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Priya's Thursday, Two Ways

8 lessons · 26 prompts

A day in the life of a Sustainability Manager: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a sustainability manager at a mid-sized manufacturer.

Priya starts Thursday with a coffee and a pile of notes. A new packaging rule is coming, and she needs to know if it applies to her company. She opens Claude and uses the prompt from Explain Frameworks And Regulations. She types: 'Compare CSRD and GRI for a mid-sized manufacturer with sites in two countries. Keep it plain and list what applies.' Claude gives her a clear table and three questions to check with legal.

Next she looks at energy data from three sites. The numbers are in different formats. She uses the Track Carbon Footprint prompt in ChatGPT: 'Organize these monthly kWh readings by site. Explain how you calculated the totals. Suggest a simple way to show progress to leadership.' She pastes the numbers. The tool groups them and offers a chart idea.

After lunch, her manager asks for a short update for the board. Priya uses the Report To Stakeholders prompt: 'Draft an executive summary about our packaging rule review and our energy use. Tone: honest and clear. Length: one page.' She edits the draft, adds a local example, and sends it. No late night needed.

With the time she won back, Priya walks the factory floor. She talks to the packaging team about a waste reduction idea. She uses the Educate And Engage Employees prompt to draft a quick message for the team. Then she joins a call with a supplier about lower-carbon materials. The prompts did the heavy reading and drafting. Priya did the part that needs a human.

Before

  • Rules change and I am always behind
  • Carbon data lives in messy spreadsheets
  • Reports take weekends to pull together
  • Employees tune out sustainability emails

After this course

  • I compare rules in minutes, not days
  • Carbon tracking feels calm and organized
  • Reports come together during work hours
  • Colleagues join in without extra pushing

What you'll learn

  • Explain ESG Rules: Use AI to compare regulations and reporting frameworks so you know what applies to your organization.
  • Engage Employees: Create training, campaigns, and internal messages that get people involved in sustainability.
  • Admin And Team: Handle budgets, meeting follow-ups, and progress updates so your projects stay on track.
  • Audit Resource Use: Analyze resource data, design audits, and turn findings into clear recommendations.
  • Track Carbon Footprint: Organize emissions data, explain calculations, and build a credible carbon reduction roadmap.
  • Plan Green Initiatives: Generate initiative ideas, implementation plans, and project charters for green projects.
  • Draft Sustainability Strategy: Draft a strategy, set targets, and build the business case for leadership.
  • Report To Stakeholders: Draft report sections, executive summaries, and prepare for stakeholder questions.

How this course works

  1. 8 lessonsOne task of your job each, from explain frameworks and regulations to report to stakeholders.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.