Management for sustainable business

Year1:

The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is the essential training for:

• Understanding the role of business in addressing complex grand challenges
• Developing holistic, inclusive and sustainable strategies and business models
• Gaining insights into innovations in different functional areas of business and how to develop and implement these in practice
• Engaging with different stakeholders including experts from a variety of sectors including engineering and law
• Acquiring the technical expertise required for carbon footprint assessment, CSR certification, auditing and reporting

In addition to a broad sustainability vision, functional insights and technical knowledge and skills, the program puts a strong emphasis on personal development and aims to foster a critical, inquisitive and creative spirit. It also includes essential soft skills such as managing stress and eco-anxiety and developing emotional intelligence, adaptability and empathy.

The course takes a learning by doing approach and encourages collaboration. You'll play an active role in your training by learning to problematize issues and situations in context and then moving to take action, contributing to real-world projects, participating in challenging practical case studies, and engaging in ongoing reflection on your personal development.  

Modules:

• Systems Thinking and Sustainability
• Sustainability across cultures
• Sustainability Strategies
• Building Sustainable Supply Chains
• Leading Change for Sustainability
• Materiality, Reporting and Auditing
• Sustainability Certification  
• Financing for Sustainable Impact
• Multi-capital accounting and ESG rating
• People, Diversity and Rights
• Recycling, Materials and Waste
• Sustainable Design, Marketing and Consumption
• Business Consulting Project
• Sustainable Cities Project 

Year2:

The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is the essential training for:

• Understanding the role of business in addressing complex grand challenges
• Developing holistic, inclusive and sustainable strategies and business models
• Gaining insights into innovations in different functional areas of business and how to develop and implement these in practice
• Engaging with different stakeholders including experts from a variety of sectors including engineering and law
• Acquiring the technical expertise required for carbon footprint assessment, CSR certification, auditing and reporting

In addition to a broad sustainability vision, functional insights and technical knowledge and skills, the program puts a strong emphasis on personal development and aims to foster a critical, inquisitive and creative spirit. It also includes essential soft skills such as managing stress and eco-anxiety and developing emotional intelligence, adaptability and empathy.

The course takes a learning by doing approach and encourages collaboration. You'll play an active role in your training by learning to problematize issues and situations in context and then moving to take action, contributing to real-world projects, participating in challenging practical case studies, and engaging in ongoing reflection on your personal development.  

Modules:

• Systems Thinking and Sustainability
• Sustainability across cultures
• Sustainability Strategies
• Building Sustainable Supply Chains
• Leading Change for Sustainability
• Materiality, Reporting and Auditing
• Sustainability Certification  
• Financing for Sustainable Impact
• Multi-capital accounting and ESG rating
• People, Diversity and Rights
• Recycling, Materials and Waste
• Sustainable Design, Marketing and Consumption
• Business Consulting Project
• Sustainable Cities Project