Integrate sustainability management into your business strategy and become a leader in a field that is fundamental to business success across all industries, anywhere in the world
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Increasingly, businesses recognise the need to respond to global pressures such as climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequalities. The concept of ‘sustainability’ is no longer confined to NGOs and activists, it is now integral to ensuring that businesses can continue to operate on a planet with finite resources. The successful businesses of the future will be those that proactively responded to the global challenges of today, taking advantage of the innovations in technology to drive impactful change and gain a competitive edge.
Sustainability in business is also not the sole responsibility of a designated sustainability manager. Instead, it needs to be integrated into business operations throughout the value chain and across every business function. This University of Cambridge Business Sustainability Management online short course provides individuals working within the private and public sector with a working knowledge of key areas of sustainability management, covering what sustainability is, why it is important from an economic, social and environmental angle, and how a business can go about integrating it into their operations.
This course is certified by the United Kingdom CPD Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who
are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 100
hours of learning.
Note: should students wish to claim CPD activity, the onus is upon them. The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming
or validation of hours or points
Over eight weeks, you’ll gain verifiable and relevant knowledge of sustainability, centred on the notion that sustainability is integral to ensuring businesses stay resilient in a changing world while delivering benefits to both shareholders and society.
Guided by industry experts, you’ll investigate the argument for sustainability, how to integrate sustainability across the value chain, the role of innovative design, planning, and technology in facilitating a sustainable business, and how to effectively communicate sustainability strategies and goals to internal and external stakeholders. This will also be put into practice through the development of your personalised action plan for overcoming the barriers and seizing the opportunities to create meaningful change within your context.
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is collaborating with digital education provider GetSmarter, a 2U, Inc. brand, to provide an interactive and supported learning experience, equipping you to lead with impact in a changing business world.
The CISL Network is made up of 27,000 senior leaders and leading practitioners who represent business, the public sector and civil society in every industry, on every continent. Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll be invited to join this prestigious global community. This forum includes students from CISL’s executive education and graduate programmes, members of its business platforms and expert faculty and contributors to its work. Through it, CISL aims to provide opportunities for members of its Network to keep up to date with the latest thinking and action, the space to debate ideas and share experience and the chance to collaborate and influence change.
CISL is an institution within the University of Cambridge that strives to challenge, inform, and support leaders from business and policy to deliver change towards sustainability.
CISL helps individuals, major organisations, and whole sectors develop strategies that reconcile profitability and sustainability, and to work collaboratively with their peers not only to develop solutions to shared challenges, but also catalyse real systems change.
ORIENTATION MODULE: Welcome to your Online campus
You’ll be welcomed to the course and begin connecting with fellow students, while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated and distributed.
You’ll be required to complete your student profile, confirm your email address for the delivery of your digital certificate and submit a digital copy of your passport/identity document.
The global state, what needs to change, and how to bridge the sustainability gap through rewiring the economy.
Why sustainability is good for business and the importance of good leadership in achieving change.
Policy instruments, international agreements, and the role of business and civil society in shaping a zero carbon economy.
The value chain: Implementing business models and processes for sourcing, producing, and consuming sustainably.
The role of innovative design, planning, and technology in facilitating sustainable business.
How to effectively communicate sustainability strategies and goals to internal and external stakeholders.
How businesses can work together with corporate, government, and non-profit actors to bring about large-scale change in the sustainability space.
Learn how to be an effective change agent, overcome barriers to change, obtain networking support, and create a personalised sustainability action plan.
Sustainability is the responsibility of all members of an organisation and can no longer be designated to a single role. This online short course is therefore aimed at professionals from all fields, whether you’re in an organisation looking to incorporate sustainability practices, or are an entrepreneur wanting to start a business and understand more about the role and importance of sustainability in your operations. You’ll be given the tools to adopt a practical approach to sustainability challenges by developing a unique action plan for your context. This not only highlights current global pressures and megatrends affecting business, but also gives you the knowledge and confidence to help colleagues and other stakeholders adapt and identify new sustainable social, economic, and environmental opportunities.
Enhance your leadership skills and learn new tools to effectively argue the business case for sustainability
Engage with an international cohort of business leaders to develop your global perspective and create opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll earn a digital certificate of completion from a world-leading sustainability institution, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL).</p> <p>Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.</p> <p>Your digital certificate of completion will be issued in your legal name and sent to you via email. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of the University.
This subject matter expert from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership guides the course design and appears in a number of course videos, along with a variety of industry professionals.
Chirstian is the Instructor director at the Assosiation of Specalized Mountaineering Guides, where he helps companies with a global reach to derive value from embedding innovative approaches to sustainability across their organisation and their supply chains. Christian has extensive experience working with companies and NGOs on sustainability challenges, with particular expertise in the food, agricultural, utility, tourism, and extractive sectors. He has lived in several African countries working with governments and the private sector to tackle the resource challenges of today and the future.
Senior Associate, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Founding Director, the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Sustainability Advisor, former Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer
Associate Professor, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Tu Delft
Sustainability Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Chairman, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
Executive Chair, Global Electricity Initiative Senior Advisor and MD of Energy and Climate, WBCSD
CEO, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland)
Leading author and environmentalist
Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Every course is broken down into manageable, weekly modules, designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse learning activities:
GetSmarter, with whom CISL is collaborating to deliver this online course, provides a personalised approach to online education that ensures you’re supported throughout your learning journey.
In order to complete this course, you’ll need a current email account and access to a computer and the internet, as well as a PDF Reader. You may need to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word or Excel.
We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus. Although this is not a requirement, we have found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course material. This browser can be downloaded here.
Certain courses may require additional software and resources. These additional software and resource requirements will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing course content. Please check with an Enrolment Advisor before registering for this course if you have any concerns about this affecting your experience with the Online Campus.
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