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Managing the world’s resources in a sustainable way is increasingly central to competitive dynamics and value creation. Sustainability: Climate, Environment, & Energy pathway offers students a map to curricular resources for leading enterprises in natural-resource-based industries (especially energy, food and agriculture, and mobility), and for integrating sustainability into enterprise and investment decisions. The selected courses build on the core MBA curriculum as a foundation and offer extensions that allow students to develop deep expertise in the economics and strategy of energy markets, corporate sustainability, as well as sustainable investing and entrepreneurship. The pathway combines different learning approaches including conceptual frameworks in academic courses, experiential learning and interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities. It is supported by a rich set of co-curricular activities. The Sustainability: Climate, Environment, & Energy pathway prepares students for careers in the traditional and renewable energy sectors, other natural-resource-based industries, corporate sustainability and consulting, and corresponding entrepreneurial and investment roles.

Faculty sponsors: Klaus Weber (MORS) and Meghan Busse (Strategy)

Note: The ISEN courses listed on this pathway are pre-approved as credits that will count toward your MBA, however you must fill out to petition a request with the Kellogg Registrar's Office.

1. Foundations

  • Business Strategy:
  • What Every MBA Should Know About Climate:
  • Microeconomic Analysis:
  • Ethics and Leadership:

2. Specialized Professional Toolkits

Economic Analysis and Policy
  • The Economics of Energy Markets and the Environment:
  • Public Economics for Business Leaders: Federal Policy:
  • Carbon Removal, Capture, and Use:
  • Government Incentives:
EXPERIENTIAL

 

Business Sustainability
  • Value Creation through Sustainability: Managing the Corporate Transformation: 
  • Decision-Making for Sustainable Business:
  • ESG Investing and Sustainability Reporting:
  • Corporate Innovation and New Ventures:
  • Managing Firms for Shareholders and Society:
  • Climate Activism and Its Business Impacts:
  • Sustainable and Responsible Supply Chain Strategy Execution:
EXPERIENTIAL
  • Sustainability Lab:
  • Social Innovation Practicum
Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital, and Finance
  • Impact Investing and Sustainable Finance
  • NUvention: Energy
  • Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
  • Early Stage Impact Investing
  • Private Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure Development and Finance

The Entrepreneurship pathway >>

EXPERIENTIAL
  • GIM: Impact & Sustainable Ventures:
  • Venture Lab: & Private Equity Lab:

3. Specialized Industries

Food & Agriculture
  • Sustainable Food
  • The Future of Food and Agriculture
Transportation & Infrastructure
  • Breakthrough Energy Efficiency and Net-Zero Buildings
  • Sustainability in Water and Wastewater
Energy & Grid
  • Advanced Topics in Electric Technologies: Storage and Microgrids
  • Electrify Everything: Beneficial Electrification, Electric Vehicles, and Beyond
Supply Chain & Circularity
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Circular Economy
Last edited July 25, 2024. For any questions regarding this page, please email kellogg-registrar@kellogg.northwestern.edu.

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