Introduction to Sustainability Leadership

About This Course

Sustainability leadership is gaining importance in a world that is facing significant and complex social, economic and environmental concerns. Amongst these, the impact of climate change takes the helm as the most urgent and immediate of all crises with an urgent need for sustainable and inclusive solutions. To address these pressing and interrelated challenges, leadership that prioritizes the long-term sustainability of our planet and leaders who understand sustainability values are needed. The course will adopt an experiential learning approach to let students examine the importance of environmental sustainability leadership and the key principles of this leadership approach. Students will also think critically about the complexity of sustainability issues by understanding the interconnectivity between social, economic, political, and environmental spheres, and its implications on different stakeholders. Students will apply sustainability leadership principles and values to assess how such practices can bring positive change to wicked problems in a global ecosystem.