B Leaders is a training program that provides knowledge and methods to professionals who want to lead their organization through to the B Corp certification. It is also a community of practitioners who exchange ideas to find solutions to social and environmental challenges.
What is the B Leaders Program?
The B Leaders training is a program designed by B Lab Switzerland to give you the knowledge and tools necessary to support companies towards their B Corp certification and contribute to the positive impact movement.
Through their practices and their economic models, companies are at the heart of the issues linked to sustainable development. Using our assessment tool – the BIA – this intensive training allows participants to measure the performance of a company in several areas of impact: governance, employees, customers, community and environment. It then becomes possible to identify opportunities for improvement, particularly those that have a significant impact on the development of effective action plans.
Affiliated B Leaders will be listed on the B Lab Switzerland website.
Registration & Mandatory Requirements
This program is aimed at internal managers (employees in management functions, HR, training, development, quality, audit) and external managers (consultants and advisors) carrying out at least 80% of their activity in Switzerland.
To make the experience as enriching as possible for all participants, everyone must have a minimum of professional experience in the field of sustainability, the basic notions being taken as acquired. You are also involved in a project related to sustainability, whether internally within an organization, or externally as a consultant.
A training session lasts 4 days. Between the third and fourth, participants carry out an exercise based on a case study. The program also includes a workshop recap session after the course has been fully completed.
In order to register, make sure you meet these prerequisites:
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Depending on the session chosen, proficiency in English or French (level C1) is required
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For sessions in hybrid format, the fourth day takes place in person and your presence is mandatory (in Zurich for session N°1)
Next Sessions in 2024
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Hybrid (Online + In person) : 13-14-15 May Online + 24 May In-Person in Zurich. Session in English.
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In-Person : 27-28-29 May + 7 June In-Person in Lausanne. Session in French.
Participation Fees
The four days session is 1950 CHF (all tax included). The prices includes access to the material presented, the B Leader's Ressources Library, the B Leaders slack platform and the upload and management of the participants’ profile on the exclusive Swiss B Leaders Director, support for the Coaching & Affiliation process. And, finally: food and drinks during the In-Person / Onsite day(s).
A 250 CHF discount on the total price, can be obtained at the following conditions:
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Registration of two or more participants working for the same company: the participants can register at different sessions. They each benefit from the 250 CHF discount. Their company doesn’t have to be a B Corp.
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The employer is a B Corp or a STI Participant: each participant currently working for a certified B Corp or a Participant to the Swiss Triple Impact program benefits from a community discount of CHF 250.
Please note that discounts are not cumulative. We are looking forward to welcoming you in the B Leader's Community!
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