OnePointFive Academy:
Sustainability Consulting Accelerator
Level-up your sustainability skills to help grow businesses without destroying the planet.
Cohort 5 Begins July 8, 2024
Learn With Top Sustainability Consultants & Expert Partners From:
Springboard into The business of sustainability
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Hands-on learning with top sustainability consultants to perfect the skills required of sustainability leaders to win and execute projects.
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Upon completion of OPF Academy, join our community of Fellows to network & support each other while accelerating your sustainability consulting career!
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Cohort-based learning with handpicked peers and industry leaders to build your network, scheduled to complement your work calendar. Scholarships available for qualified applicants.
SCHEDULing - What to expect
OPF Academy is a 6 - 9 hour weekly commitment. Cohort 5 instruction begins July 8, 2024 and ends August 23, 2024 (with a 1 week break from July 29 - August 2). A typical schedule for our Fellows features four different types of sessions: Curriculum, Lab, Speakers, and Community. All sessions are recorded!
MONDAY
Core Curriculum Session
2 hour lesson for Fellows taught by OPF expert instructors, available on-demand.
WEDNESDAY / 1PM - 3PM EST
Interactive Lab Session
2 hour hands-on, live session for Fellows to apply curriculum knowledge through a combination of case studies and group activity from 1pm - 3pm EST.
FRIDAY / 11AM EST
Expert Speakers
~1 hour live session for Fellows with speakers, and/or panelists, related to the weekβs topic area starting at 11am EST, followed by a social at 12pm EST.
100% of surveyed alumni report that OPF Academy helped improve their skills and confidence as Sustainability Professionals
Network at our community events, study halls and more with fellow OPF Academy Fellows from organizations including:
OPF Academy course content
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Week 1 Learning Objectives:
Understand Net Zero, the science behind climate change and the brief history of sustainability, including the rise of common reporting and disclosure frameworks
Articulate the intent, similarities & differences between the most common reporting and disclosure frameworks
Provide some examples of some of the barriers in getting to Net Zero
Understand the key skills of sustainability professionals and sustainability consulting
Express the different types of corporate sustainability goals (e.g., net zero, biodiversity) and establish an understanding of net zero strategy & climate transition plan and useful frameworks (SBTi, CDP)
Get familiar with the 9 Planetary Boundaries framework, and understand how other important issues such as GHG potency, climate justice can be incorporated into sustainability strategy
Understand course structure and next steps
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Week 2 Learning Objectives:
Enumerate the key components of Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions
Recommend GHG emissions calculation approach(es) to suit a company
Consider the most material GHG emissions categories for different industries
Discuss the limitations of GHG accounting
Explain how an organizationβs baseline emissions are used to set targets and participate in carbon markets
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Week 3 Learning Objectives:
Articulate three key differences between enterprise-level and product-level emissions
Recall the main environmental impact categories assessed through life-cycle analysis
Provide three examples of how changes in product design can impact overall footprint
Discuss the limitations of life-cycle analysis in GHG accounting
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Week 4 Learning Objectives:
Summarize the global sustainability regulatory landscape to date and future trends
Discuss the high-level requirements of leading sustainability standards - i.e. SASB, TCFD, GRI
Break down the key components of a sustainability report, incl. metrics & KPIs
Provide 3-5 examples of physical and transitional climate risks for a given organization
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Week 5 Learning Objectives:
List the key components of an effective decarbonization plan that creates long-term vision & incorporates sustainability into standard company / organizational practices
Explain the different ways carbon can be costed out, e.g., carbon tax, internal cost of carbon, marginal abatement curves and how those drive decarbonization approaches
Discuss the different components, key players & limitations of the carbon markets value chain
List the principles of investment into decarbonization, considering return on investment & environment
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Week 6 Learning Objectives:
List sustainability professional trends, career pathways & the skill-sets needed to thrive in this profession
Recall best-practice frameworks & tools for sustainability professionals as takeaway reference
Breakdown the end-to-end sustainability project phases, from proposal scoping to close-out
Discern your next steps as a sustainability professional after the OPF Academy
Meet our OPF Academy instructors
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WHO IS OPF ACADEMY FOR?
