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CSPP™
Certified Sustainable Project Professional™
The credential matures with the profession · Formerly the GPM-b™
Effective June 5
The Green Project Manager – Basic (GPM-b™) becomes the Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP™). Established in 2013 as the first sustainability certification for project professionals, the credential now matures with the profession it helped create.
The CSPP™ reflects how the profession has matured. Sustainability is now embedded across governance, planning, decision-making, and delivery. It operates as a knowledge area that intersects with cost, risk, schedule, quality, and value realization — spanning labor and working conditions, community impact, emissions, resource use, compliance, ethics, and adaptive governance.
Built for today’s project landscape, the CSPP™ equips project leaders with the lens and toolkit to uncover hidden value, mitigate risk, and build resilience into delivery. Grounded in the globally recognized P5™ Standard and aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is built for professionals responsible for turning sustainability priorities into resilient, real-world project outcomes — projects that deliver measurable value for people, planet, and prosperity.
Why the CSPP™ — and Why Now
Sustainability is now a strategic priority for most organizations — but the ability to deliver on it has not kept pace. PMI’s global research, Executing Sustainability Strategy: When Ambition Meets Reality, surveyed nearly 1,600 project professionals across 35 countries and found the gap is not one of intent. It is one of knowledge and capability — and it widens the closer you get to delivery.
These are not motivational problems; they are execution problems. Closing them takes professionals who can translate sustainability objectives into project decisions, controls, and measurable outcomes — exactly the capability the CSPP™ validates.
Already earned the GPM-b™? You don’t start over — your credential carries forward to the CSPP™. The path depends on your status.
Which describes you?
▶ My GPM-b™ is active
| 1 — Complete the short registry-merge form so we can match your record. |
| 2 — GPM sends weekly batch updates to PMI, and your GPM-b™ is added to your PMI profile. |
| 3 — Once it appears on your profile, click the no-cost opt-in at PMI to receive your CSPP™ — no exam, no additional training. |
▶ My GPM-b™ has expired
Your certificate still counts. Keep your GPM-b™ certificate on hand and email our certification board — we’ll facilitate a renewal exam to bring you current and issue your CSPP™.
Prefer to keep the GPM-b™? You may retain the designation through its current validity period (five years, no maintenance). New applicants may also sit the GPM-b™ exam through 31 December 2026. See the transition FAQ.
By Earning the CSPP™, You Will:
| Navigate project delivery where sustainability, resilience, and reporting expectations increasingly shape outcomes. |
| Embed sustainability into governance, planning, decision-making, and delivery — without building parallel systems or separate processes. |
| Connect project decisions to measurable impacts, data, and recognized standards. |
| Deliver value for people, planet, and prosperity alongside scope, schedule, and budget. |
| Demonstrate validated, business-led sustainability capability backed by two global leaders. |
What You’ll Learn
Why Choose the CSPP™?
Choose Your Path
The CSPP™ is designed to meet you where you are in your career. Whether you’re an experienced practitioner expanding your expertise or pursuing your first certification, choose the path that fits.
CSPP™ Exam Structure
The CSPP™ is a knowledge-based examination aligned with the PMI-GPM P5™ Standard for Sustainability in Project Management. Two formats are available, matched to your pathway.
📌 Delivered in person at a Pearson VUE test center or online with remote proctoring. Up to three attempts within a one-year eligibility period.
📌 In line with the PMI Gold Standard format, the CSPP™ is maintained on a three-year renewal cycle (30 PDUs).
From Ambition to Execution
High-performing organizations don’t rely on intent or visibility. They close the strategy-delivery gap deliberately, through four connected levers — and the certified professional is the translation layer that makes each one work.
PMI’s research is clear: portfolio and project professionals are the essential translation layer — routing strategic intent downward and delivery reality upward. The CSPP™ builds exactly that capability.
Projects are the point of execution for strategy, policy, and investment. Embedding sustainability at that level is how organizations move from stated intent to measurable outcomes — the golden thread, not two teams across the hall. The CSPP™ is how the profession makes that commitment operational.
Get Started
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PRiSM™, the PMI-GPM P5™ Standard for Sustainability in Project Management, the PMI® GPM® Practice Guide for Sustainability in Project Management, and CSPP™ (formerly GPM-b™) are trademarks of GPM Global and the PMI-GPM Joint Venture as applicable.
