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Workshops to boost climate action and make it profitable
Plan your workshopFocus on benefits and opportunities
Our training courses focus on business and performance opportunities linked to climate action. They propose positive, sober and sustainable solutions, focused on value creation and concrete impact.
Anchor action on reliable data
Our content is based on up-to-date data from our Quebec Business Transition Barometers, the QNP Transition Index, our Enterprise Personas and our collaborative action-research projects. A solid foundation, combined with other credible and rigorous sources, for informed decisions.
Get inspired by real-life examples from here
Each training session highlights Quebec SMEs that are taking action. Concrete, inspiring and applicable examples.
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Are you an SME?
QNP workshops
Concrete workshops, anchored in your reality
Interactive and action-oriented, our workshops give you a clear understanding of the issues at stake, the priorities adapted to your context and the first structuring actions to be implemented.
Get a head start.
Make climate action a lever for performance, resilience and value creation.
Our workshops are aimed at SME managers and teams who want to better understand where and how climate action can boost their profitability, competitiveness and raison d’être.
You will develop :
- A clear picture of your level of commitment to the climate, compared with other Quebec companies
- Identifying the “moments of truth” when action creates the most value, in terms of both mitigation and adaptation
- A concrete understanding of the links between energy productivity, material productivity, circularity and profitability
- Ways of integrating climate action into operations, the value chain, strategy and governance
- A common language to mobilize your team and prioritize your next steps
You’ll leave feeling stimulated, aligned and better equipped to make climate action a strategic lever for performance and resilience.
A range of workshops to help your small business grow.
SMEs don’t all start from the same point – and that’s normal.
Our workshops offer common benchmarks and concrete levers for action, whatever your company’s level of maturity in climate action.
Based on our five personas, we help you to better situate your company and identify the most promising opportunities. QNP workshops :
- Stimulate the Unconcerned and the Motionless
- Structure the Enthusiastic
- Inspire and equip Committed women
- Enrich Visionaries
Choose the workshop that fits your reality and turn your next climate action into a strategic advantage.
Complete the Flash Barometer
Quick and easy diagnosis
The QNP Flash Barometer is a free diagnostic tool that enables you to assess your company’s level of climate maturity in relation to Quebec companies, based on data from the Quebec Business Transition Barometer.
In 10 minutes, get your Transition Index, discover your company’s personas and identify the most relevant workshops to multiply your climate actions.
10 minutes. Free. Immediate result.
You are a companion
Do you play an advisory role for SMEs?
Let’s multiply the impact, together.
Our workshops are aimed at anyone in a support role – inside or outside an SME – who wants to integrate climate action in a strategic and structured way. We help you to :
- Understanding a company’s level of climate maturity and its Transition Index
- Recognize typical personas and the “moments of truth” to seize in order to take profitable and sustainable action.
- Integrate climate action into operations, value chains, culture and governance, while strengthening adaptive capacity in the face of climate change.
You’ll leave better equipped, aligned and ready to amplify your impact with SMEs.
Go further.
Join QNP’sCommunity of Practice: Accompanying SMEs in climate action , to learn with peers, build bridges and collectively accelerate SME transformation.
Our formats
Our workshops combine :
- Structured, up-to-date content, with concrete examples of inspiring Quebec SMEs
- Practical tools to move from reflection to action
- A dynamic, interactive event focused on your challenges
Our formats are flexible
Our interactive, hands-on, action-oriented workshops are offered in virtual or classroom formats, depending on your needs.
Strategic, ready-to-deploy workshops designed to meet the real challenges of Quebec businesses.
Supported by data from the Business Transition Barometer and our continuous monitoring, they translate climate action into concrete business decisions.
Performance, resilience, competitiveness, risk management: we approach climate issues from the perspective of value creation.
You leave with clear benchmarks, inspiring examples and concrete levers.
A format adapted to your priorities and context.
