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Developing a Fashion Sustainability Strategy and Roadmap

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$1,200.00

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DURATION

 16 hrs

COMMITMENT

 16 hrs

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Reposition your business to save money and stay ahead of regulatory requirements with this hands-on sustainability strategy course. Created by the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Fashion + Textiles in partnership with TAFE NSW, this course is for professionals who wish to drive meaningful and actionable impact in their business. It will provide you with the skills to identify efficiencies, analyse sustainability issues within your organisation, and develop a foundational strategy and roadmap.

About this course

No longer ‘nice to have’, Sustainability and ESG (environmental, social and governance) strategies are essential for every fashion business. A well-developed sustainability strategy ensures your business adheres to regulatory requirements and can also help reduce inefficiencies pertaining to supply chain management, sampling, and other operational costs.

Developed by renowned sustainable fashion industry consultant and educator, Dr Clara Vuletich, this course will equip you with the skills to assess, develop and measure sustainability outcomes within your organisation. This course will provide you with the knowledge and tools to develop a sustainability strategy that aligns with your business and with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. By the conclusion of the course, you should have developed a sustainability strategy and roadmap draft for your organisation.

This course follows on from the Centre of Excellence’s foundational short course, Intro to Fashion & Sustainability, launched in 2023. Alumni are currently enjoying industry sustainability management roles for such organisations as MJ Bale, CUE and ModiBodi, while others are designers with their own labels, such as Eupheme.

Key benefits of this course

This highly interactive, workshop-oriented course will help you to:

  • Identify the sustainability issues most relevant to your business
  • Design realistic sustainability goals and targets
  • Commence change management within your business as it relates to your sustainability goals
  • Present your sustainability strategy with confidence
  • Align your strategy with the requirements of the Australian Fashion Trademark
  • Position your business for longevity in a changing regulatory environment.

 

Digital badge and certificate

A digital badge and certificate will be awarded following the successful completion of any necessary tasks or assessments to demonstrate acquired learning of the short course or for meeting attendance and/or participation requirements.

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Price

Full price: $1,200 (GST-free)*

Early bird price: $990 (GST-free)* Early bird price ends on Wednesday 31 July 2024, 11:59pm (AEST).

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase. 

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions. 

COVID-19 response 

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

Throughout the 4-week course, you will be guided through the process of developing a sustainability strategy that aligns specifically with your business or brand.

Online materials will comprise learning resources and case studies, whilst the interactive workshop webinars will support you to develop elements of your sustainability strategy based on expert guidance and industry best-practice.

Your completion of a weekly, interactive form will be consolidated at the end of the 4 weeks, for your immediate use and/or socialisation within your business.

During the final week of the course, you will have the opportunity to present your strategy to peers for feedback.  

Course learning objectives

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

  • Understand the business impacts of sustainability in the fashion industry including ESG, circular economy and biodiversity practices
  • Articulate the business case for sustainability in the fashion industry and the barriers and opportunities for business transformation
  • Conduct an assessment of their business across key impact areas in strategy, operations, product and supply chain
  • Develop an outline for a sustainability strategy with practical steps for implementing the strategy over a 3-year period
  • Understand how to embed the sustainability strategy into business through communications, stakeholder engagement and influence for change internally.  

Requirements

Mandatory

To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing. You will also require an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.  

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows: 

  • 10% discount for UTS staff
  • 10% discount for UTS alumni/students 
  • 10% discount for TAFE staff, students and alumni
  • 15% discount for Australian Fashion Council (AFC) members
  • 15% discount for Australian Retirement Trust members
  • 15% discount for group enrolments of 3 or more from the same organisation.

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price.

How to obtain your discount code (group enrolments)

  • Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au with details of your group enrolments to obtain your discount voucher code. 

How to obtain your discount code (TAFE & AFC members)

  • Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au with details of your TAFE staff or student ID or AFC membership to obtain your discount voucher code.

How to enrol and obtain your UTS staff discount (UTS staff)

How to apply your discount code 

  • If you are eligible for a UTS alumni or student discount, please ensure you have provided your UTS student number during checkout. If you are an alumni and have forgotten your UTS student number, email support@open.uts.edu.au with your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.
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Contact us

For any questions on enrolment or payment, please email support@open.uts.edu.au 

For any questions about course content, delivery or progression, please email SustFashCentre@uts.edu.au 

Who is this course for?

This course has been designed for business owners or those working in small to medium-sized fashion business who need to create a viable sustainability strategy, including:

  • Executives and business owners looking for new business models that will create a competitive advantage in a generating a sustainable work practice
  • Mid-senior managers wanting to achieve innovative solutions to problems in the operations of sustainable business, enabling them to advance their career and lead an organisation in change
  • Consultants looking to provide the fashion industry with sustainable solutions to business operations at every level
  • Business owners seeking to achieve an Australian Fashion trademark, which requires the submission of a transparent environmental impact strategy
  • Fashion designers
  • Sourcing/supply chain specialists
  • Fashion business owners
  • Sustainability managers
  • Fashion marketing managers
  • Production managers.

This course would also be a logical progression for those who have completed the Intro to Fashion & Sustainability short course with UTS.  

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