This graduate-level course explores the challenges faced by businesses and societies in ensuring the well-being of all stakeholders in the face of economic, environmental, and social changes. Topics include sustainability issues such as climate change, social equity, biodiversity preservation, and poverty elimination, as well as innovative approaches to address these challenges, such as dematerialization, product stewardship, renewable energy generation, biomimicry, and circular economy. Students will learn about a wide range of sustainable innovation strategies and how businesses and organizations can effectively implement them.
