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Available from September 2025

Your impact strategy is strong when you achieve the 'holy grail': addressing our global goals with high success rates, and boosting resilience, productivity, brand value, and growth.

The powerful action-led training that Melanie has offered live to CEOs, business leaders, and executive MBA students from around the world will now be available online. Create leading sustainability initiatives at a fraction of the cost of spending years with consultants.

Imagine what your world will look like when your board members, leadership and team members master key insights to create powerful, lasting impact and a strong authentic edge.

Empower your teams with our Forbes-praised tools and Cambridge University-endorsed insights to trigger meaningful conversations, create stronger support for your purpose,

and drive powerful change, one genius project at a time.  

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6 Modules

Be guided by 6 short course modules that you can consume at your own pace. Each module contains:

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  • A  cutting edge film (12-26 mins), featuring global best practices and key insights for strong outcomes.

  • A short quiz to reinforce learning.

  • A challenge to apply the insights in your context for powerful outcomes.

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Thought-leading

​The course is delivered by Melanie van de Velde PhD, MBA, MSc, a Global Goals expert, recognised for her groundbreaking research on overcoming global challenges.

After empowering young women in a Nairobi slum and leading global markets for a tech giant, Melanie now aims to help scale effective solutions to global issues. She equips individuals and organisations with the tools and insights needed to embed meaningful, transformative change across their operations.

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Get inspired

The course is packed with global best practices and award-winning insights to achieve better outcomes than most.

The action-led training program is available for individuals or for groups. Package discounts are available.

​Empower yourself and your team(s) to not only address the climate crisis but the full spectrum of our global issues. 

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"A Powerhouse for Sustainable Growth."

David Radlo
Forbes Books
US

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"The experience will have a profound impact on my life."

Yue Shui
Executive MBA

Amazon
China

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"I came home bouncing after the sessions. The UN SDGs used to feel overwhelming. Now they feel comfortable and I can't wait to tackle them."
Merlijn Mazairac
Founder The Rookie Minds
The Netherlands
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"Inspirational. Melanie’s MPACT Wheel simplifies this immensely complex topic that we want to tackle together.

It really helped to structure our thinking and which areas we want to focus on." 

Jules Prick
Co-Founder Koos Service Design
The Netherlands

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"A chance to escape regulation land and think together."

Zebunisa Ahmed
Sustainability Manager
Virgin Money
UK
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"Great tools we will be using for all our projects in the future.
I also loved the best practices from around the world to trigger further ideas of what we can do here."
Daniela Jimenez
Head of Sustainability
Menorca Inversiones
Peru
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Who is it for

The Global Goals Masters offers a unique opportunity for CEOs, board members, sustainability teams, business leaders, and team members to reflect on the impact they have—and can have—across the broader sustainability spectrum.

Each organisation has champions eager to innovate for greater value for our world. By empowering people with effective tools and insights, you can unlock their creativity and embed a stronger sense of purpose throughout your organisation.

Our framework supports you in effectively balancing positive impact with commercial objectives, helping you build greater business resilience and a genuine competitive edge.

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Tell me more!

Yes, I would like more details and pricing info

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From when I was nine years old, I have had a deep-rooted feeling that we can make our world much better. That poverty is tragic for many, and unnecessary. In the years since, I have witnessed the other injustices in our world that ultimately harm us all.

Why I believe that we can fix the issues is because I have researched and experienced solutions that work. Solutions that tackle climate change, pollution, loss of biodiversity, poverty, social exclusion, rising inequality, and our health and wellbeing with exceptional results. Sadly, much time, money, and energy go into efforts that don't work as well.

​I know that many want to help create a better future, but often struggle to find the space, creative energy, and time to learn how they can get the most out of their efforts.

 

It is why we provide the space for people to be inspired by global best practices. And share our insights as to how you can help tackle the issues for powerful impact. By steering time and resources to high impact solutions we can create a genuinely better future, one project at a time.

 Melanie

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