Sustainability and AI Accelerator
Learn How To Scale AI Within Your Organization Without Compromising Sustainability Initiatives
An 8 week practitioner-led accelerator that turns uncertainty into an AI policy, emissions map, or a procurement toolkit your organization can use today. Taught by practitioners advising the world's largest tech companies on the sustainability of AI.
Application close October 13, 2026
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Us vs. the typical AI & sustainability course
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How We Compare
Most AI & sustainability courses teach you to use AI for climate work. We teach you to govern the AI you're already using.
Courses on AI for sustainability are growing – using AI to model climate risk, optimize energy, or speed up reporting. Almost none of them answer the question your leadership is actually asking: what is our AI use costing us — and how do we manage it? That's why we build this accelerator.
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Track A — Responsible AI Position & Policy
Develop a position statement or policy addition for your organization (governance, disclosure, environmental criteria, approval workflows).
Best for: sustainability leads, legal and compliance, ops leaders, and anyone tasked with "figuring out our AI policy."
Tangible Outcomes
Build Lab Tracks
Every participant picks one track and builds a real deliverable for their own organization. You’ll walk away with expert guidance, peer feedback, and templates you'll actually use. Leave with something you can put in front of leadership.
Track 2 - AI Hotspots
Map and estimate AI-related emissions in your org or product, then build a prioritized action plan.
Best for: sustainability and carbon-accounting practitioners, ESG reporting leads, and anyone who's been asked "what's our AI footprint?"
Track 3 - Software Procurement
Build a vendor diligence toolkit: question sets, weighted criteria, contract clauses, and a pilot on a real provider.
Best for: procurement and vendor management, IT and digital leads, and anyone with a software renewal on the calendar.
Build Lab Outcomes
Whichever track you choose:
Small peer groups. Feedback, accountability, and cross-pollination — every deliverable is tied to your own organization.
Real templates. Policy skeletons, questionnaires, scorecards, and clause libraries you keep.
Honest scope. Eight weeks won't produce a board-approved policy or a complete emissions inventory — and we won't pretend otherwise. It will produce the working instrument that gets you there.
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Take a position before AI takes one for you.
AI is already in your organization — in the tools you pay for, the features that quietly switched on, and the personal accounts your team uses when no one's looking. Most AI policies were written for data security and say nothing about sustainability. This track shows you how to fix that.
You'll learn how to:
Surface the shadow AI and invisible features already multiplying your footprint
Design a policy that gets adopted, not ignored — principles-based, with the operational detail that makes it real
Set data-handling thresholds, human-in-the-loop rules, and disclosure norms
Integrate environmental criteria into the AI policy your org probably already has
Map the stakeholders you need — and name the first five people you have to talk to
You'll walk away with: A position statement ready for your ethics, sustainability, or executive committee — complete with a data-handling matrix, a named owner and governance cadence, and the stakeholder map to get it adopted.
Best for: sustainability leads, legal and compliance, ops leaders, and anyone tasked with "figuring out our AI policy."
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You can't reduce what you can't measure. Start measuring.
Hyperscalers don't publish the numbers you need. The GHG Protocol wasn't built for AI. The standards are still being written. This track teaches you to produce a defensible estimate anyway — and turn it into action.
You'll learn how to:
Navigate what the major AI providers do (and don't) disclose — and why non-disclosure is itself a data point
Set emission boundaries and avoid the Scope 2 and Scope 3 traps where AI hides
Build a first-pass estimate of your AI hotspots using a proven methodology
Rank opportunities by impact × influence — because a list of problems you can't control isn't a plan
Say what's not worth doing, and defend it
You'll walk away with: A hotspot map of your organization's AI footprint, a defensible first-pass estimate with assumptions stated honestly, and a ranked shortlist of 3–5 feasible moves — plus an improvement path for what can't be known yet.
Best for: sustainability and carbon-accounting practitioners, ESG reporting leads, and anyone who's been asked "what's our AI footprint?"
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You're not a hyperscaler and you're not a frontier lab — but you sign the contracts. Most organizations' largest AI impact sits inside a supplier's estate, and the only way to get the data is to ask well. Nobody teaches this. We do.
You'll learn how to:
Decode the AI vendor stack — who has leverage, who has data, and what to ask each of them
Read vendor answers like a pro: what a good answer looks like, what deflection looks like, and what silence tells you
Build weighted criteria that serve your environmental goals and your strategic priorities
Write the data request into the contract, so it arrives every year — not once during the sales cycle
Use AI sustainably at scale: model right-sizing, routing, carbon-aware design, and on-device vs. cloud trade-offs
You'll walk away with: A complete diligence pack — vendor question set, weighted criteria, data request schedule, and contract clause starters — pilot-scored on one or two real providers, with the named renewal you'll run it on. Or, for builders: a sustainable AI agent or tool designed with green software principles.
Best for: procurement and vendor management, IT and digital leads, and anyone with a software renewal on the calendar.
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Small peer groups. Feedback, accountability, and cross-pollination — every deliverable is tied to your own organization.
Real templates. Policy skeletons, questionnaires, scorecards, and clause libraries you keep.
Honest scope. Eight weeks won't produce a board-approved policy or a complete emissions inventory — and we won't pretend otherwise. It will produce the working instrument that gets you there.
Course Overview
What to Expect Each Week
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A Typical Week at a Glance
Monday, Core Session 1 | 11-12:15pm EST
Learn: A deep dive into the week's theme – concepts, frameworks, and methods, broken into short focused segments. Always ends with open Q&A.
Wednesday (11-12:15pm EST)
Core Session 2: Apply. A quick recap of Monday, then hands-on application — how the material works inside your organization. Expect discussion, breakouts, and Q&A.
