Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP)™ Certified Course
Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP)™ Certified Course
The Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP)™ is a joint certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) and Green Project Management (GPM). It equips project leaders with the lens and toolkit to uncover hidden value, mitigate risk and build resilience into project delivery.
Sustainable project management goes beyond delivering scope on time and within budget. It integrates environmental stewardship, social responsibility and long-term economic performance into project governance, planning and delivery, so that projects create lasting value for people, the planet and prosperity.
Pro Consultancy International (Pvt.) Ltd, through its education unit Procons Academy, offers this intensive weekend programme to prepare participants for the CSPP™ examination. The PMI-GPM P5™ Standard for Sustainability in Project Management, the PRiSM™ (Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods) life cycle approach, and the PMI-GPM Practice Guide for Sustainability in Project Management. It also covers global frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Global Compact and ESG reporting standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD and the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards).
Through concept sessions, scenario-based exercises, practice questions and exam-taking strategies, participants learn how to assess sustainability impacts early, embed them in real delivery decisions, and measure and report the results with confidence.
1 st
Batch
12 PMI-USA Accepted Contact Hours
Internationally Valid
Certification
Benefits on having a (CSPP)™
Career Advancement:
Demonstrates that you can connect project decisions to measurable sustainability impacts, data and recognised standards – a growing expectation in project leadership roles.
Professional Credibility:
A joint PMI and GPM credential that builds on your existing project management certification and shows your commitment to sustainable delivery.
Global Recognition:
Grounded in internationally used frameworks such as the UN SDGs, the UN Global Compact and ESG reporting standards (GRI, SASB, TCFD and IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards)
Stronger Sustainable Delivery Skills:
Practical ability to perform a P5 Impact Analysis, build a Sustainability Management Plan, define KPIs and report results accurately while avoiding greenwashing
- Principles of sustainability, and why organisations and individuals commit to sustainable practice
- The Triple Bottom Line: People, Planet and Prosperity considerations
- Major global frameworks: UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ESG components (environmental,social, governance) and UN Global Compact principles
- The role of sustainability reporting and ESG disclosures (GRI, SASB, TCFD, IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards) and mapping P5 elements to reporting standards
- Sustainability, regeneration and resilience in project environments
- Core PRiSM concepts, principles, life cycle features and key deliverables
- Applying the PRiSM phases to a project scenario: staffing, deliverables, risks and opportunities, cost and finance, schedule and management plans
- Supporting processes: stakeholder engagement, estimation, team development, sustainable procurement performance monitoring and control, and change, configuration and issue management
- Structure and purpose of the P5 Standard: categories, subcategories, elements, perspectives and lenses
- Performing a P5 Impact Analysis (P5IA): product lenses (lifespan and servicing) and process lenses (efficiency, effectiveness and fairness), plus sustainable value chains
- Evaluating P5IA results, project status reporting and project closure
- People impacts: labour practices and decent work, society and customer concerns, human rights, and ethical behaviour (anti-corruption, fair competition, responsible technology, greenwashing)
- Planet and Prosperity impacts: transport, energy and greenhouse gas emissions, land, air and water, consumption and waste, project feasibility (business case, financial analysis, social return on investment), business agility, and local economic impact
- Materiality for ESG disclosures and sustainability reports.
- Elements of a Sustainability Management Plan (SMP): circular economy and sustainable procurement standards, environmental and energy management systems, and standards for quality, occupational health and safety, anti-bribery, risk and social responsibility
- Roles and responsibilities of the sustainable project manager, project sponsor and PMO, and systems thinking in practice
- Sustainability impact thresholds, value chain impacts and regulatory compliance
- Selecting and defining sustainability KPIs
- Sustainable procurement: supplier selection, contract types, contract management and supply chain ethics.
- Types of sustainability-related communication and why they matter: trust, transparency, data accuracy and avoiding greenwashing.
- Using P5 in ESG disclosures and sustainability reports; differences between ESG disclosures and sustainability reports; the role of materiality.
- Characteristics of good governance and selecting a suitable project governance framework.
- Walkthrough of the exam format: 100 questions (85 scored, 15 unscored pretest) in 120 minutes for certified practitioners.
- Scenario-based practice questions with rationale, mapped to the Exam Content Outline.
- Exam-taking strategies, time management and a final review of high-weighted topics.
The CSPP™ examination is offered in two versions. This programme is aimed at candidates on the Certified Practitioner pathway. This requires 12 hours of formal education related to Sustainability in Project Management, together with either (a) a Bachelor’s degree, High School Diploma (or global equivalent), General Education Development (GED) or General Education Certificate, plus a qualifying project management certification in good standing (PMI PMP, PfMP, PgMP or CAPM; AACEI CCP; APM PMQ, ChPP, RegPM or MPLSC; AIPM CPPM, CPSPM or RegPM; IPMA Level D, C, B or A; or PRINCE2 Project, Programme or Portfolio Manager Practitioner), or (b) a Master’s degree with a concentration in Project or Program Management from an accredited college or university (sustainability degrees do not qualify). Candidates should confirm their eligibility with PMI before applying for the examination.
No. This programme prepares participants for the CSPP™ examination; it does not include the examination itself. Candidates apply to PMI separately.