications, and Impact Measurement, at some point during the week. This will leave you with two days to choose elective classes. Questions? Follow the prompts on this page for reaching our program advisor.
Choose one of the options below as the class you will take on Tuesday, Nov. 11th.
Required vs. elective courses are offered on different days through the week. If you wish to go home from this event with your Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice, you must select all three of the different required courses: Strategy, Communications, and Impact Measurement, at some point during the week. This will leave you with two days to choose elective classes. Questions? Follow the prompts on this page for reaching our program advisor.
Choose one of the options below as the class you will take on Wednesday, Nov. 12th.
REQUIRED
ELECTIVE
REQUIRED
Required vs. elective courses are offered on different days through the week. If you wish to go home from this event with your Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice, you must select all three of the different required courses: Strategy, Communications, and Impact Measurement, at some point during the week. This will leave you with two days to choose elective classes. Questions? Follow the prompts on this page for reaching our program advisor.
Choose one of the options below as the class you will take on Thursday, Nov. 13th.
ELECTIVE
Required vs. elective courses are offered on different days through the week. If you wish to go home from this event with your Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice, you must select all three of the different required courses: Strategy, Communications, and Impact Measurement, at some point during the week. This will leave you with two days to choose elective classes. Questions? Follow the prompts on this page for reaching our program advisor.
Choose one of the options below as the class you will take on Friday, Nov. 14th.
REQUIRED
ELECTIVE
Required vs. elective courses are offered on different days through the week. If you wish to go home from this event with your Certificate of Corporate Citizenship Practice, you must select all three of the different required courses: Strategy, Communications, and Impact Measurement, at some point during the week. This will leave you with two days to choose elective classes. Questions? Follow the prompts on this page for reaching our program advisor.
Why Choose BCCCC for Corporate Citizenship Certification?
Perfectly Sized Cohorts
You are guaranteed to feel seen and heard throughout this program, which never includes more than 25 participants per year.
Globally Recognized
BCCCC certificates are recognized by companies all over the world as the gold standard in corporate citizenship scholarship.
Real-World Applicability
Bring your current goals and challenges into this program. Coursework is designed to help address the real-world work on your plate.
Lasting Peer Connections
Keep the conversation going after your week on campus ends. Participants form a lasting peer group that provides knowledge and support.
Questions? Contact us at ccc.bc.edu
Meet the Instructors
Fall 2025 Certificate Program Tuition
Members pay $2,048 per in-person course when registering for all five courses at once, for a total certificate cost of $10,242.
Non-members pay $2,810 per in-person course when registering for all five courses at once, for a total certificate cost of $14,052.
- These Early Adopter rates will expire on 9/26/25.
- When attending the Summit, please keep in mind that each day/course includes breakfast and lunch. Nightly hotel rates are not included.
- BONUS: Admission to the 2026 International Corporate Citizenship Conference is included with your 5-day registration!
Members pay $2,100 per in-person course when registering for four courses at once, for a total of $8,388.
Non-members pay $2,900 per in-person course when registering for four courses at once, for a total of $11,532.
- These Early Adopter rates will expire on 9/26/25.
- When attending the Summit, please keep in mind that each day/course includes breakfast and lunch. Nightly hotel rates are not included.
Members pay $2,100 per in-person course when registering for three courses at once, for a total of $8,388.
Non-members pay $2,900 per in-person course when registering for three courses at once, for a total of $11,532.
- These Early Adopter rates will expire on 9/26/25.
- When attending the Summit, please keep in mind that each day/course includes breakfast and lunch. Nightly hotel rates are not included.
Members pay $2,100 per in-person course when registering for two courses at once, for a total of $8,388.
Non-members pay $2,900 per in-person course when registering for two courses at once, for a total of $11,532.
- These Early Adopter rates will expire on 9/26/25.
- When attending the Summit, please keep in mind that each day/course includes breakfast and lunch. Nightly hotel rates are not included.
Members pay $2,256 per individual course when registering for one course at a time.
Non-members pay $3,180 per individual course when registering for one course at a time.
- These Early Adopter rates will expire on 9/26/25.
- When attending the Summit, please keep in mind that each day/course includes breakfast and lunch. Nightly hotel rates are not included.
The prices above are based on Early Adopter rates, which will expire on XX/XX/XXXX. Check back for updated rates if you are not able to register in time to take advantage of this discount.
NOTE: For participants who cannot attend of all five days/classes, one or more of the classes needed to complete the certificate may be taken in an online, self-paced format. Registering for them all at once (online and in-person) allows you to take advantage of bulk course rates outlined above. However, you do have the option of registering for any additional classes at a later time, at individual course rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Anyone working in corporate citizenship can learn and gain for this experience, which offers a broad-based exploration of the field. Courses in strategy, impact measurement and communication are required, while two elective courses allow participants to shape the week around more niche professional interests.
PLEASE NOTE: Program registration is open exclusively to corporate citizenship practitioners, working inside of for-profit companies or corporate foundations. In some cases, eligibility extends to nonprofit healthcare organizations, credit unions, and consulting firms (if they have a dedicated corporate citizenship/sustainability department). Nonprofit professionals, consultants, students, and academics are not eligible.
The Summit is offered twice each year in various cities around the U.S. Our next Summit sessions will be:November 10-14, 2025 in San Diego, CA, at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, and February 2-6, 2026 in Houston, TX. Details forthcoming.
Your Summit registration includes all breakfasts and lunches, as well as one cocktail hour. Evening meals and hotel stays are not included. However, please keep an eye out for room block information at the designated hotel; BCCCC rates are often significantly lower than standard rates.
Yes! If you cannot travel to an upcoming Summit location, it is possible to complete all five of the courses required to earn your certificate as fully online courses. You will, unfortunately, miss out on the many networking opportunities, real-time instructor support, and the career-long bonds that often form among a given cohort.
If you are thinking of completing your certificate fully online, ask about registering for all five courses at once (even if you intend to complete them on an extended timeline), as a bundled package will help you save money per course. See course rates above (and how they go lower when registering for more than one at a time).
Not finding the information you're looking for? Please reach out to ccc@bc.edu. We'll get back to you as soon as possible.
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Elizabeth Kreider
Anthropologie
Senior Manager, Social Impact & Sustainability
Anthropologie
Senior Manager, Social Impact & Sustainability
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