Corporate Sustainability Strategies is a course that explores the crucial role played by corporations in sustainable development. It focuses on the responsibilities of businesses to the environment and society, and how they can contribute to advancing sustainable development goals. This course is essential for individuals in the corporate sector who seek to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities related to sustainability, and how to formulate strategies and establish frameworks to enhance corporate sustainability commitments. It also covers the development of sustainability indexes and dashboards for reporting and communication.
This course explores components of the Earth's environmental systems and how they interact to form the Earth's climate. The topics covered include the sources of energy, weather and atmospheric forces, ocean chemistry and circulations, climate systems; past and present, and the influence of human activity on Earth's climate system. This course provides a basic foundation on the issue of the climate crisis that has become the primary driver for the vast majority of sustainability initiatives.
Intakes: January
Finance & Sustainability is a course that integrates finance and sustainability by teaching students finance tools and principles for analyzing and valuing sustainable businesses. As financial decisions are increasingly affected by climate change and resource scarcity, this course is important for students to understand how environmental and social risks can impact financial decisions and ultimately the survival of organizations.
Governance in Sustainable Development delves into the complexities of governance in sustainable development, examining the interactions between state institutions and stakeholders.
This course aims to provide learners with an understanding of the fundamentals of smart technology and how it may be used to solve real-world problems in a sustainable way or to achieve sustainability. The course’s focus will be to impart an understanding of technology’s roles and allow learners to assess and recommend the best solutions for selected areas or problems. No prior technical knowledge is required to take this course.
Social Entrepreneurship & Development covers the essential steps of designing, developing, and supporting a social enterprise. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the commercial and social aspects, stakeholder concerns, and customer problems faced by targeted communities.
This course focuses on the contemporary issues of land-based economic development and food security with priorities given to developing countries and deforestation frontiers. It aims to provide an analytical framework to explore and assess the various strategies in transforming the agriculture systems in ecological, social, and economic aspects in meeting different sustainable development goals.
The course analyses different forests ecosystems and their status, services they provide, different programmes for their sustainable management, and the economics behind current forest conservation financial mechanisms.
Sustainable Management and Operations (SMO) emphasizes a sustainability angle in traditional operations management teaching, recognizing the hierarchy of importance between the environment, society, and governance.
The PhD in Sustainable Development is a full research programme focusing on key areas of sustainable development and themes outlined in the 17 sustainable development goals. The research topics will cover a wide range of complex issues and theories related to sustainable development, from the science of climate change and ecosystems to sustainable economics, social progress, management, public policies, environmental practices and governance.
Intakes: January, July
Full-time: 3 Years
Part-time: 4 Years
The Master in Sustainable Development Management (MSDM) at the Jeffrey Sachs Center aims to create a new generation of multidisciplinary practitioners adept at management and problem-solving using analytics and systems thinking guided by global concerns.
Intakes: January, March, September