Ambitious Climate-Curious Professionals
Individuals from all over the world with demonstrated, professional interest in climate. Weβre seeking Fellows who want to level up their sustainability-focused tool kit for current or future jobs, representing the following industries:
Environmental Sciences, Business, and/or Operations backgrounds
Product / Project Management
Marketing and Communications
Academia
Finance
Technology
Climate-Curious Organizations
Organizations that want to take (or are taking) meaningful corporate sustainability action, and need to up-skill their teams. Organizations who have participated in OPF Academy represent the following industries:
Financial Services
Technology
Media
Consumer Packaged Goods and Fashion
Health / Pharmaceuticals
Food & Agriculture
Hard to Decarbonize Industries
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Frequently Asked Questions
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OPF Academy applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Once you submit your application, you will receive an email from us within 2 weeks advising if we would like to schedule a 15-minute interview with you.
Once you have completed your interview, we will let you know within 3 business days if you are accepted to OPF Academy. Payment timelines will be shared at that point.
On-boarding for OPF Academy Cohort 4 will happen the Week of February 26, 2024.
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The general time table of OPF Academy:
π **Monday:** Curriculum Session | Available on demand
π **Wednesday:** Interactive, Live Lab Session | 1-3pm EST
π **Thursday: Optional, Opt-in Small Group meeting | Scheduled based on availability
π **Friday:** Live Expert Speaker Session | 11am-12pm EST
We also host bi-weekly socials and study hall sessions on Fridays after Expert Speaker Sessions
*Our sessions are recorded, and we post them in a centralized location for Academy Fellows.*
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No prior consulting experience is needed to apply to the OPF Academy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about addressing climate change and can bring value to the OPF Academy community alongside your learning experience. There is no ideal candidate for the Academy either, anyone and everyone is encouraged to apply! However, we expect most our candidates to fall into one of the following buckets: rising sustainability experts, ambitious climate-curious professionals, and technical environmentalists.
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Yes, limited spots are available for the OPF Academy. We are targeting a cohort of around 150 professionals.
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OPF Academy is a 5-8 hour weekly commitment for 6 weeks. Academy instruction begins March 4, 2024 and ends April 12, 2024.
We expect members to keep up to date with the course material and engage with other Fellows of the OPF Academy. -
Definitely! The standards, regulations, and frameworks we are teaching are applicable at a global level and are the ones that are most commonly used around the world. That being said, when we dive deeper into specific regulations and standards, we will be focusing on the US, the EU, and some of Asia. This is primarily driven by where these standards originate from.
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An OPF Action Kit including: A shareable credential (verified through Credverse) from OnePointFive that affirms your newly acquired skills as a trained sustainability consultant and one-of-kind takeaway slides & learning resources from the curriculum.
Ongoing access to a community-led Circle community of vetted Climate Business Professionals from the OPF ecosystem.
Hands-on sustainability consulting experience in our Academy labs - a less time-intensive version of a capstone project that you can leverage to advance your consulting objectives.
In-person regional meet-ups with your Fellows, the OPF team, and extended network.
Invaluable networking opportunities with OPFβs community of instructors, other Fellows, associates, and partners.
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You can watch our Info Session that has further information or email us at info@opf.degree
Cohort 5 Tuition and Scholarships
Cohort 5 Pricing:
$1,190 if you apply by 11:59p EST on May 7, 2024
Scholarships for OPF Academy are awarded based on financial need, with the aim of elevating a diverse cohort of future sustainability consultants (regardless of socioeconomic status). We offer scholarships through our application process and proudly awarded over $90,000 in scholarships to Cohort 3 applicants.
dive into sustainability and unlock your dream career!
Applications are free to submit and take ~15 minutes to complete!