Overview

51% of CEOs cite sustainability as among their greatest challenges in the next 2-3 years.

Source: IBM 2022 CEO study

The number of companies that appointed a Chief Sustainability Officer tripled in 2021.

Source: PWC study

Sustainability is changing the nature of business, with investors, regulators, consumers, and employees pushing for corporations to address global issues such as climate change, social injustice, and digital governance. The role of the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) has emerged as the sustainability function professionalises. However, the CSO’s role is often not clearly defined. CSOs are seeking new, transdisciplinary skillsets as they catalyse sustainability outcomes across different business functions.

The ModularMaster Certificate in Sustainability will help CSOs develop the requisite competencies to confidently drive sustainable change in a complex, fragmented, technical, and rapidly evolving sustainability landscape.

Holistic and all-encompassing

Most sustainability resources focus on a single topic (e.g., reporting), requiring CSOs to spend a lot of time and expense researching various courses to learn from. This one-stop programme amasses the full range of sustainability topics that CSOs will need to gain competence in, from designing sustainability strategies to ESG reporting, sustainable design to sustainable transformation.

In-depth and detailed

The programme consists of a series of six 5-day courses that delve deep into each aspect of Sustainability and the associated skills and knowledge needed by CSOs. You may choose to take up individual modules separately to build up to a Graduate Certificate and a ModularMaster (MM) at your own pace or choose to take up the MM as a full programme.

Best-in-class

This programme brings together leading industry practitioners and distinguished professors from various fields, for participants to learn from the best-in-practice. Faculty and guest speakers come from prestigious organisations such as dss+, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Imperial College, NVPC, Oracle, Singtel, and UOB. Through expert sharing, case studies, and hands-on practice, participants will be equipped with the most updated domain knowledge.

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Who should attend?

This programme is primarily for Chief Sustainability Officers and sustainability professionals who are responsible for integrating sustainability in their organisation across different business functions such as strategy, finance, risk management, human resources, marketing, communications and more. We also welcome learners seeking to deepen their understanding of sustainability in a corporate setting so as to pivot their careers into this exciting new field.

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How does it work?

For the ModularMaster pathway, learners can mix and stack modules the way that best fit their learning goals as long as they add up to 72 subject credits within 2 years.

If you have not decided on pursuing the ModularMaster, you can always take up individual modules that are the most relevant to your learning goals.

You can visit the FAQ page for more information about the ModularMaster Certificate and Graduate Certificate programmes.

Course fees and funding

The above course fee payable is inclusive of prevailing GST.