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IGCN Academy
Fast-track your sustainability strategy and skills!
The UN Global Compact Network Indonesia (IGCN) plays a pivotal role in advancing sustainable business practices by leveraging the resources of the UN Global Compact Academy, a leading-edge learning platform. The IGCN Academy empowers business leaders and practitioners with the knowledge and skills needed to implement the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through innovative learning experiences available in multiple languages, the IGCN Academy provides actionable insights, practical tools, and best practices tailored to companies and professionals at all stages of their sustainability journey. By utilizing the IGCN Academy’s resources, the UN Global Compact Network Indonesia supports local businesses in integrating sustainability into their operations, driving impactful change, and contributing to global progress.
Courses & learning journeys
Diverse learning experiences offering practical guidance on today’s most pressing sustainability issues – from beginner to advanced.
Learn at your own schedule & pace
Tailor your learning to suit your needs with the freedom to access the academy at any time, from anywhere.
Expert Instructors & peers
Learn from diverse industry experts and the experience of thousands of companies from around the world.
Earn Recognition
Earn certificates for completing courses to share with your networks.
Available in English and Bahasa Indonesia
Our learning offerings are available in English and Bahasa Indonesia
BENEFITS
- New insights and best practices from world-class experts, changemakers and practitioners
- Innovative learning experiences across key topics to help you grow both professionally and personally and make an impact on the world
- Learning experiences available in multiple languages and in a variety of formats
- Company-wide reporting available to scale learning and leadership within your organization
OFFERINGS
Engage in live sessions, e-learning courses, and curated learning paths that will help you learn key sustainability concepts and skills anytime, anywhere. To help you navigate our platform, IGCN Academy learning experiences are organized according to your needs:
Foundations: Gain a foundational introduction to a topic and step-by-step guides for corporate action. Everything you need to get started.
Learning paths: Complete these curated learning journeys to gain a more in-depth understanding on specific topics and concepts.
Deep dives: Narrow in on a specific topic, industry, function or geography with opportunities to start applying learning within your company.
In-practice exchange: Explore and learn leading practices from companies in your region.
Changemaker series: Learn from, and connect with, some of the most innovative and influential people work- ing in or with business during these live conversations.
Micro-learnings: View bite-sized learnings to introduce you to key topics and summarize learnings
Get Started
All employees of companies in Indonesia participating in the Global Compact will have access to the IGCN Academy. Further information will be provided for accessing.
If you have any questions about the Academy and its offerings, please contact us at academy@indonesiagcn.org
OFFERINGS AT GLANCE
In 2025 we’ll offer new and exciting learning opportunities, in collaboration with global experts and business practitioners, to help you advance your sustainability targets.
Look for new content in 2025 covering topics including:
- Gender Equality and International Women’s Day
- Navigating Sustainability Trends
- SDG Integration for SMEs
- Just Transition
- Transformational Governance
- Doing Business with Integrity
- Living Wage
- Human Rights Dilemmas
- Sustainable Finance
- What You Need to Know About EU Sustainability Regulations
- Climate Action
IGCN ACADEMY Catalogue
WHAT IS THE IGCN ACADEMY?
As the IGCN’s leading-edge learning platform, the IGCN Academy provides business leaders and practitioners with the skills and knowledge they need to move their companies further faster in implementing the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals.
WHO IS IT FOR?
All employees of companies in Indonesia participating in the UN Global Compact have access to the IGCN Academy. Through innovative learning experiences across key topics and languages, the IGCN Academy offers actionable insights to companies and professionals of all functions and levels of advancement.
HELPING COMPANIES ADVANCE ON KEY SUSTAINABILITY TOPICS
The IGCN Academy offers a wide range of learning experiences to suit learners’ diverse needs, from self-paced online courses to interactive live exchange sessions.
