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Certificate in Professional Impact Analysis

It's not enough to pursue impact and hope for the best. Businesses, governments, and organizations must measure and report the broader environmental, social, and economic impacts of their operations, investments, and policies.

While it's well-understood how to assess and report financial returns, few understand how to report their social impacts with similar rigour and credibility.

Learn how with the Certificate in Professional Impact Analysis. Distinguish yourself in this fast-emerging and important discipline. Learn the best practices, tools, and methods to define, quantify, and report impact across the lifecycle of organizations, projects, or policies.

Designed for private and public sector leaders, managers, analysts, financial professionals, and consultants.

Three online modules support learning at your own pace. Plus a live, full-day, virtual hands-on session with classmates, coaches and faculty instructors at the end of each module.

“As our customers’ demand increases for ‘green steel’ and support of net-zero building, we must apply robust evidence-based measures and procurement processes. As we dig deeper into the future of construction, it will be crucial to have quantitative evidence to ensure we are hitting sustainability targets for years to come. The Certificate in Professional Impact Analysis will provide a basis for rigorous procurement processes.”

Steven Kuysten, MBA
Ontario Senior Sales Executive and Business Development
Ocean Steel (a division of OSCO Construction Group)
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Program Content

You will learn about:

  • Impact measurement and definition
  • Impact assessment
  • Impact management and accounting
  • Impact evaluation
  • Impact communication and reporting
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Key Features

 

3 Learning Modules Over 6 Months

Learn essentials, best practices, and key techniques across three learning modules: Impact Assessment, Impact Accounting, and Evaluating and Learning. Complete in 6 months.

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Online Learning at Your Own Pace

Each learning module is completed in 6 weeks at your own pace. Rich and engaging content, case studies, and exercises from expert faculty and instructors. Accessible online 24/7.

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Live Capstone Sessions in Each Module

Join fellow students, faculty and instructors in a live, online session at the end of each learning module. Includes an individual assignment and assessment to confirm learning, and progress toward the certificate.

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Team-based Capstone Project

Work with classmates on real-life impact analysis projects from public sector organizations and private industry around the globe.

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Rigour & Credibility

Benefit from years of real-world experience and rigorous academic expertise underpinning the program’s content. Learn from distinguished Queen’s University faculty members from Smith School of Business and the Economics Department.

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Differentiate with a Certificate

Prove your expertise with the Certificate in Professional Impact Analysis from Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and stand out among your peers.

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Who should take this program?

This versatile, practical program provides you with the expertise to best define, assess, and communicate your organization’s impact.

Whether you’re identifying, designing, financing, implementing, upgrading, monitoring, or evaluating operations, investments, or policies, the Certificate in Professional Impact Analysis can improve your effectiveness.

This program is for:

  • Leaders who want to do more good … and know they truly are
  • Policy specialists and social sector leaders seeking to improve impact and accountability
  • Advocates who want evidence to drive change
  • Investment professionals looking beyond the financial bottom line
  • Social impact investors assessing areas to improve portfolio performance
  • Accountants wanting to add impact assessment to your practice
  • Corporate communications professional who need to better report your organization’s impact
  • Anyone working in areas related to ESG and sustainability efforts