CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS IN BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY
Provides central knowledge and skills to tackle challenges at the intersection of business and sustainability. Analysis of the causes of sustainability challenges as relating to business and study of frameworks and measurement systems for incorporating sustainability into corporate decision-making and business analysis.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing or declared in graduate Business Exchange program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of business activity and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenges resulting from business activity. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of incorporating sustainability into corporate decision-making. Audience: Graduate 4. Use knowledge and skills in business sustainability for developing professional values and pathways. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges of business activity and identify potential trade-offs and interrelationships among these dimensions at a level appropriate to the course. Audience: Graduate 2. Analyze the causes of and solutions for the sustainability challenges resulting from business activity. Audience: Graduate 3. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of incorporating sustainability into corporate decision-making. Audience: Graduate 4. Use knowledge and skills in business sustainability for developing professional values and pathways. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027