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Become a leader for sustainable value creation in your organisation. Corporations are under increasing scrutiny for their contributions to society and the environment. Against this backdrop, a business strategy that considers its environmental impact is vital. There is an increased demand for corporate leaders with the ability to drive sustainability and shift the traditional methods of value creation towards the concept of the triple bottom line.

This course blends theory and real-world case studies to explore how supply chains are evolving technologically, organisationally, and strategically. Participants will analyse tools to design sustainable and resilient SCM models, with a focus on key drivers like geopolitics, innovation, natural resource dependency, and circular economy.

This semester will provide students from around the world, with a diverse and multidisciplinary approach to wood science and sustainable management. It will enable participants to contribute to a more sustainable world through the use of engineering tools. The course is delivered entirely in English.

Learn to argue the business case for sustainability, develop integrated sustainability strategies, and implement them throughout your sphere of influence.

This course has been designed to equip the next generation of critical thinkers to consider the world’s increasingly complex water challenges. This course will challenge participants to consider water in new ways, develop the tools to do so, and equip them with the skills to apply their learnings in different contexts.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the goal to achieve a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, increasing pressures on veal industries, and the depletion of fossil fuels are recurring themes in daily news programmes. However, understanding the precise implications of these issues and their impact on individuals and businesses is crucial. But what does it exactly mean? What are the consequences on you? On business? And what can you do to make a positive change to this situation? How can you find your inner drive to stimulate positive change in business? Let’s find that out together in this Summer Course!

The three-year degree course in Environment and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources offers a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to topics of great relevance and importance, such as protection of biodiversity, circular economy, ecological transition and sustainable development. The philosophy of the course is to match to the basic cultural education of students, obtained through solid and up-to date preparation in basic biological, geological and chemical-physical subjects, introductory activities to the world of work, through courses aimed at teaching the practical know how of disciplines connected with the monitoring of biodiversity, conservative management of ecosystems, environmental impact assessment, economics circular and the processes of analysis and certification of the sustainability of production processes and the use of natural resources.

Sustainable has been on everyone's lips, at least since 2015, which marked an important year for sustainable finance both because of the (1) Paris Agreement, because of the (2) creation of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Risks (TCFD) and, more anecdotally, because of (3) then Bank of England Governor Mark Carney's seminal speech at Lloyd's London on the tragedy of the horizon’. Yet, which market, regulatory and practical reality does sustainable finance encompass exactly today? Our Sustainable Finance Academy will foster a deep and comprehensive understanding of the global and European regulatory frameworks on sustainable finance .

Learn the skills required to develop waste management practices that support sustainable use of resources. This course applies to individuals who are responsible for sustainability, either as their primary duty or as a part of a work role. Conduct a waste assessment. Research and prepare a waste management plan.Implement and monitor a waste management plan. Evaluate and communicate outcomes

After the course, the participant can actively make suggestions for and assess sustainability in their own practice and job function, based on knowledge of the concept of "sustainability". The participant can help to change a process, a product or a service in the company, with a view to developing the company's sustainability goals and areas of action.

Become an effective leader and learn how to effectively analyse your workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices, implement improvements and monitor its effectiveness. If you are an individual with the responsibility for a specific area of work or who lead a work group or team and addresses the knowledge, processes and techniques necessary to implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices, including the development of processes and tools, this short course is for you.

This short course describes will give you the skills and knowledge required to effectively use rating tools to obtain a sustainability rating. It is recommended to individuals who are responsible for implementing sustainability practices, either as their primary duty or as a part of a work role. Identify requirements for the implementation process of the rating tools