THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Business Sustainability
Management
Online short course prospectus
Why study sustainability?
In a recent Annual Business Summit survey1, 48% of respondents stated that sustainability is either fully
embedded, or permeates most departments within their organisation, while 25% said that sustainability drives
their organisation.

The value of certified expertise in sustainable business practices is rising every day, which is why the
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership is collaborating with online education company, GetSmarter,
to make this prestigious programme accessible to professionals around the world, entirely online.

Course starts: 27 February 2017

8 weeks online
Registrations close: 21 February 2017
(+1.5 weeks Orientation)

1800
8 - 12 hours required per
2-Part Payment Plan Option*:
week, self-paced
First installment: 1169
Second installment: 780
*Admin fee applies

MARTIN ROBERTS
COURSE CONVENOR

Martin is a Programme Director at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership,
where he helps companies with a global reach to derive value from embedding innovative approaches to
sustainability across their organisation and supply chain. Martin has extensive experience working with
companies and NGOs on sustainability challenges with particular expertise in the food, agricultural, utility,
tourism and extractive sectors. He has lived in several African countries working with governments and the
private sector to tackle the resource challenges of today and the future.

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Course outline
ORIENTATION MODULE
MODULE 1: Sustainability challenges and opportunities
MODULE 2: The business case and leadership for action
MODULE 3: Regulatory environment and international policy
MODULE 4: Production and consumption
MODULE 5: Design, technology, and planning for sustainability
MODULE 6: Marketing and communication
MODULE 7: Collaboration and partnerships
MODULE 8: Rewiring your business approach

In just 8 weeks, youll walk away

confident in your
ability to:
Investigate the impact of current global economic, social, and
environmental pressures on business in a local and global context.
Argue the business case for sustainability and the value of strong
leadership to drive sustainable business.
Investigate the interaction between business and the international
regulatory environment relating to sustainability.
Justify the importance of integrating sustainability across an
organisations value chain to ensure long term value creation.
Assess the potential of innovative design and technology to enable
sustainable business.
Evaluate the role of marketing and communication in successfully
implementing sustainability as part of overall business strategy.
Assess the opportunities from collaborating with key stakeholders
and entering into partnerships to create new value.
Formulate a practical action plan for overcoming the barriers and
seizing the opportunities associated with creating a sustainable
business.
Reflect on your personal strategies for influencing positive
sustainability-oriented change within your organisation.
Gain access to the Cambridge Institute
for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
International Alumni Network
The CISL Network is made up of nearly 8,000 senior leaders and leading practitioners who represent business,
the public sector and civil society in every industry, on every continent. Upon successful completion of this
course, you will become an entry level member of this prestigious global community. Through this forum,
which includes participants from all of our executive education programmes spanning the past 25 years,
alumni of our graduate programmes, members of our business platforms and expert faculty and contributors
to our work, CISL aims to provide opportunities for members of our Network to keep up to date with the
latest thinking and action, the space to debate ideas and share experience, and the chance to collaborate and
influence change.

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 Earn a certificate from the
University of Cambridge
Institute for Sustainability
Leadership as powerful proof
of your new competencies
and expertise
Enjoy a personalised,
people-mediated online
learning experience
that consistently
achieves a 90%+
course completion rate
Gain verifiable and
relevant competencies
through a career-focused
curriculum that achieves
specific learning outcomes
and skill gains

Are you interested in taking this

course, entirely online and part-time?
If you want to become a leader in a field that will soon be ubiquitous to businesses across
all industries, anywhere in the world, secure your spot on the next presentation of this
course by clicking through to the registration page below.

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