Lead Change Toward a More Sustainable Future

Make a lasting impact on the world of business by integrating sustainability into your leadership approach. ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµâ€™s Global Sustainability for Business Graduate Certificate equips professionals with the knowledge and tools to address global challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and economic instability while driving responsible business growth. Through courses in Organizational Change for Sustainability, Sustainability Reporting & Analysis, Responsible Global Leadership, Sustainable Business Practices, and Planning Green Sustainable Cities, you will learn to create innovative, ethical, and environmentally conscious solutions that align with today’s global sustainability goals.

This 12-credit certificate can be completed as part of Westfield State’s flexible, fully online MBA program, allowing you to pair it with a second certificate such as Business Leadership to earn your MBA in as little as three semesters.

Program Highlights

  • Fully online: Study on your own schedule with flexible completion lengths
  • Stackable path to an MBA: Build your MBA by combining certificates
  • Learn how sustainable business practices can drive innovation
  • Explore solutions to worldwide environmental and social challenges

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What Can You Do with a Global Sustainability for Business Graduate Certificate?

A Gradate Certificate in Global Sustainability for Business can help you:

  • Advance your career by gaining expertise in sustainable business practices
  • Lead responsibly with strategies that promote ethical and environmental accountability
  • Drive innovation by integrating sustainability into organizational decision-making
  • Build toward your MBA by applying credits from this certificate to Westfield State’s online MBA program
  • Strengthen the long-term performance, competitiveness and resilience by using sustainability practices to reduce costs, strengthen your brand, and differentiate your firm as a values-driven organization
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Faculty Who Inspire Positive Change

The Global Sustainability for Business Graduate Certificate at ²ÝÁñÊÓÆµ is taught by expert faculty with real-world experience in sustainable business, organizational change, and responsible global leadership. Their knowledge helps ensure every course is practical, relevant, and focused on today’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.

As part of this online sustainability program, you’ll receive personalized guidance and mentorship to help you apply sustainable practices and ethical decision-making directly to your career. Our faculty are dedicated to helping you become a forward-thinking leader who drives positive change in organizations and communities worldwide.

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Admission Requirements

Applicants for the graduate certificate must submit to the Office of Graduate and Continuing Education:

  • Submit a Graduate Certificate in Global Sustainability application at 
  • Submit official transcripts indicating a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Submit a current professional resume

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