With our customized workshops, we adjust the content, examples and exercises to your sector, maturity level or business objectives to maximize relevance and action.
Depending on your needs, the workshop can focus on a specific issue, mobilize a targeted team or support a process already underway. You’ll leave with content aligned with your reality and geared towards concrete decisions.
Climate action is not the responsibility of a single department. It cuts across functions, professions and day-to-day decisions.
Our workshops break down climate issues according to the specific responsibilities of each role – management, engineering, finance, operations, purchasing, human resources, and +.
In particular, we integrate the ” My job is a climate job“for :
- Identify action levers specific to each function
- Linking technical and strategic decisions to climate performance
- Equipping teams to act where they have the most influence
We have, for example, developed a training course for the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ): Integrating climate action at the heart of engineering practice, and one of our conferences is now included in the OIQ’s continuing education offering.
You’ll leave with a clear understanding of your role in the transformation, and concrete ways to act at your own level of influence.
Our customized training courses are tailored to the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors as required.
Our monitoring enables us to present concrete examples of companies implementing climate actions according to your sector of activity.
Incorporate climate action into your strategy and operations
A clear progression, concrete levers
Climate issues are already influencing your costs, risks and competitiveness. Our workshops turn these issues into clear, structured business decisions.
Choose the theme that corresponds to your next step.
Understanding
Understand what climate change means for your company and your positioning.
Introduction to Climate Action for SMEs
Seeing clearly to better understand where you stand
Level (personas) : Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste
Who should attend: SMEs
Level (personas): Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste – Discover your personas >
Duration: 60 / 90 / 120 minutes
Format: online or in-person
Climate challenges are gradually reshaping the business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
This workshop provides a structured framework for understanding what it means to operate in a low-carbon economy.
By exploring emerging risks, business opportunities, and evolving models, you will be better able to assess your company’s position and interpret the signals that influence your competitiveness.
Objective
Clarify the context to take a strategic step back.
Why take part?
■ Understand the climate dynamics that influence SMEs
■ Situate your business in the current market evolution
■ Identify key climate-related risks and opportunities
■ Share a common language within your team
Where do Quebec businesses stand on climate action?
Decoding trends to better position yourself
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: SMEs and support ecosystem
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: online or in-person
This workshop presents the most up-to-date strategic data from QNP’s Business Transition Barometer to capture the signals that are shaping the business environment for SMEs. You will discover the dominant trends, recurring obstacles and emerging dynamics that influence the move to action, as well as concrete examples of inspiring companies in Quebec.
Objective
Understand the global context to situate your organization with lucidity.
Why take part?
■ Understand the current state of climate action by Quebec businesses
■ Interpret trends and their implications for SMEs
■ Identify the dynamics that promote or hinder engagement
■ Rely on rigorous data to inform your thinking
ESG for SMEs: Integrating Key Aspects into Your Decisions
Moving from ESG to concrete benchmarks
Level (personas) : Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée
Who should attend: SMEs
Level (personas): Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée – Discover your personas >
Duration: 60 minutes
Format: online or in-person
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria are increasingly influencing access to markets, capital and supply chains.
This workshop offers a structured overview of the 9 essential aspects of transition, applied to operations, the value chain and organizational culture. Using concrete questions, you will clarify what it really means to integrate ESG aspects into your business decisions.
Objective
Understand the strategic implications of ESG criteria to make informed business decisions.
Why take part?
■ Demystify ESG criteria and their concrete implications
■ Identify priority issues in your operations and your value chain
■ Understand the expectations of customers, investors and major contractors
■ Ask the right questions to prioritize and communicate
Taking action
Clarify where you stand, identify where action creates the greatest impact and structure your decisions accordingly.
Integrate climate action into your strategy and operations
Activer les bons leviers, au bon moment
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: SMEs and support ecosystem
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 120 minutes or more, up to a full day of guided animation
Format: Online or face-to-face, depending on the duration and needs
Climate issues are now influencing the performance, competitiveness and resilience of SMEs. For companies, the question is no longer why to act, but where and how to create value in the short and long term.
