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 your leadership skills, help you embed sustainability in your organisation or across your supply chain to achieve positive, transformative change.You can choose from two streams depending on your role and discipline, professional interests and learning needs.Applications for 2022 entry are now closed. Details on applications for 2023 entry will be released shortly.Download the graduate study brochure to receive further information on both our Master’s and Postgraduate Certificate programmes. |
Completing either of the streams successfully will lead to receiving a Certificate in Sustainable Business, accredited by the University of Cambridge. Both the Organisational stream and the Value Chains stream address how business can catalyse wider system-level change. The Organisational stream does so by addressing sustainability within the context of an organisation, whereas the Value Chains stream addresses a broader context: the whole value chain. Each of the streams have their own cohort of Tutors that provide expertise in specific thematic areas related to the stream.
Stream 1: Organisational
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Stream 2: Value chains and markets (formerly PCSVC)
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Focus |
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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What will you learn |
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Stream 1: organisational focus curriculum |
Stream 2: supply chains and markets curriculum |
Stream 1: Tutors |
Stream 2: Tutors |
Testimonials
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“I signed up for a course and left with a new network.” Helen McTaggart, Senior Sustainability Manager at Amazon on how undertaking PCSB: value chains enabled her to strengthen her professional network. |
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“It was incredibly satisfying to translate an idea originating at CISL into a collaborative programme of this scale” Richard Bond, Global Senior Manager Sustainability at Lavazza Professional on how studying PCSB: value chains improved his communication and leadership skills |
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“The programme allowed me to take stock of the areas that really interested me and to understand where I could have the strongest impact.” Ana Holden-Peters, Sustainability Lead at Bakkafrost describes how studying the PCSB led her to focus on her own purpose as a sustainability leader and change her career path |
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“The course has delivered innovative insights and has expanded our network within companies addressing similar sustainability challenges.” Paul Cassell, Vehicle Engineering at Jaguar Land Rover on studying the PCSB – supply chains and markets.
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Course accreditation
Successful completion of the PCSB results in a Postgraduate Certificate from the University of Cambridge (60 CATS points at Level M).
PCSB alumni are welcome to apply for the Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership (worth 180 CATS points) or use the credit gained toward the Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Business (PG Dip, worth 120 CATS points)
