Sustainable Solutions for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

This microcredential will explore sustainability issues and solutions for small business. Topics will include carbon emissions, carbon tax, the three pillars of sustainability and their impact on business drivers, as well as leadership competencies to drive innovation.  The content in this course will empower participants with the tools and knowledge to implement sustainability best practices that are not only meaningful to the environment but also to their small business.

The learner will:

• Define sustainability and its importance to small business
• Discuss concepts and key terms related to business sustainability and their impact on business drivers
• Investigate sustainable opportunities used for continuous improvement in small businesses
• Apply leadership competencies to support the implementation of sustainability initiatives
• Demonstrate understanding of sustainability initiatives by participating in a Solve-My-Challenge activity

Assessments:

• Discussions posts
• Individual assignments
• Journal entries and reflections

Success within small business relies on proactive business leadership.  Being equipped to lead with new practices of sustainability will allow businesses to grow, our economy to prosper and our environment to be maintained.  This course will allow business leader to incorporate methods of sustainability into planning and leading as opposed to hoping for sustainability to be present within their business. 

• Sustainability within the Supply Chain
• Sustainability Analytics