Advocating for Climate Policy in the Workplace
A three-week course in partnership with ClimateVoice (founded by Bill Weihl, former Google Green Energy Czar) that outlines the pivotal role of employees in advocating for strong climate policies within their companies and teaches strategies to leverage influence and advance climate action in the workplace.
Taught by
Deborah McNamara
Executive Director, ClimateVoice
Jennifer Allyn
Director of Programs and Campaigns, ClimateVoice
Drew Wilkinson
Founder, Climate Leadership Collective; Co-founder, Microsoft 10K member sustainability community
- 3 weeks/2 hours per week
- Real-world case study
- Conduct a company climate policy audit
- Class recording available
- Completion certificate
- 100% online
About this course
To decarbonize at the speed and scale required, companies must lead on broad systemic
change, which requires them to be all in on climate and supportive of public policy. As an employee, you have influence within your company and can play a key role in driving this change and urging employers to wield their influence through lobbying, trade association memberships, and public statements to advocate for bold climate policies everywhere they operate.
The course draws on the expertise of ClimateVoice–a non-profit that leverages the power of corporate influence from climate-positive companies to win crucial power battles–to outline the importance of strong climate policy advocacy at work, regardless of your role.
Participants will learn about climate policy priorities in 2024, the role of trade association memberships in obstructing climate policy progress, and how employees and companies can wield their influence for positive change. Learn how to research your company’s positions on climate policy, ways to engage your co-workers, which questions to ask regarding trade association memberships and climate policy advocacy underway, and how to start advocating for action.
Who is this program for?
Green team and employee resource group members and leads
Organizing your current ERG or green team around climate policy advocacy
Sustainability professionals
Amplify and integrate climate policy advocacy into your work
Working professional employees
Elevate climate policy issues at work
Business students
Advocate for policy action in your future role
What climate skills you'll learn
Master climate policy priorities
Grasp the significance of climate policy as a transformative lever for change
Recognize the role of corporations
Understand how the private sector can do more to advance climate policy progress
Identify obstructionists
Recognize the role trade associations play in hindering climate policy progress
Advocacy techniques for the workplace
Build compelling narratives and understand the importance of relationship-building and persuasion to influence change
event concluded
Transforming Climate Anxiety into Workplace Action
- Sep 12, 2024
- 8:00am PT
The Terra.do difference
Live lab groups
You will meet weekly with the instructor and fellow learners to share perspectives
Skills-based learning
You will engage in individual real-world assignments to immediately apply the skills you’ve learned
Personalized attention
Meet with the instructor 1-on-1 and get individualized feedback on your assignments
Asynchronous and synchronous learning
Flexible learning options to fit your learning style
Meet the course creators
Deborah McNamara
Executive Director of ClimateVoice
Deborah McNamara is the Executive Director of ClimateVoice, having worked for social change, environmental, and climate justice-focused nonprofits for over 20 years. Her most recent work includes leading climate-focused campaigns targeting fossil fuel finance, promoting climate solutions and a just transition away from fossil fuels, and enacting strong local climate policy. She studied Environmental Policy and Philosophy at Boston University and received a Master’s degree in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.
Jennifer Allyn
Director of Programs and Campaigns, ClimateVoice
Jennifer leads campaigns for ClimateVoice to mobilize companies to lobby for bold and equitable climate policy. In 2023, she earned a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s new Climate School with a focus on climatology, public policy, and environmental justice. Jennifer started her career leading diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, most recently as a Managing Director at PwC.
Drew Wilkinson
Founder, Climate Leadership Collective; Co-founder, Microsoft 10K member sustainability community
