Make your company and the world a better place. Learn tools and strategies to make sustainability changes in your organization

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Programa especializado: Become a Sustainable Business Change AgentSistema Universitario de Colorado

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About the course This specialization is for anyone who would like to improve how their company or organization impacts the environment, people and communities. We will introduce you to some of the key concepts and tools of sustainable business, then teach you how to be an effective change agent. By the end of the specialization you will have the skills to create an effective sustainability proposal and know who you have to convince, and what they need to be convinced. The Classes Class 1: First Steps in Making the Business Case for Sustainability Identifying a good first project, writing an effective proposal, financial analysis & sustainable thinking. Class 2: More on Change and Sustainability Implementing change, green design, sustainability reporting, examples from practitioners/ Class 3: Sustainable Business: Big Issues, Big Changes Climate change, carbon footprinting, Context-based sustainability and science-based targets, water and energy, workplace sustainability issues, and supply chain impacts. Class 4: Comprehensive Case The capstone class haps you put all the pieces together as you produce a complete proposal for change! This proposal can be based on a case we have written or for your organization, or both.

Proyecto de aprendizaje aplicado

Class 1: A financial analysis (week 3) and a B-Corp Survey (week 5).

Class 2: Identifying appropriate sustainability metrics and an option (Honors) life-cycle analysis.

Class 3: Setting a Science-Based Sustainability Target.

Class 4: Option 1: Write a proposal for changes at Snowflake Basin Ski Resort, a hypothetical ski area.

Option 2: Write a proposal for a change at your organization

Option 3: Do both 1 and 2.

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Cursos 100 % en línea

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Cronograma flexible

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Nivel intermedio

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Aproximadamente 5 meses para completarse

Ritmo sugerido de 2 horas/semana

Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English), Francés (French), Portugués (europeo), Ruso (Russian), Español (Spanish)

Certificado para compartir

Obtén un certificado al finalizar

Cursos 100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Cronograma flexible

Establece y mantén fechas de entrega flexibles.

Nivel intermedio

Se requiere cierto nivel de experiencia relacionada.

Aproximadamente 5 meses para completarse

Ritmo sugerido de 2 horas/semana

Inglés (English)

Subtítulos: Inglés (English), Francés (French), Portugués (europeo), Ruso (Russian), Español (Spanish)

Cómo funciona el programa especializado

Toma cursos

Un programa especializado de Coursera es un conjunto de cursos que te ayudan a dominar una aptitud. Para comenzar, inscríbete en el programa especializado directamente o échale un vistazo a sus cursos y elige uno con el que te gustaría comenzar. Al suscribirte a un curso que forme parte de un programa especializado, quedarás suscrito de manera automática al programa especializado completo. Puedes completar solo un curso: puedes pausar tu aprendizaje o cancelar tu suscripción en cualquier momento. Visita el panel principal del estudiante para realizar un seguimiento de tus inscripciones a cursos y tu progreso.

Proyecto práctico

Cada programa especializado incluye un proyecto práctico. Necesitarás completar correctamente el proyecto para completar el programa especializado y obtener tu certificado. Si el programa especializado incluye un curso separado para el proyecto práctico, necesitarás completar cada uno de los otros cursos antes de poder comenzarlo.

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Cuando completes todos los cursos y el proyecto práctico, obtendrás un Certificado que puedes compartir con posibles empleadores y tu red profesional.

Hay 4 cursos en este Programa Especializado

Curso1

Curso 1

First Steps in Making the Business Case for Sustainability

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The Business School at the University of Colorado Denver wants to help you become a change agent for sustainable business. We hope that with the skills and concepts you gain from this specialization that you will help your business reduce its social and environmental impact. Being a change agent is hard. It takes courage and passion and knowledge. To implement change also requires being able to make the case for that change in terms that people in your company or organization respond to and understand.

After completing the specialization, you will be able to: * Discuss the threats and opportunities that major global trends such as climate change present to businesses; * Identify ways a company can improve its environmental and social performance; * Evaluate and compare companies’ sustainability activities and products; * Develop a business case for implementing sustainability investments; * Identify key criteria of green businesses and product design; * Be a change agent in your organization; * Understand emerging topics in sustainable business, including those in the public policy space. We're very excited about offering this MOOC specialization and hope it gives you the first step toward learning about and taking action to make the places you work and the products you buy more sustainable. Sustainable business changes daily with new products, innovations and ideas, so you will be important in keeping the class current. We look forward to learning from you as you take this green journey! ______

Curso2

Curso 2

More on Change and Sustainability

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This is Class 2 of the MOOC Specialization, Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent.

