CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT: RISK, PROFIT, AND PURPOSE

Improve your profit and purpose, guided by world-class faculty and experts

Duration

6 weeks, excluding
orientation

Effort

8–10 hours per week,
entirely online

Learning Format

Weekly modules,
flexible learning

On completion of this program, you’ll walk away with:

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The skills needed to build a robust corporate sustainability strategy that gives your business a competitive advantage.

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Insights from world-renowned experts and faculty that will help you identify and address sustainability risks and opportunities relevant to your company.

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A practical guide to the frameworks, standards, and guidelines that can assist you in implementing profitable sustainability strategies.

4

A global network of like-minded professionals.*

*Upon successful completion of your program, you’ll gain access to the exclusive Yale School of Management Executive Education Alumni group on LinkedIn.

Program outline

Module 1 The business imperative for sustainability
Appreciate why businesses should be concerned about sustainability.

Module 2 Multistakeholder risk assessment
Identify which sustainability risks and opportunities are most material to a business and its stakeholders.

Module 3 Valuing sustainability risks and opportunities
Investigate the role of capitals and decision-making frameworks in determining the value of sustainability risks and opportunities.

Module 4 Integrating sustainability into business strategy
Determine how to address sustainability risks and opportunities from a strategic perspective.

Module 5 Building your sustainability tool kit
Examine existing frameworks, standards, and guidelines that corporate sustainability practitioners can rely on.

Module 6 Implementing a sustainability program
Plan the way forward for implementing a sustainability program.

Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.

Your Program Convener

Dr Todd Cort

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability; Faculty Director of Sustainability Program, MBA for Executives; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Center for Business and the Environment; Faculty Co-Director, Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance

With over 20 years of experience working at the intersection of sustainability and investor value, Cort has provided investors, businesses, and society with the mechanisms, metrics, and indicators to create the greatest value. He has helped multiple companies to implement sustainability programs and integrate programs to meet regulatory requirements. He also promotes sustainability awareness through his engagement with communities, regulators, policy makers, and internal stakeholders. Cort serves on a variety of advisory boards including the JUST Capital Scientific Advisory Board, the PRIME Coalition Academic Advisory Committee and Merck Sustainability Advisory Committee, and is also currently Board Chair for Save the Sound, a regional environmental non-profit serving communities around Long Island Sound.

An online education that sets you apart

This Yale School of Management Executive Education online program is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:

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Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from an international selection of universities and institutions, entirely online and in your own time.

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Enjoy a personalized, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.

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Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.

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