Kursus
Impact Manager
Become an expert in B Corp tools and connect with a community of change-makers dedicated to helping businesses measure what matters and improve their impact.
Foto: Märk
Copenhagen
4 modules from March 5th – April 10th 2025
Price: 15.000 DKK (12.500 DKK for B Corps)
Impact Manager
Join the Impact Manager program in Copenhagen to lead your company towards a sustainable future. Become an expert in B Corp tools and connect with a community of change-makers dedicated to helping businesses measure what matters and improve their impact.
Program Overview
The Impact Manager program equips you with the skills to holistically measure and improve social and environmental impact. Learn how to future-proof your business by assessing impact, enhancing value creation for people, society, and the planet, and guiding your company towards achieving B Corp certification.
The program is based on the B Corp movement’s standards and uses the B Impact Assessment tool to provide a comprehensive view of your company's impact on all stakeholders: Governance, workers, community, environment and customers.
Why Join?
Sustainability is now a fundamental aspect of business strategy. With growing regulations and heightened expectations from investors, employees, and consumers, businesses must adapt. The Impact Manager program helps you learn how to use B Corp tools to manage impact and enhance value creation, as well as integrate sustainability into your core business strategy.
How the Program is Conducted
The program is context-based, interactive, and tailored to your business needs combining virtual and in-person sessions. Throughout the course, you will work hands-on with B Corp tools on real life cases. This will allow you to identify opportunities for improvement and use certification as an active strategic tool. Additionally, you will be inspired by case studies from the global B Corp movement, illustrating different Impact Business Models and pathways to certification.
Upon completing the Impact Manager program, you will be able to:
- Guide companies towards B Corp-certification.
- Utilize the B Impact Assessment tool to measure impact.
- Create strategies for continuous improvement and achieving certification.
- Expand responsibility through operational practices and Impact Business Models.
Practical Information
Price: 15.000 DKK ex VAT for non-B Corps and 12.500 DKK ex VAT for B Corps (ex-travel and accommodation). Cancellation fee of 5.000 DKK ex VAT.
Location of the in-person sessions: Copenhagen, Denmark. Language: English.
Sign up by writing Steffen Kallehauge: steffen@maerkcph.dk.
Course Options and Examination
The Impact Manager program can be taken as a standalone course or as part of a diploma in sustainable business. It provides 5 ECTS credits and concludes with an optional examination, available for an additional fee of 2.500 DKK ex VAT conducted in collaboration with Erhvervsakademi Aarhus.
Developed by experts
The program has been developed by Nille Skalts and Steffen Kallehauge, partners at Märk and founders of B Lab Nordics. Additionally, guest speakers from various companies, all of whom have experience in certifying their businesses, will be invited to share their insights.
The course consists of 4 modules:
1. Responsibility: What does the world need, and what can we do about it?
In-person. Wednesday, March 5th from 9.00 – 16.00
Topics that will be covered:
- Why is responsibility and transparency a prerequisite for the future of business?
- What are the expectations for your company?
- ...and are certifications the answer – and if yes which one(s)?
2. B Impact Assessment: Your roadmap to governance, social and environmental impact.
In-person. Thursday and Friday, March 11th – 12th from 9.00 – 16.00
Topics that will be covered:
- How to use the B Impact Assessment as a measurement and management tool for impact.
- How the B Impact Assessment is tailored to your business.
- Operational Impacts and Impact Business Models from 5 different angles.
3. B Impact Assessment Deep Dives: Practical work with the B Impact Assessment
Online. Tuesday, March 20th, 27th and April 3rd from 9.00 – 12.00
Topics that will be covered:
- Practical experience working with the B Impact Assessment.
- How to make a B Impact Assessment baseline for your company.
4. Impact Improvement: Strategy and roadmap to work with responsibility
In-person. Thursday, April 10th from 9.00 – 16.00
Topics that will be covered:
- Using the B Impact Assessment as an impact improvement platform.
- What is the businesscase for becoming B Corp?
- What happens when a company decides to submit for certification.
