Successfully bridging the gap between practical experience of sustainability at the grassroots level with that of a corporate outlook of climate action by the famed Chartered Management Institute is a small milestone to celebrate.
While having the former holds more weight in terms of truly living out the ESG garb via actual permaculture farm working experience; there’s an unfortunate imbalanced emphasis on the “paper qualifications” of a potentially skewed perception of ESG considerations.
I’ve finally completed the course which earned me the recognition of being a Certified Sustainability (ESG) Practitioner (Advanced Edition) issued by the Center for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE). Hopefully with this, I’m able to consult with substance on having a 360 degree overview of what to look out for in crafting a sustainability action plan. Often time, corporate organisations lack the insights and are quite detached from on-the-ground realities when implementing any ESG plans. I hope to address this gap with my regenerative farming experience.
That’s where I intend to mend the disconnect to ensure sustainability is truly understood instead of being just a 9-5 nebulous concept. It’s especially all the more relevant today where sustainable food production, shelter, waste processing and clean water is humanity’s endgame.
Having both the corporate and regenerative farmer’s perspective is a rare but necessary perspective which I hope all sustainability practitioners or desk-bound self proclaimed ESG specialist can consider adopting.
