Sustainability Boot Camp

Ready to Emerge? Transform Your Business in 2025!

Want to reduce costs, enhance your reputation, and improve customer loyalty in 2025? Then, welcome to the Emerger Strategies Sustainability Boot Camp, your essential guide to simplifying sustainability for your business. In this immersive, hands-on program, you will not only learn how the business case for sustainability, but also gain the tools and insights needed to make measurable, lasting improvements to your company’s environmental and social impact, all while supporting local nonprofits!

What You’ll Accomplish:

Learn the Business Case for Sustainability Understand how sustainability can increase profitability, boost brand loyalty, and future-proof your company in an ever-changing market. We’ll show you how to make a compelling case to stakeholders and integrate sustainability into your business strategy.
Complete a Comprehensive Sustainability Assessment & Earn Your Sustainability Score Benchmark your business by completing a detailed Sustainability Assessment. You’ll receive a custom Sustainability Score that provides a clear starting point for your journey toward improved performance and accountability.
Align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Discover how your company’s activities contribute to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Identify areas where you can make a global impact and enhance your brand’s reputation as a responsible business leader.
Collect Environmental & Social Baseline Data to Measure Performance Learn how to gather critical baseline data on your company’s environmental and social impacts. This data forms the foundation for tracking your sustainability progress and demonstrating your achievements to customers and investors.
Measure Your Carbon Footprint We’ll guide you through the process of calculating your company’s carbon footprint by measuring its Scopes 1, 2, and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. You’ll understand your current carbon impact and identify key areas for improvement.
Learn How to Reduce Your Company’s Carbon Footprint Once you’ve measured your footprint, we’ll provide actionable strategies to reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, and adopt more sustainable business practices that benefit both your bottom line and the environment.
One-on-One Sustainability Consulting Get tailored, expert guidance specific to your company’s challenges and opportunities. Our one-on-one consulting sessions ensure that your sustainability journey is as effective and impactful as possible.
Earn a Certificate in Sustainable Business After successfully learning the business case for sustainability, completing your company’s Sustainability Assessment, collecting your company’s social & environmental baseline data, and measuring your company’s Carbon Footprint, you will earn your Certificate in Sustainable Business!

Get 2025 started right by learning how to measure and improve your company’s sustainability performance, all while making the Lowcountry a more sustainable place to live and work!

Testimonials

"The Emerger Strategies Sustainability Boot Camp deepened my understanding of the business case for sustainability, the unique challenges businesses face, and the strategies to help businesses measure, improve, and report on their performance to meet these new requirements. Rick is passionate about supporting local businesses, and I recommend the Sustainability Boot Camp to any company that wants to make the business case for sustainability!"

Katie McKain

Director of Sustainability, City of Charleston

“The Emerger Strategies Sustainability Boot Camp was fun, informative, and eye-opening. Rick took the time to walk each of us through the process of obtaining a Sustainability Assessment Score. I now have the practical tools and tips for measuring and reducing our carbon footprint. I am excited to get to work implementing sustainable changes at Lowcountry Land Trust!"

Bea Girndt

Outreach & Events Director, Lowcountry Land Trust

When & Where

We are thrilled to share that we are offering several Sustainability Boot Camps in 2025 to suit people’s scheduling needs, and to also meet any Sustainability Reporting deadlines your company might have.

The Emerger Strategies Sustainability Boot Camps are not just led in the classroom. Participants will also get to:

Immediately improve your Sustainability Assessment score by participating in a litter sweep!
Get inspire by taking a guided tour of a Charleston RISES certified green building by The Sustainability Institute!
Connect with nature on a guided walking or kayak tour with Coastal Expeditions!

We love the Lowcountry and the Sustainability Boot Camp is our way of giving back to the Charleston community. We will donate 20% of all sales to different local nonprofits, such as Lowcountry Local First, The Sustainability Institute, and others so stay tuned as new dates and nonprofit partners will be announced soon!

Boot Camp 1

When: January 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Where: Lowcountry Local First

Cost: $1,200 for LLF Members & $1,500 for nonmembers*

*20% of sales will be donated to Lowcountry Local First to support their mission to “advance economic prosperity and local ownership through innovative and inclusive initiatives that build our community’s wealth and wellbeing.”

Boot Camp 2

When: February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2025

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Where: The Sustainability Institute

Cost: $1,200 for SI sponsors & $1,500 for non-sponsors*

*20% of sales will be donated to The Sustainability Institute to support their vision “for Lowcountry communities that are SUSTAINABLE, CLIMATE RESILIENT and EQUITABLE for generations to come, a relentless passion for empowering vulnerable families and communities, and a belief that housing should be healthy, safe and affordable for all.”

Boot Camp 3

When: March 14, 21, 28, & April 4, 2025

Time: 9 AM – 12 PM

Where: Lowcountry Land Trust

Cost: $1,200 for Corporate Impact Partners & $1,500 for non-Corporate Impact Partners*

*20% of sales will be donated to Lowcountry Land Trust supporting their mission “to protect land and water, connect people and nature, and nurture relationships between people and place.”