Program Overview

Sustainability in Business, Certificate

Darla Moore School of Business

Drive positive environmental and social change in business to better understand and manage the large-scale environmental, economic and social systems that shape collective well-being.

Sustainability affects all areas of business including strategy, human resources, product development, operations, supply chain, risk assessments, marketing, communications, financing, investor relations, auditing and reporting. Deepen your understanding of key environmental, social, economic and governance issues facing businesses today.

Program Highlights

• Business Impact: Understand the impact businesses have on environmental, social and economic development.
• Systems Approach: Analyze and address stakeholders’ needs while applying systems-level thinking to business decisions.
• Critical Thinking: Gain the skills to critically analyze trade-offs and design effective sustainability strategies.
• Strategy & Performance: Develop effective strategies to implement, measure and communicate sustainability initiatives.

What You’ll Study

Graduate students can add this 12 credit hour certificate to a program of study to enhance career opportunities and professional development. You must complete required courses — Business, Markets, and Sustainability and International Business and Sustainable Development — plus two approved electives focusing on a specific sustainability interest.

Building Skills

Gain the professional and personal intelligence it takes to have a successful career.

• Leadership: Inspiring and guiding others to achieve common goals and reach their full potential
• Data Analysis: Examining and interpreting information to uncover insights and inform decision making
• Project Management: Organizing and overseeing tasks to achieve specific goals
• Communication: Exchanging information and ideas through speaking, writing or other means of expression
• Innovation: Introducing new ideas, methods or products to improve performance or achieve a specific goal
• Ethics: Understanding and practicing professional and ethical responsibility.

Using your degree

Make your college experience the foundation for a successful future.

• Potential Careers:
  • Sustainability Manager
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
  • Sustainability Analyst
  • Sustainability Consultant
  • Supply Chain Manager
• Workplace Settings:
  • Business
  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Consumer Goods
  • Food and Beverage