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Environmental Studies

Sustainable Business: Strategy & Innovation

When:

02 January - 24 January 2025

School:

Summer and Winter University FUBiS

Institution:

Freie Universität Berlin

City:

Berlin

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Credits:

6.0 EC

Fee:

1300 EUR

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Sustainable Business: Strategy & Innovation

About

Climate change, environmental pollution, waste of resources and the decline of biodiversity clearly show mankind that processes of change are necessary. On a policy level, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris climate agreement and the Green New Deal are setting the stage, at the corporate level, standards such as environmental social and governance (ESG) reporting, supply chain integrity and voluntary certification, and diversity are critical to long-term business success.

How are companies innovating towards more sustainability today? What are the criteria, the success factors and the strategic approaches to tackle consumer, policy, employee and societal demand for more sustainability?

This course will look at current sustainability frameworks, sustainable companies and sustainable innovation. The participants will get to know and to apply collaborative tools to be better prepared for a business environment. One focus will be on the development of a sustainable business model or project, based on which we will learn and try out modern methods such as the Sustainable Business Canvas, Design Thinking, Effectuation and the Blue Ocean Strategy.

Don’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee!

Course leader

Oliver Schmidt

Target group

Students interested in evaluating and creating business-related sustainability strategies that are relevant for future business development and leadership positions, entrepreneurs, sustainability consultants as well as NGO- and policy-related careers as well as to policy in general and public debates.
Students should be able to speak and read English at the upper intermediate level (B2) or higher.

Fee info

Fee

1300 EUR, course fee

Fee

300 EUR, program fee

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