Management and Corporate Sustainability MSc

Corporate Social Responsibility, or Corporate Sustainability as leading companies are increasingly re-naming it, has never been more relevant to our organisations. The Management and Corporate Sustainability MSc will teach you the practicalities of how businesses successfully embed sustainability into their core business purpose and strategy.

This master's in corporate sustainability provides you with practical knowledge and skills required for all senior leadership positions. It shares a number of modules and other course activities with our Management MSc course, which is ranked 6th in the UK and 28th in the world in QS World University Rankings:? Masters in Management (MiM) Ranking 2022.

The approach to teaching is designed to nurture your practical business skills and confidence, and places huge emphasis on real-world challenges. • You will gain the knowledge and skills required for a career focused on business sustainability, and working with some of our partner organisations you will put this learning into action.

You will gain valuable insight into sustainability in practice through a series of master classes and presentations from specialists in the field. Some are delivered by companies such as Marks & Spencer, L&G and Diageo at their head offices. Recent guest speakers have included: Peter Lacy, Global Managing Director for Strategy & Sustainability at Accenture, and author of the best-selling book on the Circular Economy, ‘Waste to Wealth’, Nick Robins, co-director of Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System at UNEP (UN Environment Programme), John Elkington, inventor of the triple-bottom-line concept, founder of Volans Ventures and SustainAbility, author of over 20 books, thought-leader, business strategist, entrepreneur and environmentalist, Carmel McQuaid, Head of Sustainable Business, Marks & Spencer.

You will have the opportunity to attend corporate social responsibility and sustainability events and conferences with our faculty, including ‘Doing Good Doing Well’ in Barcelona, Edie Sustainability Leaders Forum and Game of Life.

Cranfield School of Management consistently performs well in  international business rankings . We are top 10 in the UK and 34th in Europe in the Financial Times European Business School 2021 Rankings. See our full list of rankings.

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