IBCP Business & Sustainability: Course Outline

SUMAS is accredited by Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs and the Swiss Private School Register.  The SUMAS website provides more detail.

The Sustainability Management School hinges upon three pillars: Business operations have to integrate environmental and social responsibility into their practices to face the challenges of our global societies. Personal creativity has to be stimulated through critical thinking in order to develop innovative ideas, especially in the field of a circular economy. Gender and ethnic diversity should be celebrated. It has been widely proven that diverse teams are more effective than monolithic work patterns.

The SUMAS Career-related study programme offers much more than just business management, emphasising a forward way of thinking, operating and governing the business, and a business model that ultimately every organisation, company and business entities will need to adopt. The course challenges students to think about the notion of sustainability and the achievement of a balance between economic progress, ecological equilibrium, and social equity.

The Business and Sustainability programme will be delivered via eLearning from the faculty at SUMAS.  There will be a number of opportunities for students to learn with other IBCP students from around the world.  Students will also have mentoring available from the IBCP coordinator and a member of the business faculty at DCSG.

An essential feature of the course will be connecting student learning around real-world applications.  Units will involve simulations of business practices as well as case studies exploring the challenges faced as industry responds to the increased demands to operate in a sustainable fashion.  In addition, students will have the opportunity to apply their learning by participating in both a Sustainability Leadership Experience at the beginning of the course and an Integrative Project Experience during their second year of study.