Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability
Program Dates: October 24 - 30, 2010 Application Deadline: September 13, 2010 Program Tuition: $9,200 USD *Additional funding for applicants from nonprofit/education/government organizations available on a limited basis.
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Cutting-edge leaders in business, non-governmental organizations, and government need to understand how business affects the environment, and how to balance business and environmental outcomes. For the fourth consecutive year, the Stanford Center for Social Innovation again presents its pioneering executive program on the environment for leaders in business, government, nonprofit, and political action organizations. Drawing from a multi-disciplinary curriculum designed and taught by professors at Stanford’s Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford Business School, this six-day program delivers innovative approaches to advancing environmental sustainability across organizations.
Content Overview
Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability, hosted at the Schwab Residential Center, offers executives an opportunity to explore what it means to turn sustainable business practices into competitive advantage. The program is designed to cover a range of issues on the topic of sustainability that are central to those who are leading sustainability initiatives in their roles as leaders in business, government, public agencies, and environmental advocacy organizations.
Key Takeaways
Frameworks to understand how organizations can strike a balance between business and environmental objectives while managing complex stakeholder relationships
Strategies to gain competitive advantage through environmentally sustainable practices, including product and process innovation and sustainable supply chain management
Deeper awareness of best practices across industries in the area of environmentally sustainable business and leadership skills to enable action as an internal change agent
Today, environmental sustainability has become an objective both in our public policies and our business strategies. Consequently, best practice in environmental sustainability needs to be understood by business executives, environmental activists, public administrators, and regulators alike. The goal of our program is to bring together executives from each of these worlds, to expose them to state-of-the-art knowledge on environmental sustainability in business, and to facilitate their learning from one another. The program aims to be a watershed event in each participant's career, accelerating the development of those who will shape tomorrow's sustainable business and public policies.
William P. Barnett
Faculty Director
Program dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change. If a program is cancelled, Stanford will refund the program tuition in full but is not responsible for travel, accommodations or other expenses incurred by the participant.
Brett Cicerone
Associate Director, Programs
Office of Executive Education
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Today, environmental sustainability has become an objective both in our public policies and our business strategies. Consequently, best practice in environmental sustainability needs to be understood by business executives, environmental activists, public administrators, and regulators alike. The goal of our program is to bring together executives from each of these worlds, to expose them to state-of-the-art knowledge on environmental sustainability in business, and to facilitate their learning from one another. The program aims to be a watershed event in each participant's career, accelerating the development of those who will shape tomorrow's sustainable business and public policies.
