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Yale SOM Executive Education: Corporate Sustainability Management: Risk, Profit, and Purpose

Drive sustainability in your business with a practical implementation plan for the future.

Drive sustainability in your business with a practical implementation plan for the future.

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This course is offered by , an edX partner
6 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts May 15, 2024
Enroll by May 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
6 weeks
8–10 hours per week
Starts May 15, 2024
Enroll by May 21, 2024
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

As sustainability becomes an increasingly critical part of global consciousness, businesses are faced with one of their biggest opportunities for innovation to date. Today, companies have the chance to transform their practices to drive not only progress, but profits as well.

The Corporate Sustainability Management: Risk, Profit, and Purpose online program from the Yale School of Management Executive Education provides a practical guide for incorporating sustainability into your business strategy. The program features a wide variety of on-the-job resources, insights from industry leaders, case studies, discussions, and real-world applications. At the end of six weeks, you’ll walk away with an understanding of the potential financial impact of sustainability issues, and be equipped with the best practices and tools for leveraging opportunities in sustainability to gain a competitive edge.

This program benefits business leaders and executives looking to develop a competitive advantage by offering them the tools needed to give strategic direction on sustainability. It also provides valuable resources for professionals and specialists who want to drive positive change in their role, as well as those working in the risk management and business continuity space. In addition, the program equips consultants with the insight needed to better advise clients, and provides public sector policymakers and regulators with an in-depth understanding of the impact of sustainability measures on business.

How does this program differ from the Sustainable Finance and Investment online program?

The Corporate Sustainability Management: Risk, Profit, and Purpose online program is designed to help you embed sustainability and sustainable practices into the core of your business strategies. The Sustainable Finance and Investment online program, on the other hand, focuses primarily on equipping you to make more informed analyses and decisions when investing in sustainable assets and products.

Course curriculum

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Learn to think strategically about sustainability as you work through the weekly modules of this online program.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: The business imperative for sustainability

Module 2: Multistakeholder risk assessment

Module 3: Valuing sustainability risks and opportunities

Module 4: Integrating sustainability into business strategy

Module 5: Building your sustainability tool kit

Module 6: Implementing a sustainability program

About the certificate

Earn an official certificate of participation from Yale SOM Executive Education and receive recognition for your acquired knowledge.

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 program handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.

Some facts about the subject

96%

The amount of people who think businesses should be leading efforts to address climate change.

Yale Center for Business and the Environment (2020).


70%

The percentage of consumers who say they’d be willing to pay more for sustainable packaging.

_McKinsey (Oct, 2020). _

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