Sustainable Business and Innovation

Become a sustainability change agent

Business stakeholders – such as governments, shareholders, business customers, local communities, consumers, employees, and NGOs – are increasingly demanding that companies become more focused on sustainability for themselves and the communities they impact. The Sustainable Business and Innovation programme offers you a challenging multidisciplinary setting in which to become a sustainability change agent. As a sustainability change agent, you will understand how to help business and organisations in their journey toward making societies more sustainable.

Integrated natural and social science knowledge

Understanding the main sustainability problems and challenges faced by modern societies requires an integrated knowledge of both natural and social sciences. Therefore, the Sustainable Business and Innovation programme consists of a combination of natural and social science courses. You will be introduced to the full range of topics necessary to successfully work with sustainability issues in a variety of contexts.
During your studies, you will learn about topics such as sustainable development, sustainability innovations, life cycle assessment, ecoefficiency and cleaner production, environmental management systems, sustainability reporting, organisational change, and management for sustainability. The course content is framed by life-cycle thinking, systems thinking, and long-term thinking. This programme is ideal for students who wish to complement a natural science background with knowledge of sustainability social sciences and current business practices.