"A Powerhouse for Sustainable Growth."
From compliance to
Impact-leading and advantage
Sustainability has become more urgent — and more complex — than ever. Many organisations are experiencing growing compliance and reporting pressure, fragmented initiatives with unclear impact, low engagement outside sustainability teams, missed opportunities for innovation and growth.
The Global Goals Masters was created to address exactly this challenge.
The Global Goals Masters is a unique, action-led leadership programme built on our Forbes-praised tools and Cambridge-endorsed insights. It is designed to help organisations and leaders:
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Move from compliance fatigue to impact-leading and strategic advantage.
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Sharpen focus beyond risk and reporting to high-impact, high-value efforts.
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Shift sustainability from overwhelm to growth, innovation and business value.
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Unlock the energy, creativity, and expertise of people across the organisation.
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Strengthen leadership confidence in navigating complexity and change.
To arrange a (virtual) coffee to explore whether the Global Goals Masters is right for your organisation,
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What makes it different
The Global Goals Masters is not another reporting framework or technical sustainability course. It is is a leadership programme that helps organisations:
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Create high-impact, high-value.
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Turn sustainability into a strategic, value-creating agenda.
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Unlock the energy and expertise of people across the organisation.
Rather than doing more, leaders learn how to do less — with far greater impact.
Thought-leading
The Global Goals Masters builds capability and is a strategic reset — grounded in award-winning tools and research — that helps leaders make better decisions about where to focus and how to lead.
The programme is delivered by Melanie van de Velde PhD, MBA, MSc, a Global Goals expert, recognised for her groundbreaking research on overcoming global challenges — honoured with the Adam Smith Prize for PhD Excellence.
Action-led
Participants work on live challenges from their organisations and learn alongside peers facing similar complexity. Participation tends to be sponsored by the organisation to gain:
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Leadership capability.
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Strategic clarity.
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Engagement and mobilisation.
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Real-world application.
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High-impact and business value.
"A Powerhouse for Sustainable Growth.
So much so I had to have Mel on my Forbes Podcast to reveal her secrets."
David Radlo
Forbes Books
US
"The experience will have a profound impact on my life."
Yue Shui
Executive MBA
Amazon
China
"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
“Finally, a tool to help businesses create powerful social and environmental impact strategies.”
Mark Fallows
Founder Fabrica Collective
& The Impossible Network
US
"Dr van de Velde's research is outstanding and a worthy winner of the Adam Smith Prize for PhD Excellence"
Dr Haugh
Research Director
Centre for Social Innovation
Cambridge University
UK
“Way more insightful than what you get elsewhere.”
Jamie Davidson
Director Johnston Carmichael
UK
"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
"A rare chance to escape regulation land and truly think together."
Zebunisa Ahmed
Sustainability Manager
Virgin Money
UK
"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
Who is it for
Senior leaders and executive teams
Sustainability and strategy leads
Organisations ready to move from reactive to leading
To arrange a (virtual) coffee to explore whether the Global Goals Masters is right for your organisation,