Business Sustainability Strategy: Technology and Management

Duration: 6 weeks (excluding orientation)

With an increasing number of environmental regulations and concerns from consumers and stakeholders, the topic of sustainability has moved to the forefront of business endeavors. Yet, despite the demand for greater accountability, organizations still need to remain profitable. In order to have a sustainable future, leaders need to learn to address these inherent challenges.

The Business Sustainability Strategy: Technology and Management online short course explores the process of successfully navigating the trade-offs and tensions between sustainability and profitability. Guided by the MIT Sloan School of Management faculty and a host of guest experts, you’ll learn to pursue sustainability through innovation and behavioral change. Using the PROMISE framework as a lens to holistically examine business choices and sustainability goals, you’ll analyze some of the most prominent sustainability concerns facing modern companies today. You’ll engage in a range of diverse topics, including climate change, dematerialization, and the main types of market failures. After six weeks, you’ll walk away with a strategy for engaging others in developing sustainable business practices, with the skills and knowledge to drive long-lasting change within and beyond your organization.