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Micro-Credential in Sustainability for Business Leaders

Micro-Credential in Sustainability for Business Leaders

Videos are available beginning September 1, 2025
Course Credits: 1.5 Credits

Overview

In light of global challenges such as climate change, resource scarcity, and social inequities, it is essential that business leaders integrate a sustainability framework into their operations. This course presents a comprehensive guide for incorporating sustainable practices into the core strategies of your organization, ensuring that you remain both competitive and socially responsible in today’s ever-changing market landscape.

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The course is structured around four main topics, each delivered in a 3-hour interactive live session, and through a combination of preparatory videos and readings, you will achieve the following:

  1. Foundations of Sustainability: Science, Economics, and Governance
    Gain essential insights into the basics of climate science, climate justice, and global responses to climate change, along with the economic, social, and governance challenges of implementing ESG policies.
  2. Embedding Sustainability in Business Strategy
    Develop strategies for the integration of sustainable practices into business strategy and finance, aligning stakeholder relations and technological change with global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
  3. Sustainability Reporting and Supply Chains
    Understand sustainable supply chain management, risk mitigation, and the broader social and economic impacts of sustainability reporting and certification.
  4. Society, Integrity, and Regional Perspectives
    Examine the societal dimensions of sustainability, including human rights, inclusiveness, green-washing, and regional challenges and opportunities in emerging markets like ASEAN.

This course will enable you to:

  • Analyze
    key sustainability issues such as climate change and carbon pricing, and develop appropriate business strategies.
  • Understand
    essential sustainability concepts, including the circular economy, emissions accounting, and green transitions.
  • Apply
    strategic management frameworks to tackle a range of environmental, social, and ethical challenges in business.
  • Develop
    critical thinking and analyze the core content of sustainability and social impact reports.
  • Business and public-sector leaders seeking a practical, evidence-based approach to sustainability.
  • Current and aspiring chief sustainability officers, and professionals transitioning into sustainability roles.
  • Sustainability experts looking to understand how business leaders navigate ESG climate change, and biodiversity challenges.

This course has no formal prerequisites, but a background in business may be beneficial.

Class Structure

Video Learning

Before the live sessions, you will watch short video lectures lasting 20 to 40 minutes and complete assignments to cement your understanding of the videos.

Live Sessions

The live sessions are held in hybrid format, beginning with a review of the video lecture and followed by a discussion of the case of the day.

Duration

Total 8 to 9 weeks (this includes time for learners to watch videos before the first live session)

First Live-session
Second Live-session
Third Live-session
Fourth Live-session

First Live-session
Second Live-session
Third Live-session
Fourth Live-session

Faculty

Pieter E. Stek

Senior Lecturer

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Sustainability for Business Leaders

Leading Business, Driving Sustainability ​

RM8,500 or approximately USD1,848*

*This ACE course, which is part of ASB’s accredited degree programs, is exempted from Malaysian SST.

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