COURSE BY TOPIC
Human Rights
BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Gender Equality
ACTIONS FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Labour and Decent Work
DECENT WORK IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS
- How procurement decisions can advance decent work in supply chains
- Advancing decent work in business through the UN Global Compact Labour Principles
- How to improve safety and health in global supply chains
- Family-friendly policies: how to implement better business practices for working parents and children
- Eliminating harassment and violence in the world of work
Climate Change and Environment
Governance and Anti-corruption
SDG Integration
SDG LEADERSHIP
- How to understand and take action on the global goals
- How to understand and prioritize ambitious action for the SDGs
- Disrupting Technologies
- How to set and integrate ambitious goals into your company
- Managing corporate sustainability performance through the SDG Action Manager
- How to set ambitious corporate targets and accelerate integration of the 17 SDGs
- Becoming a business leader on the global goals
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SDGs
COURSE BY FORMAT
Self-paced learning - Online courses available anywhere, anytime
Foundations
A curated catalogue with foundational introductions to key sustainability topics and step-by-step guides for corporate action. Everything you need to get started!
- How to understand and take action on the global goals
- How being more sustainable makes you more resilient
- How to Finance Your Sustainability Strategy
- The what and how of Sustainable Design for SMEs
- Future-proofing your small and medium-sized enterprise
- Disruptive Technologies
- Setting science-based targets
- The Net-Zero Standard
- Future-proofing your small and medium-sized enterprise
- Gender equality: how business can accelerate the pace of change
- Implementing a principles-based approach to sustainable ocean business
- How companies can ensure a healthy and productive ocean
- Taking financial action for the SDGs: implementing the CFO principles
- Developing an integrated health, environment and climate strategy for your company
- How procurement decisions can advance decent work in supply chains
- How companies can support fundamental freedoms — and those who defend them
- The fight against corruption
Learning Plans
Curated learning journeys to gain a more in-depth understanding on specific topics and concepts.
- How to understand and prioritize ambitious action for the SDGs
- How to set and integrate ambitious goals into your company
- Taking action on greenhouse gas emissions: Scopes 1, 2 and 3
- Business and human rights: how companies can operationalize the UN Guiding Principles
- Deepening human rights due diligence
- Countdown to International Woman’s Day
- Advancing decent work in business through the UN Global Compact Labour Principles
- Modernizing executive pay
Micro Learning
Bite-size learning materials to introduce key topics and summarize learnings.
- Our micro-learning library currently contains Essential Guides providing a brief overview of sustainability topics along with actions you can take within your company, case studies and further resources.
- More micro-learning resources coming soon!
LIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Engaging events to listen, share and learn
Deep Dives
Live sessions narrowing in on a specific topic, industry, function or geography with concrete opportunities to apply learnings.
- How to assess and boost your corporate water resilience
- Standing up & speaking out: advocating for gender equality at the workplace
- Assessing the risk of corruption to your business
- Mitigating corruption risks to your business: developing anti-corruption policies and strategies
- Deepening human rights due diligence
Changemakers Series
Conversations during which learners can connect with some of the most innovative and influential people working in or with business.
These conversations provide learners with unique opportunities to engage directly with some of the most innovative and influential professionals shaping the future of business. Participants gain insights into cutting-edge practices, trends, and challenges as shared by leaders in sustainability, innovation, technology, and ethics.
Through these discussions, learners can:
- Gain actionable insights: Understand how industry leaders address complex business challenges and implement innovative solutions.
- Expand perspectives: Explore diverse viewpoints from experts across sectors, including those at the forefront of sustainability, governance, and technological advancements.
- Learn from real-world experiences: Hear success stories, lessons learned, and case studies directly from professionals who have achieved significant impact.
- Build networks: Engage in meaningful dialogue that fosters collaboration and knowledge sharing among like-minded individuals.
- Stay ahead of the curve: Understand emerging trends and strategies that can be applied to their own organizations for enhanced competitiveness and responsibility.
These conversations are designed to inspire and empower learners to think creatively, act boldly, and lead effectively in their own spheres of influence.
In-practice exchanges
Regional exchanges organized by UN Global Compact Local Networks to learn from each other’s practices.
Ready to start?
Contact us for any question about the IGCN Academy and its offerings at academy@indonesiagcn.org