Curso3

Curso 3

Sustainable Business: Big Issues, Big Changes

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This is class 3 in the MOOC specialization, Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent.

This class looks at the big issues companies are fixing - climate change, water, worker satisfaction and supply chain issues. You will learn tools to help your company address these issues intelligently. The class ends with an assignment to set a science-based carbon reduction target for a small company. Tis is absolutely cutting edge material. Only about 300 companies in the whole world are doing this as of July 2017. You could put your company in the elite group! With the knowledge and tools you have acquired from the 3 classes in this specialization you are well on your way to making a difference in your company, and making the future brighter for everyone. Thank you for being part of this program!

Curso4

Curso 4

Capstone: Creating A Sustainability Proposal

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Congratulations on reaching the Capstone Class of the Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent specialization. The class will help you apply material from the previous three classes. We have developed a case about a hypothetical ski resort that offers lots of opportunities to develop sustainability recommendations. A second option is do develop a proposal for a change in your company or organization. Or you can do both the case and your own proposal.

The goal of the class is to have you practice the entire process from identifying a problem, finding a possible solution, doing analysis to determine the proposed change's financial and sustainability impacts, figure out who to present the proposal and what they need to see to say 'Yes' and develop a budget and implementation plan. It is big assignment, but if you have gone through the material in the first three classes you should be well-equipped for the challenge. We hope that the concepts and tools we have introduced will start you on your way to making positive changes in your company, organization, community and the world. We have provided just the most basic tolls. As you progress you will enhance your skills and become more effective. Best of luck on all you change endeavors.

Instructores

John Byrd

Senior Instructor

Managing for Sustainable & Finance

10.977 alumnos

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Kenneth Bettenhausen

Professor

Management

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Cuál es la política de reembolsos?
Si estás suscrito, obtienes una prueba gratis de 7 días, que podrás cancelar cuando desees sin ningún tipo de penalidad. Una vez transcurrido ese tiempo, no realizamos reembolsos. No obstante, puedes cancelar tu suscripción cuando quieras. Consulta nuestra política completa de reembolsos.
¿Puedo inscribirme en un solo curso?
¡Sí! Para empezar, haz clic en la tarjeta del curso que te interesa e inscríbete. Puedes inscribirte y completar el curso para obtener un certificado que puedes compartir o puedes acceder al curso como oyente para ver los materiales del curso de manera gratuita. Cuando cancelas la suscripción de un curso que forma parte de un programa especializado, se cancela automáticamente la suscripción de todo el programa especializado. Visita el panel del estudiante para realizar un seguimiento de tu progreso.
¿Hay ayuda económica disponible?
Sí, Coursera ofrece ayuda económica a los estudiantes que no pueden pagar la tarifa. Solicítala haciendo clic en el enlace de Ayuda económica que está debajo del botón “Inscribirse” a la izquierda. Se te pedirá que completes una solicitud. Recibirás una notificación en caso de que se apruebe. Deberás completar este paso para cada uno de los cursos que forman parte del Programa especializado, incluido el proyecto final. Obtén más información.
¿Puedo tomar este curso de manera gratuita?
Cuando te inscribes en el curso, tienes acceso a todos los cursos del programa especializado y obtienes un certificado cuando completas el trabajo. Si solo deseas leer y ver el contenido del curso, puedes participar del curso como oyente de manera gratuita. Si no puedes pagar la tarifa, puedes solicitar ayuda económica.
¿Este curso es 100 % en línea? ¿Necesito asistir a alguna clase en persona?
Este curso es completamente en línea, de modo que no necesitas ir a un aula en persona. Puedes acceder a tus lecciones, lecturas y tareas en cualquier momento y cualquier lugar a través de Internet o tu dispositivo móvil.
¿Cuánto tiempo se necesita para completar un programa especializado?
The entire specialization is 4 classes. The first three are organized into 5 modules each. The last one is shorted. If you do a module a week, the specialization will require about 17 or 18 weeks.
If you have time you could do several modules in a week and accelerate through the specialization.
What background knowledge is necessary?
We assume you are excited about trying to make your company or organization more sustainable and are wiling to invest some time and effort in obtaining the tools and skills to do that. No previous business training is required.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
Yes, the courses build on one another so taking them in order is the best approach.
¿Recibiré crédito universitario por completar el programa especializado?
No, this is not an official University of Colorado Denver course.
What will I be able to do upon completing the Specialization?
We hope that you will be able to identify some ways your organization can be more sustainable, analyze one or more of those possible changes, and write a proposal that gets the change implemented. This may be corny, but we think tat after completing the specialization you will be ready to make the world a better place.

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Programa especializado: Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent

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