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Sustainable Solutions & Practices
Certificate Program
Sustainability is so much more than simply “going
green.” In reality, the expanding field of sustainability is
immensely important in virtually every facet of life, and
ever core subject of global and societal study – from
economics to sociology, from biology to business.
The fully online Sustainable Solutions and Practices
Certificate Program focuses on understanding and
applying best practices in sustainability from the
community level to the global stage. Providing an
interdisciplinary approach to this wide-spectrum field of
study, the program integrates sustainable development,
sociological awareness and environmentalism with
business management, leadership and reporting strategies
to achieve a well-rounded and informed basis for a
career in the field of sustainability.
Program Benefits
• Design and deploy sustainability plans in multiple,
varied work environments
• Develop strategies for the implementation of new
sustainable improvement methodologies
• Evaluate and report on performance, impact and
outcome of activities in the sustainable arena
• Identify current and future key environmental regulatory
compliance legislation that impacts organizational strategy,
planning and operations