This workshop offers a structured approach to move from understanding risks to activating the most promising value creation levers. By clarifying your company’s level of climate commitment, identifying “moments of truth” and mobilizing your teams, you will discover where and how to integrate climate action at the heart of your business decisions.
Objective
To enable people in influential roles within and around SMEs to prioritize the most strategic levers and integrate climate action into their business decisions in a structured and cost-effective way.
Why take part?
■ Avoid investing time and resources in the wrong place, at the wrong time
■ Identify your maturity profile among the 5 typical profiles of Quebec companies
■ Prioritize the levers that create the most value and strengthen your ability to act in a context of uncertainty
■ Make the transition a strategic driver rather than a constraint.
Green transition: where do SMEs stand and how to take a step further?
Understanding the trajectories of Quebec companies in the face of climate action
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée
Who should attend: SMEs and players in their support ecosystem. This training is adapted by sector (primary, secondary and tertiary)
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée – Discover your personas >
Duration: 90 / 120 minutes
Format: online or in-person
Climate issues are now influencing the performance, competitiveness and resilience of SMEs.
This workshop offers a structured approach to move from understanding risks to activating the most promising value creation levers. By clarifying your company’s level of climate commitment, identifying “moments of truth” and mobilizing your teams, you will discover where and how to integrate climate action at the heart of your business decisions.
Objective
To enable people in influential roles within and around SMEs to prioritize the most strategic levers and integrate climate action into their business decisions in a structured and cost-effective way.
Why take part?
■ Avoid investing time and resources in the wrong place, at the wrong time
■ Identify your maturity profile among the 5 typical profiles of Quebec companies
■ Prioritize the levers that create the most value and strengthen your ability to act in a context of uncertainty
■ Identify the dynamics specific to companies in the primary sector
Managing climate action
Give management and the Board of Directors the benchmarks they need to steer climate action with rigor and credibility.
Strategic foresight: guiding your decisions in a changing world
Anticipating the economy of tomorrow to guide your strategic choices
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: Leaders, management teams, consultant and advisor
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 120 minutes or more, up to a full day of guided animation
Format: Online or face-to-face, depending on the duration and needs
Business decisions made today shape your company’s place in tomorrow’s economy.
Based on strategic foresight exercises and scenarios for moving towards a low-carbon economy, this workshop invites you to imagine different plausible futures — and to draw concrete implications for your current choices.
By exploring emerging signals, possible disruptions, and transformation trajectories, you’ll develop a more strategic reading of uncertainty and an increased ability to guide your decisions.
Objective
Enable leaders and key actors to make informed decisions today by integrating the future dynamics of economic and climate transformation.
Why take part?
■ Explore plausible scenarios for the evolution of the Québec economy
■ Test the solidity of your strategic choices in the face of different futures
■ Identify the risks and opportunities related to future transformations
■ Strengthen your ability to make decisions despite uncertainty
Establishing effective climate governance
Clarify your obligations and manage with rigour
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend:
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 60 / 90 / 120 minutes
Format: online or in-person
In a context where regulatory, financial and societal expectations are changing rapidly, climate governance is becoming an unavoidable fiduciary issue.
In partnership with the Canadian Climate Law Initiative (CCLI), QNP is offering an interactive workshop for directors and officers in Quebec. This workshop clarifies climate-related fiduciary obligations, plausible transition trajectories, and strategic responsibilities of boards of directors.
Led by a duo of experts, the training equips you to assess the climate maturity of your organization and manage with confidence and credibility.
Objective
Strengthen the Board’s capacity to integrate climate issues into its strategic decisions and governance.
Why take part?
