Sustainability Leadership

This unique online professional certificate program leverages the combined strengths of Ithaca College's School of Business, Roy H. Park School of Communications, Department of Environmental Studies, and our campus Sustainability Initiative which was awarded the 2008 Campus Leadership Award by the Association of Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Are you responsible for leading effective sustainability initiatives in your organization?

Do you want to improve your skills and knowledge of best practices in sustainability?

Have you been asked to make a business case for your organization’s green initiatives?

Do you want to learn how to effectively market and communicate your organization’s sustainability vision and goals?

Would you like to develop a truly sustainable “brand” for your products, services, and/or organization?

The Professional Certificate in Sustainability Leadership is designed for practitioners who want to improve their skills and knowledge of "best practices" in order to lead effective sustainability initiatives in their university, corporation, community, or municipality. The program covers core areas of sustainability practice, systems theory and social entrepreneurship. The topics covered are immediately relevant to your career, providing concepts and skills necessary for you to:

• More effectively engage stakeholders to make decisions and plan activities that advance your organization’s green initiatives
• Develop a truly sustainable “brand”
• Develop effective marketing and communications strategies that effectively communicate that “brand” and your organizations vision and mission
• Establish the economic and social ROI in sustainability initiates to motivate your organization to expand its efforts.

Each online course provides practical tools and advice, as well as giving you the theoretical underpinning and vocabulary needed to more effectively explain and defend your strategic decisions.

Courses are facilitated by sustainability experts, providing you with access to leaders in the field. Each course is a two-week experience requiring about 10 hours of work, including readings, participating in online discussions and completing assignments or work-related projects.

The online “anytime” format gives you the flexibility to fit into your schedule.