Sustainability Management school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

There is a new and important trend in business today �traditional careers acquiring an environmentally-conscious point of view. In fact, the U.S. economy is expected to generate 4.2 million new green jobs by 2038.* By earning an MBA from our Keller Graduate School of Management with a concentration in Sustainability Management, you can be prepared to initiate and manage green-focused projects that include all areas of business and management, including operations, economics, marketing and corpo...

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This course considers organizational commitment to managing long-term sustainability. Students analyze trade-offs among decisions of economic utility; production value associated with costs; return on investment; organizational reputation and human resource commitment; and impacts on the environment and society

This is a multidisciplinary course that focuses on the critical assessment of science, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, and policy relevant to climate change and global environmental sustainability.The first half of the course actively investigates concepts and aspects of environmental sustainability, including the review of international assessments and reports and the analyses of relevant implications for human health, natural resources, energy supply and demand, and waste/pollution.The second...

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Provides a roadmap and tools for business organizations to operate in a way consistent with the long-term survivability of the physical and social environments. Topics include achieving a corporate culture favorable to sustainability; internal & external communications; public-private partnerships & working with governments and non-government organizations; triple bottom line and profitability in the sustainable enterprise; green capital; measuring progress; sustainability audits; social and cul...

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Focuses on sustainability as it relates to the work of accounting and finance professionals. Background information is provided to help students understand what sustainability is, and why it matters in the current business climate. Thereafter, the topics covered are the global reporting initiative (i.e. corporate sustainability reporting), the current landscape for accounting standards and disclosures, emissions trading schemes (cap and trade), and sustainability in the supply chain. Students wi...

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