Friday (11-12:15pm EST)
Community Hour. A lighter, connection-focused session: learning lab roundtables, guest speakers, or cohort socials, depending on the week.
How the Weeks Build
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Welcome session, course overview, and an AI basics webinar. You'll pick your learning lab focus by Friday and have a chance to meet the cohort socially.
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Monday covers the case for responsible AI, shadow AI, and the anatomy of a strong policy.
Wednesday turns to applying it through operating principles, change management, and workforce strategy.
Friday you meet your learning lab group.
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Monday teaches the measurement methods – emission boundaries, GHG Protocol limitations, and the emerging standards landscape.
Wednesday you build the map: estimating your AI emissions hotspots and turning them into a ranked action plan.
Friday features a guest speaker.
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Monday covers choosing and managing vendors — the AI stack, diligence questions, and weighted criteria.
Wednesday shifts to running sustainable systems: designing prompts, agents, and tools sustainably, and preparing for AI at scale.
Friday features a guest speaker.
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Week 5: Learning Labs Begin
The cohort splits into track-focused groups (Policy, Hotspots, Procurement) to start building individual deliverables, ending the week with a content wrap and cohort social.
Week 6: Thanksgiving Break
No formal programming, but groups are encouraged to meet informally.
Week 7: Learning Labs Continue
Concurrent track sessions resume as groups refine their deliverables with peer feedback and staff guidance.
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Optional demo days by track: each presenter gets ~7 minutes plus Q&A to share their deliverable, a position statement, hotspot map, or procurement diligence pack. Course spaces stay open through the end of March.
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Developed & Delivered by OnePointFive
Learn From The Experts
OPF Academy training is developed and delivered by experienced facilitators who advise organizations on strategic sustainability actions every day.
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OPF Academy Perks & Resources
Where Sustainability Professionals Stay Ahead
Enrollment includes lifetime access to the OPF professional network, continuous live programming, and real-world project exposure - resources most practitioners never get inside a single organization.
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On-Demand Expert Library
100+ recorded sessions from industry leaders, available immediately and updated continuously.
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Live Monthly Programming
New speaker sessions, technical labs, and workshops every month. Your knowledge stays current without another certification.
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Advisory Insights
See how sustainability strategy gets applied to real corporate challenges, not textbook scenarios.
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The OPF Network
1,000+ sustainability professionals across 70+ countries. Active forums, dedicated networking events, and a community working on the same problems you are.
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Live Networking Events
Join dedicated mixers and forums designed to foster high-level professional partnerships.
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Priority Pricing
Member-only discounts on all advanced courses as your practice deepens.
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Dedicated Support
Direct access to the OPF team throughout your learning experience.
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Perks & Opportunities
Access a curated list of industry discounts, career opportunities, and partner resources.
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$1,190
Flexible payment plans available
Seats are limited and admission is competitive
Questions? Contact OPFA
15 scholarship spots available. Indicate your interest in your application. No separate form needed.
✓ Live expert sessions, 3x per weekYour choice of track: AI policy, hotspots, or procurement
✓ A working deliverable built for your organization
✓ Templates you keep: policy skeletons, questionnaires, clause starters
✓ Small peer learning labs and guest practitionersCommunity access through March 2027
AI and Sustainability Accelerator
8-week live cohort → Begins October 19
Frequently Asked Questions
Still on the fence? Here's what most people ask before enrolling.
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No. While we reference key developments in the EU and US, this course is designed to be globally relevant. However, rather than covering every individual regulation, the course helps you understand the overall landscape, cut through the complexity, and build a strong foundation that can be applied across regions.
We also provide curated supplemental resources so you can go deeper into specific regulations and disclosure requirements relevant to your market.
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As sustainability practitioners, staying current is part of our day-to-day work. Through our client engagements and ongoing research, we keep a close pulse on how the regulatory landscape is evolving globally.
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Self-paced and fully online. With no rigid deadlines, you can move through the course at your own speed. We understand life gets busy, so we’ll send friendly reminders to help keep you on track. By dedicating just 3–4 hours per week, you can expect to finish the course in 4 weeks.
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The course is fully self-paced, so you can work through the material on your own schedule with recommended timelines to help keep you on track. That said, learning alongside others makes a real difference, which is why we pair the course with optional monthly live labs. The live, interaction labs are where you'll work through the hands-on activities in a group setting, get real-time feedback, and discuss the provided case study with other learners. While the lab materials are available to you to complete asynchronously, we recommend joining the live sessions if you can!
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No problem. While we offer monthly live sessions (including lab walkthroughs and expert speaker sessions) to support your learning and keep you accountable, they’re not required.
All sessions are recorded and uploaded to the student portal within 24 hours, so you can catch up at any time. With sessions offered regularly, you’ll have multiple opportunities to engage when it works for your schedule.
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Refund Policy
You may stop using the OPF Academy at any time. Refund eligibility is subject to the conditions below.14-Day Money-Back Guarantee You are eligible for a full refund (excluding transaction fees) if you request a refund within 14 days of your purchase date and have not completed the course content. For purposes of this policy, "completed the course content" means accessing all course modules, regardless of whether a certificate has been issued.
To request a refund within the 14-day period, you must submit the refund request form. Refund requests are typically processed within 5 business days. Refunds will be issued to the original method of payment used at the time of purchase. Once issued, it may take up to 7-10 business days for the funds to be reflected in your account.
No Refunds After 14 Days or Completion After 14 days from the date of purchase, no refunds will be issued, regardless of participation level or course progress. Once you have completed the course content, you will no longer be eligible for a refund, even if the 14-day period has not yet expired. We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue course content at our discretion. Material changes will not entitle you to a refund outside the standard refund window.
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