The CEN Certification project, created in 2021, by CEN co-founders (Esther Robles and Dominique Conterno) and completed in 2022, is an initiative to validate and certify enterprises’ commitments to the United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) as well as its Conscious Leadership positioning.
The CEN Certification project requires enterprises to undergo a complete and challenging program that is running in a 3-year cycle.
The project has developed processes in business analysis, mentoring, auditing, benchmarking and certifying. The project is run by the two CEN co-founders and is available to CEN and non-CEN enterprises. |
The service has four cyclic distinct phases.
- Pre-certification (year 0)
- This business analysis phase is set to determine where the enterprise stands in regard of the relevant UN SDG compliances and Conscious Leadership commitments and what is required for the enterprise to meet them
- Certification (year 1)
- This is an audit phase whereby the enterprise is certified when meeting is commitments and progresses to date
- Post-certification (years 2-3)
- This is the mentoring and benchmarking phase by which an enterprise demonstrates its adherence to the agreed SDG compliances and Conscious Leadership commitments yearly goals and its success at delivering them
- Re-certification (year 4)
- The certification is renewed at that time as long as all commitments from the last three years have been fulfilled and a new commitment is agreed with the CEN auditor