■ Understanding climate-related fiduciary obligations
■ Clarifying boards’ legal and strategic responsibilities for climate change
■ Assessing how transition choices influence competitiveness, resilience, and long-term value
■ Structuring the integration of climate considerations into board strategy and decisions
Thriving in the context of climate change
Leading with clarity in times of uncertainty
Level (personas) : Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: Administrators, executives, professionals, consultants and advisors
Level (personas): Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 120 minutes or more, up to a full day of guided animation
Format: online or in-person
Climate and economic transformations are creating an environment marked by uncertainty, polarization and sometimes contradictory signals.
This workshop is aimed at key influencers who wish to strengthen their ability to guide their organization – or the SMEs they support – with coherence and discernment. By combining a strategic reading of the context and the appropriation of climate leadership, you will clarify your posture, your priorities and your ability to mobilize.
Objective
Lead with confidence in a changing environment.
Why take part?
■ Strengthen your ability to lead in a context of climate and economic transformation
■ Identify your strengths and areas of vigilance to inspire as a leader in the transition
■ Mobilize your teams despite resistance and tensions
■ Clarify key concepts related to the low-carbon economy and their strategic implications for your organization
■ Interpret global and Quebec dynamics: key data, weak signals and changes in current business models
Supporting SMEs
Strengthen your ability to intervene to accelerate consistent and profitable climate decisions within companies
Accompany SMEs in climate action
Equip yourself to increase your role of influence
Level (personas) : Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: Consultants and advisors
Level (personas): Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 120 minutes or more, up to a full day of guided animation
Format: Online or in-person
This workshop is aimed at professionals in an advisory role who wish to structure their climate support for SMEs.
Using strategic data from the Business Transition Barometer and QNP Typical Profiles, you’ll learn where your client companies are, how to interpret their maturity level, and where to spot the “moments of truth” that drive action.
Objective: to strengthen your ability to intervene in a coherent, credible manner that is aligned with the reality of Quebec SMEs.
Objective
Why take part?
■ Understand where Quebec SMEs stand based on the most recent data
■ Identify the maturity profile of your client companies
■ Identify the moments of truth to capture in your support
■ Structure an approach adapted to each level of maturity
Initiating the ESG dialogue with SMEs
Strengthen your capacity as coaches to integrate ESG criteria into your interventions in a structured and engaging way
Level (personas) : Immobile, Enthousiaste
Who should attend: Executives, consultants and advisors
Level (personas): Immobile, Enthousiaste – Discover your personas >
Duration: 60 minutes
Format: online or in-person
ESG criteria are becoming essential in calls for tenders, financing requests and business relationships.
Based on the 9 essential aspects of the transition according to ADEME’s ACT methodology, this workshop equips coaches to structure their exchanges with SMEs. Using strategic questions and concrete examples, you will learn how to identify blind spots, identify risks and identify business opportunities.
Objective
Transform ESG conversations into coherent and credible levers for action.
Why take part?
■ Structure your ESG exchanges with clear benchmarks
■ Identify greenwashing
risks■ Link ESG, performance and transition
trajectory■ Strengthen your position as a strategic partner
Adapting communications to engage SMEs in a context of uncertainty and polarization
Communicating accurately in a polarized context
Level (personas) : Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire
Who should attend: Consultants and advisors
Level (personas): Insouciante, Immobile, Enthousiaste, Engagée, Visionnaire – Discover your personas >
Duration: 60 / 90 / 120 minutes
Format: online or in-person
Supporting SMEs requires communication adapted to their level of maturity, their constraints and their business reality.
Based on typical company profiles and data from the Business Transition Barometer, this workshop explores how to adjust your messages, remove obstacles and strengthen engagement.
Through case studies and practical exchanges, you will develop more strategic and engaging communication approaches.
Objective
Why take part?
■ Understand the dynamics of mobilization in a polarized context
■ Adapt your discourse to the level of maturity of SMEs
■ Identify the levers of engagement on the ground
■ Transform awareness into concrete commitment
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