Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Sustainability in Business: Building a Greener Future
Learners on this course explored different approaches to sustainability, and outlined and critiqued key sustainability frameworks and concepts (i.e. planetary boundaries, the doughnut, ‘safe and just space’). Learners were introduced to different business sustainability categories from 1.0 to 3.0. Learners explored business models facilitating more sustainable business practices, and critically evaluated a case study of a business in transition to a more sustainable business approach.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Jonathan Muir
Associate Professor and Faculty Director for Online Programmes
University of Leeds
Laura Smith
Lecturer in Sustainability and Business
University of Leeds
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the concept of sustainability, its component parts and the sustainability challenges facing society.
- Summarise and assess the role businesses can play in meeting the sustainability challenge along with the factors contributing to the adoption of sustainable practices by businesses.
- Describe and evaluate the different levels of sustainability related business practices.
- Through reviewing contemporary case studies, demonstrate awareness of the approaches to sustainability taken by a variety of organisations operating in different sectors.
- Identify the actions organisations can take to further their sustainability credentials.
Syllabus
- Key trends and challenges for the planet and society
- Models and approaches to sustainability
- Responsibilities of businesses in relation sustainability
- Organisational factors influencing sustainability in businesses
- Business models and sustainability, and the triple layered business model canvas
- Sustainable business models in practice
Issued on 16th October 2025
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