Prepare to lead sustainable solutions to the environmental and social challenges organizations face in Minnesota and around the globe. Courses/topics include: Change Leadership for Environmental, Social, and Governance Action; Foundations in Sustainability Science

In this module, you will learn how business can contribute to the pursuit of a more sustainable and equal world through a mix of theory, practice and work on a real impact-driven project. Sustainability is at the centre of all 21st-century global conversations, as the need to move big and move fast is essential. This course gives you a strong basis in the key theories and players in the sustainability and social impact movement.

The world is at a turning point, with humanity facing unprecedented global challenges. In this postgraduate certificate in Global Development, you'll explore historical and contemporary theories about global development and critically examine their role in shaping development policy and practice, the opportunities and challenges humanity faces in tackling global challenges and bringing about positive change. 

Achieve long-term growth when you integrate environmental, social, and governance factors into your investment decision-making.

Learn to argue the business case for sustainability, develop integrated sustainability strategies, and implement them throughout your sphere of influence.

Creating Brand Value Online Course Build brands that deliver maximum value to your consumers and company. Define what a brand is and how it can be used as a competitive advantage. Craft a compelling positioning statement and resonant brand story. Understand the roles brands play in consumers’ lives and the importance of building enduring brand communities. Learn how to manage brands over time to maximize their value.

Become a leader for sustainable value creation in your organisation. Corporations are under increasing scrutiny for their contributions to society and the environment. Against this backdrop, a business strategy that considers its environmental impact is vital. There is an increased demand for corporate leaders with the ability to drive sustainability and shift the traditional methods of value creation towards the concept of the triple bottom line.

The Certificate of Advanced Studies (DAS) is a postgraduate academic qualification. Designed for mid-career professionals, they are considered higher continuing education programs. DAS programs offer highly specialized knowledge, enabling students to acquire eminently practical skills and competencies in a given subject area.

Be at the forefront of sustainable development by learning to leverage cutting-edge disruptive technology for meaningful, high-performance urban solutions.

This course has been designed to equip the next generation of critical thinkers to consider the world’s increasingly complex water challenges. This course will challenge participants to consider water in new ways, develop the tools to do so, and equip them with the skills to apply their learnings in different contexts.

This semester will provide students from around the world, with a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to wood science and sustainable management. It will enable participants to contribute to a more sustainable world through the use of engineering tools. The course is delivered entirely in English.

The MBA Summer School in Sustainable Business in the Global Economy explores the intersection of global business practices and sustainability, focusing on how companies can thrive economically while minimizing their environmental impact. It covers the importance of sustainable value chains and the role of international business in promoting a green economy.

Summer School Green Innovation Aimed at French and international students who are studying engineering, the Summer School is a program that immerses its participants right in the heart of Green Innovation. Its goal is to allow reflection, exchange, and sharing among French and international students from all backgrounds on inputs related to themes in connection with sustainable development, such as fundamentals of innovation, the eco-design approach, marketing strategies for ecological innovations, technologies used for ecology, and decarbonization

Climate change presents a risk to the global economy and consequently the finance sector. However, it also presents an opportunity for innovative financing to increase the economic and social resilience to climate impacts. As facilitators of the economy, financial institutions have a central role in the transformation to low carbon and climate-resilient development. Their responsibility is twofold: greening their portfolios towards Paris compatible financing and investments, and reflecting and integrating climate-related risks into their risk management processes. This gradual process involves harmonizing short-term business cycles and investment horizons with systemic and long-term thinking by all actors from the financial sector (e.g. banks, asset managers, insurers, pension funds, investment consultants, regulators, rating agencies). This process is supported by public actors who moderate the structural change required for a transition to climate-resilient economies. This course provides the basics of finance and investment for assessing the financial viability of investments in adaptation projects. It clusters business models to provide an understanding of the parameters according to the project scale and, for example, revenue models, ownership structure, and value proposition, and will link to the financing perspective. Different investors and intermediaries have very different investment strategies, levels of risk appetite, return expectations, and investment horizons. Crowding in the right investor for a project is essential to ensure their long-term involvement and the required scale-up of investment volumes.

By attending this course, you will look at sustainability from a global, environmental perspective. Following on from the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is refocusing on global warming and climate change, and what actions companies and citizens can take to slow the negative impacts of CO2 emissions.