Do you need to be working on CSR topics already in order to take the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?

No. The Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course welcomes operational managers and future managers, CSR managers who have been in post for less than a year, quality, environment or safety managers and people changing career. The prerequisite relates to professional background: a Bac+2 with at least 3 years of experience, or at least 5 years of qualifying experience with no diploma requirement.

Is the carbon footprint covered in the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?

Yes, the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course devotes a half-day of 3 hours 30 minutes to the carbon footprint: participants discover how it works and what it is made up of, then produce one on a collaborative practical case. Among its five objectives is also the evaluation of an organisation's CSR/SD performance, integrating this carbon footprint.

Is the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course eligible for the CPF?

Yes, the personal training account (CPF) is one of the schemes that fund the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course, along with personal funds, the skills development plan for companies with fewer than 50 employees and an OPCO (skills operator) through FNE funding (National Employment Fund).

Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation

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The Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course is aimed at managers, at quality, environment or safety managers, at CSR managers new in post and at people changing career who want to learn how to draw up, in 6 days, a stocktake of an organisation. You develop a strategic vision of sustainable development there and master its issues, in order to take on the role of manager of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development (CSR/SD).

Why choose the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?

Before setting priorities, you first have to know where an organisation really stands. Yet regulation is evolving, and not all the practices on display are of equal value: at Excelia Business School, you learn to follow the regulatory and standards-related developments that weigh on your organisation, then to tell genuine successes from cases of greenwashing.

To set the general framework first, you can read what CSR covers in a company. The course itself starts from the issues, from climate to the circular economy by way of biodiversity, and ends with a steering tool: performance indicators suited to your organisation, action priorities and a roadmap aligned with the regulatory and strategic issues.

A certificate backed by an RNCP skills block

The certificate is obtained by passing each test. It corresponds to the skills block « Réaliser le diagnostic RSE / Développement durable », block 1 of certification No. 37769 in France's National Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP). You can thus put forward to an employer or a recruiter a skill listed in this register.

Six days to leave with an assessment and a roadmap

Excelia Business School offers this course within its Executive Education Centre. The school holds the quadruple accreditation EQUIS, AACSB, AMBA and EFMD Master, a quality benchmark. This course is taken face-to-face, over 6 days for 42 hours, and it is attached to the La Rochelle and Tours campuses.

You take part in a visit to a player committed to a CSR approach, and you produce a carbon footprint on a collaborative practical case. The pathway then leads you to draw up the initial assessment of your own organisation by identifying its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, to compare it with a partner, then to present it in writing and orally with its roadmap. These sequences are detailed in the Curriculum tab.

The skills targeted

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Keep up to date with the CSR/SD regulatory and standards-related developments that have an impact on the organisation
Distinguish practices and trends according to their possible impact on the company and its organisation
Identify the CSR/SD issues of each of the stakeholders and prioritise the areas of action
Evaluate CSR/SD performance to check that it is appropriate for the organisation and includes the carbon footprint
Define areas for improvement and prioritise the CSR/SD issues, taking current regulatory requirements into account

The neighbouring course Implementing CSR/SD with stakeholders picks up where the assessment leaves off, for those who then wish to roll out the approach.

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Key program points

Degree : Block 1 RNCP37769BC01 - Réaliser le diagnostic RSE / Développement durable
Admission : Bac+2 and 3 years of professional experience, or 5 years of qualifying experience with no diploma requirement
Campus : La Rochelle / Tours
Format : On-campus
Study format : 6 days - 42 hours
Language : French

The pathway runs over 6 days, or 42 hours, face-to-face, divided into three modules of 2 days, 2.5 days and 1.5 days.

How you learn

Six teaching methods alternate:

Face-to-face teaching
E-learning
Tutoring and personal work
Group work
Practical cases
Experiential exercises

This alternation allows you to apply each input to an organisation during the course, without waiting to be back in your role.

How the certificate is obtained

The evaluation takes place in two parts. The first works module by module: each one is evaluated independently and a mark of 10 or above passes it. You have one year after the end of the pathway to pass all of them. The second is an individual evaluation based on a case study: the CSR/SD assessment of a fictional or real organisation. You place it in its legal, technological, socio-ecological and economic environment, and you identify the strategic opportunities for CSR/SD development. You submit a written report of it, then present it in an oral interview before a panel.

