Sustainability Management school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

provides an overview of the meaning, application, and impact that sustainable practices can have on "The Triple Bottom Line": our economy, society, and environment. The focus will be to uncover the link that sustainable practices have on financial growth, developing a strong community, and ensuring protection of our environment.

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...

Full archival course description>>

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...

Full archival course description>>

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...

Full archival course description>>

Based on a high-level business management curriculum, the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Environmental & Social Sustainability, you can learn strategies to build your company. Students can learn about reduction and recycling, chain-of-custody, and the i Triple Bottom Line (People, Planet, Profit). The program combines business administration skills with an emphasis on innovation, and on environmental and social responsibility.

In this industry-current curriculum...

Full archival course description>>