What were the most helpful things you found this year? Join the conversation on LinkedIn and share your best-of-2023 resources!  

I am incredibly pleased to share the year’s top three SCP reader-favorite articles, the five best new tools for sustainability practitioners and my three favorite new sustainability job search resources – including an exciting new cohort-based job search support experience I co-founded with Voiz Academy (with a 10% discount for my readers for a limited time 🙂

I hope at least one of these resources will make the amazing things you plan to do in 2024 that much easier for you. Thanks for all that you do to move sustainability and climate work forward!

Warmest wishes for a wonderful new year,
Trish 

Top 3 reader-favorite articles of 2023

• 35+ easy, free ways to level up your sustainability expertise over the holidays
• 5 ways to combat impostor syndrome during your sustainability job search
• Which of these 40 sustainability certifications is right for you? Still topping the charts almost a year later! Keep an eye out for an updated version in early January

These articles are part of an ongoing series I’m writing for GreenBiz on closing the sustainability skills gap with the resources we have available right now. You can read the other articles in the series which cover over 100 training options related to climate literacy, sustainability strategy, GHG emissions, net-zero strategy, regenerative agriculture and circular economy. 

Top 5 new favorite sustainability work resources of 2023

• Environmental Defense Fund’s Net Zero Action Accelerator provides 27 resource-packed action pathways with step-by-step guides for all things decarbonization
• The Change Hub is a wonderful new community for busy sustainability professionals cultivated by the thought leaders at Reconsidered complete with peer support, training and a killer resource library
  • The team at Reconsidered is also running their signature Sustainability Change Agent Accelerator program focused on developing leadership and change management skills in January, use code TRISHSCAA10 for 10% off
• The Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures launched TNFD in a Box which is a brilliant way to drive the adoption of the new nature-related disclosure recommendations
• Drew Wilkinson has created an awesome website with tons of great content on best practices for how companies can better engage employees and make climate part of everyone’s job
  • All of Drew’s resources are wonderful, but his interview with Yesh Pavlik Slenk covers punk rock, tacos, and getting people to collaborate on climate change – don’t miss it!
• BSR, The B Team and the We Mean Business Coalition launched the Just Transition Resource Platform to help companies navigate their just transition journey with support from a dozen leading nongovernmental organizations in sustainability and human rights

Top 3 new favorite sustainability job search resources of 2023

• Design your Climate Career: I’ve teamed up with the sustainability training experts at Voiz Academy to offer a new job search support experience featuring my best job search strategies, resources, and even tips for using ChatGPT – come join us! SCP readers can use code TK10 for 10% off registration for a limited time
  • Don’t miss Voiz’s other incredible upskilling offerings – Decarbonization Analyst, Net Zero Strategy, and Sustainability Analyst also starting in January
• Daniel Hill, founder of the #OpenDoorClimate movement, hosted a podcast miniseries called the Year of the Climate Job with some of my all-time favorite people in climate and some pretty great advice too!
• While the MBA Edge series from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business wasn’t new in 2023, its collection of explainers on corporate sustainability careers, skill sets, issues and markets almost doubled this year and added some amazing topics including biodiversity, power markets, plastic alternatives and B Corps

What were the most helpful things you found this year? Join the conversation on LinkedIn and share your best-of-2023 resources!