The Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business (PCSB) is a 9-month Master's-level postgraduate programme, delivered part-time for working professionals.The programme is designed to strengthen leadership skills, help embed sustainability in an organisation or across the supply chain to achieve positive, transformative change.Students can choose from two streams depending on their role and discipline, professional interests and learning needs.Download the postgraduate study brochure to receive further information on our postgraduate programmes.Applications for 2025 entry are open. |
Organisational stream
This stream is designed for senior to mid-career professionals and managers, who are looking at embedding sustainability within an organisational context. The course provides a general overview of what it means to embed sustainability in business and attracts candidates who wish to deliver system-level change within and beyond organisational boundaries.
Value Chains stream
This stream is designed for all business functions and stakeholders associated with a value chain – not just procurement or specific supply chain roles. The course is relevant to upstream as well as more downstream ends of the value chain, including post-consumer sustainability challenges.
Organisational stream
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Value chains and markets stream (formerly PCSVC)
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Embedding sustainability within the context of an organisation, from strategy through to operations. |
Driving sustainability across an organisation’s supply chain and the markets in which it operates by creating value across the full life cycle of a product (from its conception to its end use). Find out more about the definition and characteristics of a value chain. |
Who's it is for |
Senior to mid-career professionals and managers interested in:
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Senior to mid-career professionals and managers interested in:
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Organisational stream curriculum |
Value Chains stream curriculum |
Organisational stream Tutors |
Value Chain stream Tutors |
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Accreditation and progression options
Successful completion of the PCSB results in a Postgraduate Certificate awarded by the University of Cambridge. This carries 60 CATS points at Level M and is equivalent to one-third of a Master’s degree.
PCSB alumni who wish to continue their learning with CISL are welcome to apply for admission to the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership via either of two routes:
Continuous route: PCSB alumni are exempted from the first (of four) workshops and gain credit for the year 1 assignments.
Flexible route: PCSB alumni can apply to continue to the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business. Thereafter, PG Dip alumni can apply to continue to the final stage to achieve the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership. This route is longer in duration but has a less intensive workload compared to PCSB and the continuous route.
See here for more details on the differences between the two routes.
