NC
Nov 19, 2021
Great teacher and great content! I think this course is a great starting point for somebody who start learning more about sustainability and would like to develop its strategy in the company.
TM
Dec 5, 2022
Very insightful and well-done course. It provides tools and notions that help you connect strategy and sustainability and provide you with a fresh view on many important topics. Recommended.
By Meg K
鈥Jul 25, 2017
Overall I enjoyed the course and various breakdowns of business approaches to company environmental policy. The various historical examples gave points of reference for policy and helped one understand the material.
One major concern I have with the course was the professors dramatic shift in tone when discussing advocates vs. activists. He defines activists as having no academic, legal, or genuine intellectual understanding of policy and purely becoming engaged for personally beliefs. Greenpeace is used as an example, and a story in which activists caused economic harm and physically threatened the safety of workers in his further explaining the negative impact and ineffectiveness of activists.
In his attempt to create a course structure and define effectiveness of certain groups the professor instead creates a negative false archetype and in the process immediately lost any credibility with me. After that point in the course I doubted the validity and understood everything was more based on the opinion of the professor than industry accepted/embraced understanding.
It was for myself a decent beginner course.
By Coleman C S
鈥Jan 30, 2017
This course would feel very basic to anyone who has studied sustainable development or sustainable business in any form. It may complement what you've already learnt by articulating the concepts well, but the lecture videos felt redundant after reading material for Week 1. This course can be improved by adding a few in-depth case studies to the weekly assignments.
By F谩bio A
鈥Jan 23, 2020
It's a 3,5/5 course... It is a good content and a great way of displaying it, but in some moments it gets too repetitive. If you already have a basis of knowledge in this area, you should seek other courses. Otherwise, it is a great option to get started.
By Nikki m
鈥Aug 29, 2018
It's a good beginner's course to get an introduction to sustainability.. It's a gives a brief overview of the sustainability market, it's verticals, and challenges.
By Ana L O
鈥Jun 20, 2022
I was very excited when I started, but when I saw one of the assignments is watching a video from 2005 of a climate change denier (Bjorn Lomborg), I was absolutely outraged. The guy is saying we shouldn't invest in climate change because it doesn't bring immediate benefits, that we should be investing in combating AIDS, and establishing free trade instead!! HELOOO! This is 2022, and all we discuss is how urgent mitigation actions are!! This course is completely spoiling the image of IESE Business School!
By Chia C L
鈥Jul 27, 2023
There are many given examples which make it easier to relate. IT also takes into account the different stages the company wants to take towards this new normal in sustainability. I find the big picture is good. However, the assignment can designed where one can key in different sections as it is not easy to do the peer review for some cases.
By Mridula K
鈥Jun 12, 2024
Prof. Mike's sessions are quite impressive. He explained the aspects of sustainability strategy for business, in a holistic way. As the course was designed in 2016-17, a general suggestion would be to upgrade the course content to suit the current scenario with many sustainable initiatives around the world, particularly post covid.
By Mart铆n V
鈥Sep 3, 2021
El curso ofrece un paneo general sobre las distintas estrategias que las organizaciones pueden tomar de cara al medioambiente. Cuenta con el dinamismo del profesor, casos reales a lo largo del ultimo siglo, y recomendaciones tanto de libros como de charlas TED que van muy alineadas al topico. Muy recomendable.
By Li H
鈥Feb 7, 2022
Prof. Mike is a very good teacher for organizing this course. the course clearly defines how and who shall touch sustainability within a business organization, the process of crafting a sustainability strategy. The tools and framework of analysis are also very helpful. Look forward to practice in the reality锛
By Fauziah H A
鈥Jul 19, 2023
Thank you Professor, I have come to know and understand how business and sustainability are interconnected with the environment and government. How business can also relate to social and environmental issues. I hope to get the opportunity to be able to use this knowledge in a real job and grow well with it.
By William G
鈥Sep 20, 2021
I really appreciated the course, it was very well structured, with a good mix of theory and real life examples. You can clearly feel the passion that Mike Rosenberg has for sustainability and it's definitely contagious ! It does make you want to explore further this vast and exiting subject !
By Premkumar R
鈥Feb 13, 2023
A very well structured course that gives a good insight into how business people think about sustainability. If you are working on a strategy and presenting it to your management colleagues. It provides the right tools to present the issues and develop a strategy for a company.
By Ana G
鈥Jun 28, 2024
The course is very interesting and very complete for an online course, but unfortunately it is from 2018, I would encourage you to update it as I believe there has been progress in the field in recent years. Professor Rosenberg is a great teacher and communicator.
By Shiladitya S
鈥Jun 26, 2021
very good for gaining understanding of Sustainability , gives a global perspective . the end course peer assignment , given an opportunity to know more projects and get feedback on ones own. the template of formulating ones sustainable strategy was very helpful.
By Bashir A
鈥May 11, 2023
Excellent delivery of modules by an expert who knows how to impact his subject on participants of the course. Well structured course / Enjoyed the peer review as a means of understanding concepts in different context. Very revealing
By Natalija C
鈥Nov 19, 2021
Great teacher and great content! I think this course is a great starting point for somebody who start learning more about sustainability and would like to develop its strategy in the company.
By Tommaso M
鈥Dec 6, 2022
Very insightful and well-done course. It provides tools and notions that help you connect strategy and sustainability and provide you with a fresh view on many important topics. Recommended.
By Rose V
鈥Nov 29, 2022
Very pragmatic view of how to define a sustainability strategy. Good examples used to illustrate the strategy path and the company readiness towards sustainability
By Mudita M
鈥Apr 6, 2022
It was a pleasure learning from Mike Rosenberg. He brings complelling and well-balanced insights, which are relatable and can be immediately put into practice.
By Ramkumar V
鈥Jun 15, 2023
Fantastic course, very practical insights that can be applied. This course will be very relevant for many practioners. Thank you, Professor Rosenberg.
By Balakrishnan V
鈥Feb 16, 2022
Excellent course content. Prf. Mark Rosenberg was very clear in articulating this concepts in a easy to understand way. His examples were spot on.
By Ella M
鈥May 8, 2024
Easily understandable concepts giving a great overall picture on sustainable strategy. Gives the tools to make a business plan for the fututre.
By Maria J M G
鈥May 31, 2022
Excelent. It is much more practical, dynamic and interesting than other similar courses, I have learned a lot in a short time. Thanks Mike!
By Monica M
鈥May 28, 2024
Great course to understand what entails to develop a strategy on sustainability and the most important issues that affect that decision.
By Francesco Z
鈥Aug 31, 2023
The course is very clear, even for those who do not have any knowledge about sustainability in the context of business.
100% recommended