Green Economy for Management Consultants

What is the aim of this course?

You have probably noticed that the climate disaster is causing a huge impact on the global economy and businesses. That’s why by 2050, we have to stop emitting carbon and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. To achieve that, we have to totally reorganize our economy and make difficult choices in many areas. Conducting analyses that help make the right choices is pretty difficult, as you have to consider the full impact and the long-term effect of proposed changes. In this course, I will teach you how to perform fast and efficiently different types of analyses during consulting projects devoted to switching to a zero-carbon economy.

In the course, you will learn the following things:

1. Which actions & areas generate greenhouse gases
2. General Frameworks for improving the situation in different areas (including Transportation, Agriculture, Electricity Production)
3. How can we reduce carbon emission
4. How to analyze externalities in Excel
5. How to analyze in Excel potential improvements that are trying to reduce carbon emissions

This course is based on my 15 years of experience as a consultant in top consulting firms and as a Board Member responsible for strategy, performance improvement, and turn-arounds in the biggest firms from the Retail, FMCG, SMG, B2B, and services sectors that I worked for. I have carried out or supervised over 110 different performance improvement projects in different industries that generated a total of 2 billion additional EBITDA. On the basis of what you will find in this course, I have trained in person over 100 consultants, business analysts, and managers who are now Partners in PE and VC funds, Investment Directors and Business Analysts in PE and VC, Operational Directors, COO, CRO, CEO, Directors in Consulting Companies, Board Members, etc. On top of that, my courses on Udemy were already taken by more than 330 000 students, including people working in EY, McKinsey, Walmart, Booz Allen Hamilton, Adidas, Naspers, Alvarez & Marsal, PwC, Dell, Deloitte, Orange, and many others.

I teach through case studies, so you will have a lot of lectures showing examples of analyses and tools that we use. To every lecture, you will find attached (in additional resources) the Excel files as well as additional presentations and materials shown in the lectures, so as a part of this course, you will also get a library of ready-made analyses that can, with certain modifications, be applied by you or your team in your work.

Why have I decided to create this course?

Projects devoted to Zero-Carbon/Green Economy are pretty difficult as you have to estimate different costs and benefits, including externalities. You also have to master different skills and tools that you will be using during such projects. Most firms don’t give you the full toolbox that you need. This may lead to huge frustration during such projects and a lot of inefficiencies.

Therefore, I have decided to create this course that will help students understand or refresh the main skills and tools that they need during projects devoted to the Zero-Carbon/Green Economy. The course will give you the knowledge and insight into real-life case studies that will make your life during a consulting project much easier. Thanks to this course, you will know what and how to do during consulting projects. You will master how to analyze data and draw conclusions from the analyses. On top of that, you will also master the essential information related to the Zero-Carbon/Green Economy.

To sum it up, I believe that if you want to become a world-class Management Consultant or Business Analyst, you have to have a pretty decent understanding of complicated analysis, where you also have to take into account externalities. That is why I highly recommend this course to Management Consultants or Business Analysts, especially those who did not finish business school. The course will help you become an expert in Zero-Carbon/Green Economy at the level of McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and other top consulting firms.

In what way will you benefit from this course?

The course is a practical, step-by-step guide loaded with tons of analyses, tricks, and hints that will significantly improve the speed with which you understand and analyze businesses. There is little theory – mainly examples, a lot of tips from my own experience, as well as other notable examples worth mentioning. Our intention is that, thanks to the course, you will learn:

1. Which actions & areas generate greenhouse gases
2. General Frameworks for improving the situation in different areas (including Transportation, Agriculture, Electricity Production)
3. How can we reduce carbon emission
4. How to analyze externalities in Excel
5. How to analyze in Excel potential improvements that are trying to reduce carbon emissions

You can also ask me any questions either through the discussion field or by messaging me directly.

How is the course organized?

The course is currently divided into the following sections:

• Introduction. We begin with a little introduction to the course, as well as some general info on how the course is organized
• Essential Concepts. In this section, I will start by defining some essential concepts that will be useful in discussing topics related to greenhouse gas emissions. They will help us later to do analyses of specific areas.
• Externalities. Economics deals with complex systems. In such systems, your actions can cause unintended consequences to other members of the system. We call them externalities. In this section, we will see how to estimate them.
• Transportation. Transportation is responsible for a significant part of the emission of greenhouse gases. In this section, we will see how we can deal with them.
• Electricity Production. Electricity is a must for a modern family. Unfortunately, it is also responsible for a significant part of the emission of greenhouse gases. In this section, we will see how we can deal with them.
• Food Production. Food, especially meat is responsible for a significant part of the emission of greenhouse gases. In this section, we will see how we can improve the situation.
• The Production of Things. The Production of Things is responsible for generating a huge amount of Greenhouse Gases. In this section, we will see how we can estimate the impact of potential improvements.
• Warming & Cooling. We generate a lot of Greenhouse Gases by trying to warm or cool our houses. In this section, we will see how we can deal with this source of emissions.

You will also be able to download many additional resources

1. Useful frameworks and techniques
2. Analyses shown in the course
3. Additional resources
4. Links to additional presentations, articles, and movies
5. Links to books worth reading

At the end of my course, students will be able to…

• Which actions & areas generate greenhouse gases
• How can we reduce carbon emission
• How to get to a zero-carbon economy
• How to analyze externalities in Excel
• How to analyze in Excel potential improvements that are trying to reduce carbon emissions
• How to conduct cost-benefit analyses

Who should take this course? Who should not?

• Management Consultants
• Business Analysts
• Financial Controllers
• Investment Analysts
• Startup Founders

What will students need to know or do before starting this course?

• Basic or intermediate Excel
• Basic knowledge of economics
• Basic or intermediate knowledge of finance & accounting