Institute For Business, Sustainability & Society (IBSS)
Earn your certificate in sustainable business!
This exciting 12-credit program will train you to lead stakeholder-driven, sustainable businesses that have a positive impact on the economy, society and the planet.
Designed with the help of experts trained at the Cambridge Centre for Sustainable Leadership and other leading institutions, our flexible curriculum allows any undergraduate junior or senior, graduate student, or working professional to earn a certificate in the exciting field of sustainable business.
Our unique program of teaching, research, pedagogical innovation, hands-on entrepreneurship and experiential learning focuses as much on solutions as it does on problems.
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Program Leaders
Giles Jackson
Associate Professor of Business, Sustainability and Society
David Baxa
Shenandoah University Trustee
Projects
Cofan Women
Working with Selva Vida Sin Fronteras, an Ecuadorian charitable organization, we started a sustainable handicrafts enterprise to generate much-needed cash flow for the Cofan indigenous group, while protecting the rainforest and affirming cultural traditions.
Waste Stream 2
This is an exciting student-run initiative whose objective is to find productive uses for waste materials that would otherwise go to landfill! We have just completed a pilot test with Creative Urethanes, located in Winchester, VA.
ESGF App
Currently in development, our patent-pending ESGF app addresses some of the major blind spots in the ESG rating process, enabling all stakeholders to make better informed decisions.
Teaching in VR
The Galápagos Archipelago is famous for its unusual wildlife and for inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection. Our 3D model sets the stage for an exciting learning experience for sustainability students.