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BCCCC offers online courses in a variety of CSR and ESG-related topics. All courses are taught by CSR experts and informed by over 30 years of constantly updated research, trends, and insights. Access leading-edge corporate citizenship knowledge and tools from the comfort of your office. Enroll in one of these self-paced, fully online CSR courses today.

Browse the online course menu below, and let us know if you have any questions. Our Executive Education advisor is happy to walk you through the different modules each course covers, and help you determine how different tools and activities within a course might apply to your work. Tuition-wise, keep in mind, we are happy to help you bundle one or more courses with a BCCCC membership or member renewal, in order to help you stretch your budget farther. See a course that you wish your entire team could take? We can arrange for that, too. Contact ccc@bc.edu.

Corporate Citizenship 101

 

This introductory course covers the primary concepts, ideas, and language of corporate citizenship, offering practical models and useful tools. 

 

Corp Citizenship Communications

 

This course will help you increase program awareness, develop campaigns that engage stakeholders, and craft overall more persuasive, compelling messages.

 

Corporate Citizenship Strategy

 

This course will help you employ effective business strategy models to align your CSR efforts with company goals and gain the support of senior leaders.

 

Advanced Impact Measurement

 

This course outlines how to measure the outcomes and impacts of CSR efforts, exploring different methods to capture the value created for both company and community. 

 

Effective Partnership Management

 

This course will help you assess your current partnership portfolio, structure effective agreements, aid decision making, evaluate partner performance, exit unproductive partnerships, and more.

 

Effective Corporate Giving

 

This course will show you how to select and evaluate partners, measure impact, and better determine where your philanthropic investments can have the most positive impact.

 

Environmental Sustainability 101

 

Today’s businesses can positively differentiate themselves by developing commitments that make good business and environmental sense. This course can get you started.

 

Deepen Employee Engagement

 

Corporate volunteer and giving programs have big potential in today's workforce. This course explores strategies designing programs that improve employee engagement. 

 

Employee Volunteer Programs

 

Employee volunteer programs—whether traditional, skills-based, or pro bono—provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, network, and reinforce personal and company values.

 

CSRD-Aligned Reporting

 

The CSRD sets out the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which provide a framework for companies to report on sustainability matters consistently and comparably. 

 

Reporting with the ISSB

 

Companies that proactively adopt ISSB reporting gain a competitive advantage by demonstrating their commitment to sustainability and meeting evolving market expectations. 

 

Opportunity, Workforce Engagement

 

Research shows businesses with a strong inclusion culture demonstrate better financial performance, higher rates of recruitment and retention, and more robust innovation.

 

The Fundamentals of Sustainability Reporting 

 

With so many different sustainability reporting frameworks and indices to choose from, how do you make a well-informed, strategic decision about what makes sense for your company?  Start here.

 

Stakeholder & Material Issues Management

 

This course will provide tools to prioritize stakeholder relationships, identify material issues, and engage stakeholders in ways that can help you to maximize business and social value. 

 

Impact Measurement for Corporate Citizenship

 

You're creating change in your business and the community, but can you quantify the value of it? This interactive course will help you build an effective measurement program to do just that.

 

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