Africa doesn't have a sustainability awareness problem.
It has an implementation problem. Professionals across the continent understand the concepts. Far fewer can run an ESG report, an energy audit, an impact assessment or a certification submission. The Academy exists to close that distance.
Launch course
ESG for Professionals
September 2026 · live, instructor-led
Built on work we have already delivered.
Litedares Green Academy is the professional learning and capacity development arm of Litedares Africa. It teaches from the same projects the consultancy delivers: the certifications pursued, the audits run, the assessments defended, rather than from theory assembled at a distance.
To deliver accessible, industry-driven sustainability education that combines international best practices with African realities.
Four ways the Academy operates.
Open programmes, work built for a single organisation, self-paced digital courses, and the publishing that sits around all of it.
01
Professional Training
Open-enrollment courses for students and working professionals.
02
Corporate Academy
Customised sustainability training built around an organisation's own operations and obligations.
03
Digital Learning Platform
Selected self-paced courses available through the Academy's learning platform.
04
Thought Leadership
Industry reports, webinars, conferences and publications.
Seven schools.
Courses are grouped by the discipline they belong to, so a learner can follow a subject rather than collect unrelated certificates.
ESG & Corporate Sustainability
Reporting, disclosure and carbon accounting for organisations answering to investors, regulators and boards.
- ESG Fundamentals
- ESG Reporting
- Carbon Accounting
- Sustainability Reporting
Green Buildings
The certification systems that govern how buildings are rated, taught by the team that runs them on live projects.
- Green Building Fundamentals
- EDGE
- LEED
- BREEAM
Environmental Management
Assessment and auditing practice: what regulators require, and how to produce work that survives review.
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Environmental Auditing
- Life Cycle Assessment
Energy & Climate
Measuring where energy goes and where climate exposure sits, so decisions rest on evidence rather than assumption.
- Energy Auditing
- Climate Risk Assessment
Sustainable Supply Chain
Procurement and decarbonisation for organisations whose largest impacts sit outside their own walls.
- Sustainable Procurement
- Supply Chain Decarbonization
ISO Management Systems
The management standards organisations are audited against, taught as systems to operate rather than documents to file.
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems
- ISO 50001: Energy Management Systems
- ISO 20400: Sustainable Procurement Guidance
Leadership & Innovation
For the people who have to carry sustainability through an organisation, not just through a project.
- Sustainable Leadership
- Scaling for Impact
Further courses are added as the portfolio develops. Bespoke and on-demand training can be built around a specific team or project.
Global standards, applied where you actually work.
African-centred learning
We localise global sustainability standards to address Africa's environmental, regulatory, economic and social realities.
Lived industry experience
Training draws on Litedares Africa's consulting projects: real case studies, practical lessons and solutions that have been delivered.
Seasoned practitioners
Courses are taught by certified experts with a track record of delivering sustainability projects across diverse sectors.
Global standards
Programmes align with ESG, EDGE, LEED, BREEAM and ISO frameworks, and demonstrate how they apply in African contexts.
Practical and action-oriented
Learning runs on case studies, real projects, implementation tools and problem-solving rather than lecture alone.
Curriculum that moves
Content is updated continuously to reflect emerging trends, regulatory change and what industry is actually asking for.
Scalable access
Our platform lets professionals across Africa learn anywhere, without compromising quality or learner support.
Training built around your own operations.
For organisations with a specific obligation in front of them, whether a reporting deadline, a certification target, an audit, a supply chain to decarbonise, courses are built around the actual work rather than delivered off the shelf.
Partners we build with
- Universities
- Professional bodies
- Corporate organisations
- Development partners
- Industry associations
- Government agencies
The gap closes one trained professional at a time.
Tell us what you or your team need to be able to do. We will point you to the right programme, or build one.