Overview

Why Choose the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Management

Four reasons professionals choose this certificate to add sustainability expertise.

Specialize in Your Area

Choose three of four sustainable management courses to match your interests.

Live Online Seminars

Two 90-minute live webcam seminars in every six-week course, at the end of weeks 2 and 5, plus a daily discussion forum.

A Global Classroom

Complete a team project with classmates around the world and build an international network.

Built Around Your Job

Discussion questions and assignments can be tailored to your own work or project.

Program Learning Outcomes

What you will be able to do by the time you complete the program.

Knowledge & Research

  • Conduct a detailed literature review in sustainability
  • Explain current trends, issues and research findings in sustainability

Analysis & Decisions

  • Use analytical, quantitative and behavioral tools to understand an organization's impact on ecosystems
  • Use technology to manage organizational resources effectively

Leadership & Communication

  • Identify the leadership, teamwork and supervision skills needed to move organizations toward sustainability
  • Communicate the importance of sustainability to different stakeholders

Ethics & Growth

  • Describe the ethical considerations in developing sustainable operations
  • Devise strategies for your own ongoing professional development in sustainable management

How You'll Learn

Each six-week course combines two live webcam seminars, a daily discussion forum, written assignments and a team project.

Online discussion forum Daily, all 6 weeks
Next CourseNew term every 6 weeks
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Your Path to the Certificate

Three sustainability courses, chosen by you, completed fully online.

01

STEP 1

Choose Your Courses

Select three of four: enterprise development, triple bottom line, green marketing, and CSR and ethics.

02

STEP 2

Study Each Course

Complete each six-week course with live seminars, forum work, a team project and a final project.

03

STEP 3

Earn Your Certificate

Finish your three courses, 9 units in all, in as little as 18 weeks.

Career Paths

Bring sustainability skills to your current role or a new one.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

Lead Sustainability Inside Companies

Build and run sustainability programs in organizations.

  • Sustainability manager
  • CSR manager
  • ESG analyst

GREEN MARKETING & PRODUCTS

Design Greener Products

Bring environmentally responsible products and brands to market.

  • Green marketing manager
  • Product stewardship specialist
  • Sustainable brand manager

OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN

Make Operations Sustainable

Reduce impact across operations and supply chains.

  • Sustainable supply chain manager
  • Operations manager
  • Environmental compliance coordinator

CONSULTING & POLICY

Advise and Shape Policy

Advise organizations and contribute to sound economic and public policy.

  • Sustainability consultant
  • NGO program manager
  • Sustainability policy advisor

Meet Our Faculty

Learn from experienced academics and professionals who bring subject expertise, research, and real-world perspective into the classroom.

Kwok Shum

Teaches on the doctoral and Green MBA programs, and has run Clinton Foundation C40 workshops.

Tamara Myatt, Ph.D.

Former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women in Afghanistan. Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems, Fielding Graduate University.

Vince Carter, Ph.D.

Professor at the Akio Morita School of Business and the Kisho Kurokawa Green Institute.

Chris Raymond, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, followed by an international MBA.

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