Recent US reluctance to maintain commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement makes it imperative for us to stand together as a global community of sustainability practitioners. ISSP is preparing to respond with a new strategic plan based on an extensive stakeholder needs assessment that will drastically increase our ability to advance both professionals themselves and the profession as a whole. ISSP is more focused than ever on creating community, delivering top quality programming, and fighting for this profession to be recognized as special and necessary.

 

By way of updates, we recently solidified a partnership with  Australasian Campuses Toward Sustainability, and continue to evaluate new partnerships to expand our reach and accelerate the achievement of our mission. In addition, ISSP is hosting a member meet-up at the Environmental Leader Conference in Denver this week, and later this August we will hold a powerful, retreat-style event in Colorado called Beyond Sustainability that you are all invited to attend. This letter marks my last as your ISSP President, and I'd like to thank our Board, volunteers, partners, and members for their commitment to this professional organization - the future success of our shared mission lies together.

ISSP credential holders are on the forefront of the sustainability field, earning Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through a range of academic and professional development activities in order to maintain their ISSP-SA or ISSP-CSP credentials. As the credential maintenance program expands, ISSP is offering pre-approval for activities - conferences, events, courses, webinars, even memberships for certain organizations - so that participating credential holders can be sure they'll earn CEUs while staying at the bleeding edge of sustainability innovation and best practices.

Organizations who want to attract ISSP credential holders to their own events or educational offerings can apply for CEU pre-approval, earning a special logo and social media cooperation from ISSP. In addition, individual credential holders who are unsure whether a particular activity qualifies for CEUs can freely submit a request form to determine its eligibility. Learn more about pre-approval.

For more information about earning your own ISSP credential, as well as purchasing study materials, click here. If you have further questions about ISSP Certification or credential maintenance, please reach out to [email protected].