Workshop on the leading practices in sustainable development
The leading practices workshop in sustainable development aims at raising and improving sustainability performance in the Kingdom by providing training seminars at the senior management level and practitioners in small and medium-sized enterprises.
Organizations Criteria:
SMEs were selected to join the workshop according to their fulfillment of at least one of the requirements described below in terms of annual revenue or number of employees.
Size |
Number of full-time staff |
or
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Revenues (SAR Million) |
Micro |
5-1 |
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3-0 |
Small |
49-6 |
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40-3 |
Medium |
249-50 |
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200-40 |
Large |
Exceeds all above criteria |
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Objectives of Training:
- Improvement of global competitiveness
- Economic diversification
- Increased efficiency of economic resources
- Improvement of policies and procedures
- Improvement of Saudi workforce capabilities
Details of Training and Support:
The workshop was conducted through seminars and training sessions for executives practitioners. The training sessions were held in a, Riyadh Dammam, and Jeddah. Training fees was covered by the King Khalid Foundation, excluded travel and accommodation costs, and the total trainees attended this workshop was 80 trainees.
Training Guides:
Each training participant received a preliminary guide and a practical advice on how to implement the leading practices in a portfolio containing a toolkit of sustainable development in specific industries.
Training Topics:
Participating companies will receive training on sustainable development topics in certain industries such as:
Introductory training methodology in the leading practices:
What is sustainability?
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• Definition: as universally defined in the United Nations Charter
• Context: Global challenges, perspectives and trends
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Sustainability feasibility study
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• Why: The benefits of sustainability practices
• How: 4 steps towards sustainability management methodology
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Key sustainability topics
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• Environmental
• Social
• Governance
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Sustainability impact measurement tools
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• Impacts
• Measurement tools
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Global standards for sustainability reporting mechanism |
• Notification Reporting frameworks |
Click here to download the toolkit
Trainers: