Let's Get Certified - CSPP
Sustainability is a key driver of project success and an important opportunity for chapter leaders to help members build future-ready skills. In project management, it means considering environmental, social, and economic impact throughout the project lifecycle so outcomes create lasting value for people, business, and the planet.
PMI’s Maximizing Project Success research shows that sustainability is the strongest predictor of project success, yet it remains underused in practice. This creates a clear opportunity for project professionals to lead the way by turning sustainability goals into practical action and delivering better outcomes for people, communities, and business.
Join us to learn more about The Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP)™ and how it equips project leaders with the lens and toolkit to uncover hidden value, mitigate risk and build resilience into delivery. Lead future-ready projects that adapt to disruption and deliver measurable business impact.
Advance your expertise to embed sustainability into delivery, lead resilient projects and drive business value.
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Pauline Melnyk is an international change leader, executive coach, facilitator, and founder of Melnyk Consultancy Ltd. She brings extensive experience helping organizations translate sustainability commitments into practical, people-centred action that creates lasting value.
Pauline’s work spans change management, leadership development, project delivery, organizational transformation, and sustainable business practice. She is a passionate advocate for ensuring sustainability is embedded throughout the project lifecycle—not treated as a separate initiative—and for equipping leaders to consider the environmental, social, economic, and human impacts of change.
As a sustainability speaker and ambassador, Pauline has contributed to global conversations on the role of project professionals in delivering social value, building organizational resilience, and moving sustainability from intention to measurable impact. Through her Vector4Change™ framework, she helps leaders connect strategy, people, culture, and delivery to create change that is both sustainable and regenerative.
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Stefanie DeYoung has been an active volunteer with PMI NS since 2021 and is currently the VP of Programs. Stefanie is also a member of PMI’s
Global Sustainability Outreach Committee. Stefanie received the 2024 President’s Award for going above and beyond, for example, with planning PMI NS Chapter’s 25th Anniversary and participating on the planning committee for the 2024 PM R2&R3 Regional Conference. She's currently a Project Manager at Nova Scotia Power with 10 years of experience working in the utility and finance industries and obtained her PMP credentials in September 2021.
