Sustainability certificate templates and badges
3 free designs. A set is one design as a badge, a landscape or a portrait certificate, or all three.
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Roots And Shoots set
Badge · Landscape · Portrait
A sustainability certificate template is the starting point for recognising people who have learned how to act on climate and the environment. Companies give one after staff sustainability or ESG training, nonprofits award it to volunteers who finish a climate action workshop, and colleges and training providers hand it out once a short course on carbon, waste or the Sustainable Development Goals is done.
A good one names the course and says what the holder can now do: explain the basics of climate science, measure a carbon footprint, apply circular economy ideas or build an action plan for their team. Add the hours or level, the date, a credential ID and the signature of the course lead or the head of sustainability.
The designs come as certificates in A4 and US Letter and as badges, so learners can print the record for the wall and share a verifiable copy online.
Wording
What to write on a sustainability certificate
Use these lines as they are, or as a start for your own. Every template comes with wording you can change in the studio.
Wording for a certificate of sustainability training
- “For completing Sustainability and Climate Action, and for the commitment to put it into practice.”
- “In recognition of completing our sustainability foundations course: climate science, carbon footprinting and circular economy.”
- “Awarded for successfully completing the company's ESG and sustainability training program.”
Climate certificate wording for volunteers and community projects
- “With thanks for your time and energy as a climate action volunteer.”
- “For leading a community project that cut waste and brought neighbours together.”
- “In recognition of your contribution to a greener campus this year.”
Short lines for the badge or the email
- “Rooted in climate action.”
- “Sustainability trained and ready to act.”
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Sent by email
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Anyone can verify it
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Only when the course taught them. If learners worked with the 17 UN goals, name them in the topics or the statement, or name the few goals the course focused on, such as climate action or responsible consumption. Do not add the goals as decoration to a course that did not cover them.
Yes, when the course included a project with a measured result, for example an office energy plan or a waste audit. Put the figure and how it was measured in the statement. Leave it out when the saving is only an estimate the learner has not yet achieved.
Many companies report how many employees received sustainability or environmental training. A dated certificate with a credential ID for each person gives a simple record to count, but check which training your reporting framework accepts.
No. This certificate recognises a person who completed a course. Certifications for a company or a product, such as an environmental management system standard or an eco-label, come from accredited bodies after an audit.
A foundation course is usually a one-time award with no end date. Training tied to a role or a standard that changes, such as reporting or auditing skills, often carries a valid-until date so people refresh it every one to three years.
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