Sustainable Business Management

MINISTERIAL APPROVAL PENDING

Bow Valley College is pleased to offer this new opportunity for individuals with previous post-secondary education to launch a dynamic new career in Sustainable Business Management in less than a year.

You’ll learn the management skills to champion the new economic paradigm of People, Planet and Profit. Expect to develop a viable business plan, and implement a sustainability action plan that will create shared value, improve productivity and benefit the bottom line. Graduates will find employment in organizations increasingly concerned with sustainable business development - private sector, government, education, non-profit organizations, energy, healthcare, and many others.

Graduates find employment in roles such as:

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Emissions Management
• Environmental Accounting
• Green Supply Chain Management
• Green Sales & Marketing
• Sustainable Business Development

In this diverse field potential roles include sustainability analyst, sustainability coordinator, green procurement officer, sustainable development manager, green sales/marketing consultant, and business developer of alternative strategies.

Courses in Program

*Program content and admission requirements are subject to approval and subject to change

Semester 1

• The Green Movement
• Ecology of Business
• Sustainable Management
• Eco-productivity: Level 1
• Ecopreneurship

Semester 2

• Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Eco-productivity: Level 2
• International Sustainable Business Practices
• Sustainable Business Plan Applied
• Green Marketing and Consumerism

Admission Requirements

• 2 years (minimum 60 credits) of post secondary studies at a diploma or degree level in a business related field (for example: business administration, management, marketing, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, risk management, etc). Equivalencies will be considered on a case by case basis.

• Applicants must meet the Business Department English Language Proficiency Requirements.