Corporate Sustainability
Master strategic opportunities in sustainable business: Align economic, social, and environmental goals for long-term success.
Master strategic opportunities in sustainable business: Align economic, social, and environmental goals for long-term success.
This course explores how organizations can create value while addressing global sustainability challenges outlined in the UN Agenda 2030. Led by thought leaders in management and economics, it offers new perspectives on business purpose and success in the context of sustainability. The curriculum covers macroeconomic and microeconomic consequences of sustainability issues, the business case for tackling these challenges, and strategies for managing the transition to sustainable practices. Students will learn to assess sustainability at systemic, business, and functional levels, understanding stakeholder theory, circular economy concepts, and impact assessment. The course includes case studies of successful sustainable enterprises and guidance on developing roadmaps for sustainability transitions at individual, organizational, and systemic levels. It combines theoretical frameworks with practical insights, featuring lectures, roundtable discussions, and real-world examples.
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What you'll learn
Understand the macroeconomic and microeconomic implications of sustainability challenges
Analyze the business case for corporate sustainability initiatives
Apply stakeholder theory and circular economy concepts to business models
Assess and develop strategies for integrating sustainability across business functions
Evaluate the impact of sustainability initiatives using various assessment tools
Design roadmaps for sustainability transitions at individual, organizational, and systemic levels
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
7.42 Hours PreRecorded video
5 quizzes,1 peer-reviewed essay,Weekly discussion forums
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There are 6 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive exploration of corporate sustainability, focusing on how businesses can create value while addressing global sustainability challenges. The curriculum is structured into five main modules, covering sustainability at systemic and business levels, the strategic opportunities in sustainability, managing sustainability transitions across business functions, and developing roadmaps for transformation. Students will learn about the UN Sustainable Development Goals, stakeholder theory, circular economy concepts, and impact assessment. The course combines theoretical frameworks with practical case studies, featuring lectures from thought leaders in various fields of management and economics. Participants will gain insights into successful sustainable enterprises and learn strategies for integrating sustainability into different business functions. The course concludes with guidance on developing roadmaps for sustainability transitions at individual, organizational, and systemic levels.
Understanding the Sustainability Challenge: the Systemic Level
Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete
Understanding the Sustainability Challenge: the Business Level
Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete
Why Corporate Sustainability? Assessing the Strategic Opportunity
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
Seizing the Strategic Opportunity: Managing Sustainability Transitions across Business Functions
Module 4 · 2 Hours to complete
Transitioning Organizations to Sustainable Enterprises: Developing the Road-Map
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
FINAL ASSESSMENT
Module 6 · 2 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Expert in Strategy and Sustainability at Bocconi University
Professor Zollo is a full Professor in Strategy and Sustainability at Bocconi University and serves as a visiting professor at the Sloan School of Management at MIT, where he is part of the Management Science Group. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Organization and Environment and a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society. His research focuses on how business organizations learn, adapt, and grow in response to environmental turbulence, emphasizing the managerial strategies that guide these evolutionary processes through strategic growth initiatives, organizational change, innovation, and learning. He specializes in managing complex strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, sustainability-oriented innovation, and organizational change efforts. Currently, he directs the Global Organizational Learning and Development Network (GOLDEN) for Sustainability and another program examining the neuroscientific foundations of strategic decision-making. Both programs actively engage large corporations in designing and executing field experiments addressing innovation and sustainability challenges. Zollo's research also involves collaborations with international institutions such as the EU, the UN, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum. He has authored over 50 publications, cited more than 12,000 times in scientific literature. His managerial insights have been featured in prestigious outlets such as Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, The Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times, while his academic work appears in leading journals in management, strategy, sustainability, and neuroscience.
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