Portal & Partners | Sustainable Business

Learn About the Sustainable Business Concentration

At a time of indisputable societal and environmental change, concentrating in Sustainable Business will examine the unique role of the private sector and gain a broad understanding of how embedding sustainability into core business strategy benefits financial performance and management practices.

Sustainable Business Concentration Requirements

To declare a concentration in Sustainable Business, you must fill out the concentration declaration form on SternLife.
 

You are required to complete 12 credits of Sustainable Business courses that consist of: 

• Sustainability for Competitive Advantage (BSPA-UB 68) 
• Three (3) courses, one from each of the following sections: Issue Area, Discipline, and Practicum
   

Approved Issue Area Courses

• Social Entrepreneurship (BSPA-UB 41)
• Economic Inequality: Perspectives and Practices (BSPA-UB 43)
• Global Business & Human Rights (BSPA-UB 47)
• Entrepreneurship in Sustainable Protein (BSPA-UB 50)
• Social Enterprise in Sustainable Food Business (BSPA-GB 2306)
• Driving Market Solutions for Clean Energy (BSPA-GB 2308)
• Business and the Environment (ECON-UB 225)
• Business Economy and Policy in Midst of COVID-19 (MULT-UB 24) 
   

Approved Discipline Courses

• Innovations and Strategies for Building a Progressive Social Enterprise (BSPA-UB 44) 
• Theory & Practice of Sustainable Investing (BSPA-UB 48) 
• Accounting for Sustainability (BSPA-UB 67)
• Global Economic Trends (ECON-UB 240)
• Managing Climate, Cyber, Geopolitical and Financial Risk (FINC-UB 75)
   

Approved Practicum (P) Courses

• Sustainability Impact Consulting in Costa Rica (P) (BSPA-UB 45) 
• Marketing for Impact: Strategies for Sustainable Business (P) (BSPA-UB 51)
• Social Innovation Practicum (P)  (BSPA-UB 70) 
• Experiential Learning Seminar: Social Impact Consulting (P)  (BSPA-UB 103) 
• SIV: Social Entrepreneurship in Ghana (P)  (BSPA-UB 2000) 

Additional Notes and Resources

• A Stern elective course may satisfy only one concentration requirement. For example, Marketing for Impact (BSPA-UB 51) can count as a Sustainable Business elective or Marketing elective, but it cannot satisfy both requirements.
• Practicum courses are labeled with a “P”