5 Courses Required

Additional Details

Target Audience

  • Mid- to senior-level managers
  • Brand managers
  • Sustainability directors
  • Supply chain management professionals
  • Operations professionals
  • Finance professionals
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Graduate students

Accreditation

  • Sustainable Business Certificate from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management
  • 50 Professional Development Hours (5.0 CEUs)
  • 50 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification

Certificate Description

As sustainability issues become increasingly pressing, consumers are demanding more responsibility, transparency, and accountability from organizations. By weaving sustainability efforts into the fabric of your everyday goals and situating them at the forefront of value creation, your organization can successfully adapt to this demanding and rapidly changing landscape.

This certificate program will prepare you to evaluate your organization’s current sustainability efforts, identify gaps and opportunities, and create unique solutions to drive organizational value. You will gain insights into your organization’s competitive approach by assessing environmental and social sustainability throughout the life cycle of a product or service and leveraging research-based frameworks and methodologies to ideate solutions that turn sustainability problems into market opportunities. You will also explore how aligning stakeholder relationships enhances your ability to achieve profitability and sustainability goals. With these strategies and best practices, you will be uniquely positioned to create a sustainability implementation plan tailored to your organization’s specific needs.

For the best experience in this program it is recommended to take these courses in the order that they appear.

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Sustainable Business
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