Three modules, from the general framework to the roadmap

The three modules expand below, in the order of the pathway, each with its programme points. The first sets the framework for the issues and the regulations, the second maps the organisation's stakeholders, and the third leads to the stocktake, together with its roadmap.

Deploying forward-looking and regulatory CSR/SD monitoring

Two days to set the framework: the issues first, then the rules that apply to them, with inspiring practices to analyse so as not to confuse success with greenwashing.

Module titles

Understand the environmental and social issues (climate change, biodiversity loss, etc.).
Discover sustainable development perspectives and practices.
Introduce the theory of the circular economy as a source of inspiration for CSR.
Know the regulatory developments in CSR/SD (Paris Agreement, AGEC law, etc.).
Analyse inspiring CSR practices and tell successes apart from cases of greenwashing.
Study the components of a CSR report and the strategies to favour.

Mapping an organisation's stakeholders

This 2.5-day module covers the territory and its flows, the teams, governance and responsible purchasing, before measuring social impact and producing a carbon footprint.

Module titles

Understand industrial and territorial ecology approaches to optimise flows (energy, materials, waste, skills).
Put into practice the analysis of a territory by mapping the players and identifying potential flows.
Take part in an inspiring visit to a player committed to a CSR approach.
Debrief collectively on the lessons drawn from the visit.
Integrate teams into a CSR/SD approach, with a focus on social issues, the employer brand and responsible internal practices.
Study business ethics, responsible purchasing and sustainable governance models.
Collaborate on measuring an organisation's social impact using suitable indicators.
Understand how a carbon footprint works and what it is made up of.
Produce a carbon footprint from a collaborative practical case.

Carrying out the CSR/SD stocktake of an organisation

In 1.5 days, everything narrows in on your organisation, from the initial assessment to the evaluated presentation of the roadmap.

Module titles

Carry out an initial assessment of your organisation by identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT).
Compare your assessment with a partner to enrich perspectives.
Define the CSR performance indicators suited to your organisation.
Identify and prioritise the CSR/SD issues to build a roadmap aligned with the regulatory and strategic issues.
Present the assessment and the roadmap:
Written assessment and oral presentation.
Evaluation covering mastery of the fundamentals, the quality of the assessment and of the recommendations.

What certificate do you obtain at the end of the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?: The certificate is awarded as soon as each test of the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course has been passed. It corresponds to the skills block « Réaliser le diagnostic RSE / Développement durable », block 1 of certification No. 37769 in France's National Register of Professional Certifications (RNCP).
How is the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course evaluated?: In the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course, each module is evaluated independently and passed with a mark of 10 or above. Participants have one year after the end of the pathway to pass all the modules, and the individual evaluation is based on a case study, presented in writing and then in an oral interview before a panel.
Do you need to be working on CSR topics already in order to take the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?: No. The Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course welcomes operational managers and future managers, CSR managers who have been in post for less than a year, quality, environment or safety managers and people changing career. The prerequisite relates to professional background: a Bac+2 with at least 3 years of experience, or at least 5 years of qualifying experience with no diploma requirement.
Does the assessment carried out during the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course relate to my own organisation?: Yes. In module 3 of the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course, each participant carries out the assessment of their own organisation, defines performance indicators and builds a roadmap, before presenting the assessment and the roadmap in writing and orally. On the other hand, the case study for the evaluation may relate to a fictional or real organisation.
Is the carbon footprint covered in the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course?: Yes, the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course devotes a half-day of 3 hours 30 minutes to the carbon footprint: participants discover how it works and what it is made up of, then produce one on a collaborative practical case. Among its five objectives is also the evaluation of an organisation's CSR/SD performance, integrating this carbon footprint.
Is the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course eligible for the CPF?: Yes, the personal training account (CPF) is one of the schemes that fund the Conducting a CSR/SD assessment of an organisation course, along with personal funds, the skills development plan for companies with fewer than 50 employees and an OPCO (skills operator) through FNE funding (National Employment Fund).