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As stakeholders increasingly demanding greater accountability from organisations to address their environmental and social impacts, sustainability-related performance is now acknowledged as an integral aspect of business – with a failure to do so putting an organisation’s future at risk.
The Graduate Certificate of Sustainable Business is designed to develop business professionals with the skills to tackle these sustainability-related issues in an increasingly socially and environmentally minded business climate. Studying this course leaves you well equipped to enter or grow in the fields of socially responsible investment, business continuity, and governance and assurance.
This course is composed from 4 units, with flexible learning options available.
Course objectives
The Graduate Certificate of Sustainable Business is designed to train you in a way that encourages them to protect the environment for current and future generations by considering the impacts of real-life technical challenges upon different organisational stakeholders.
By critically reflecting on the sustainability of organisational business policies and strategies, you’ll report on, and embrace accountability for, sustainability-related performance. You’ll gain a robust understanding of challenges currently present in the business environment in Tasmania and further afield, enabling graduates to refine their contemporary knowledge of sustainability resolution practices as required by employers.
You’ll be expected to review and comment on the relevance of sustainable development to various forms of organisations and how both internal and external stakeholders - that, includes management, accountants, auditors, shareholders, government - can help in promoting sustainable development. In addition, this course assists you to develop skills to question organisational operations and present solutions using effective written and oral communication skills by applying their technical knowledge and ability to research problems as they relate to implementing sustainable practices.
Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
Studying this course will expose you to real life sustainable business issues. Industry experts such as sustainability managers and top executives will be invited for keynote presentations so that you have the opportunity to interact with industry experts and share your views about the emerging issues related to business sustainability. This course has been designed to develop your ability to critically reflect on organisational business policies, strategies and reporting on sustainability-related issues. You'll leave this course informed about how to achieve economic development while protecting the environment, respecting the needs of current and future generations, and achieving sustainable development.
You'll have the opportunity to engage in exploring sustainable development to different organisations and how all types of stakeholders can play a role in promoting sustainable development. In addition, this course assists you to develop skills to question organisational operations and present solutions using effective written and oral communication skills, combining your technical knowledge and ability to research problems as they relate to implementing sustainable practices.
Career outcomes
Graduates of this course will be prepared to work across industry sectors as sustainability-informed professionals. Drawing on course content, you’ll be prepared to help organisations in understanding their social and environmental impacts and ensuring that important sustainability issues are addressed.
Demand for sustainability-focused jobs is anticipated to grow 2.5% on average each year until 2030, making up three-quarters of the top growing occupations*. Sustainability-informed professional are high in demand as organisations are currently looking at net zero carbon emissions pathways and ethically performing supply chains.
- Environment and Sustainability Manager
- Environmental Projects Officer
- Sustainability Consultant
- Sustainability Product Specialist
- Circular Economy Officer
- Performance Support Officer
- Carbon Consultant
*People Powering the Future Report, Deloitte Access Economics
Course structure
To graduate from the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business course, you must satisfactorily complete 50 credit points of study from the core units listed below in the schedule.
Core units
Investors and lenders have an important role with respect to sustainable development. Through directing their financial resources to socially and environmentally responsible investment options, investors and lenders have the power to make significant contribution to sustainable development. This applies to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Organisations impact, and are impacted by, the societies in which they operate. That is, they are part of a broader social system. Society generally, and different groups of stakeholders specifically, expect an organisation to accept various responsibilities with respect to…
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View all details for BFA758 Organisational Social Responsibilities
Organisations create various benefits and various costs for stakeholders. Some of these costs and benefits – which can be of a financial, social, or environmental nature - can be quantified in monetary terms while others cannot. Managers have a responsibility…
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View all details for BFA759 Managing and Reporting Sustainability Related Performance
Organisations will often have a vision and a mission which will in turn link to goals and objectives and related strategic planning. To enable an organisation to achieve is mission, objectives, and goals requires a well-designed, organisational-relevant governance system. An…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for BFA760 Sustainability Related Governance and Assurance
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
- A completed AQF7 bachelor's degree or above, or approved equivalent#, in any discipline.
Applicants with work experience
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
- Qualifications, relevant work experience or other special circumstances, as approved by the College Executive Dean or delegated authority.
You must provide evidence to support your application on the basis of work experience, in particular a copy of your CV demonstrating your work experience, and letters of reference from line managers or similar to confirm your work experience. In the case of applicants who have worked as a sole trader or consultant, additional evidence to support the level of experience must be provided.
#An equivalent qualification from an overseas institution as assessed by the University with reference to the equivalencies identified by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR).
For International students
Applicants with higher education study
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
- A completed AQF7 bachelor's degree or above, or approved equivalent#, in any discipline.
Applicants with work experience
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
- Qualifications, relevant work experience or other special circumstances, as approved by the College Executive Dean or delegated authority.
You must provide evidence to support your application on the basis of work experience, in particular a copy of your CV demonstrating your work experience, and letters of reference from line managers or similar to confirm your work experience. In the case of applicants who have worked as a sole trader or consultant, additional evidence to support the level of experience must be provided.
#An equivalent qualification from an overseas institution as assessed by the University with reference to the equivalencies identified by the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR).
English Language Requirements
International students must also provide evidence that they have met the minimum English Language Test Score requirements forPostgraduate coursework programs as published in the University’s English Language Requirements. These tests must have beencompleted in the 24 months preceding the application date.
Credit transfer
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business may be eligible for credit of up to 50 cp into the 37O1 Master of Business Administration or 37O2 Master of Business Administration (Executive), subject to the approval of the MBA Director and meeting the admission requirements for the relevant course, particularly the requirements of work experience.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
If you’re a domestic student, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place in this course. This means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
You may also be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
Student contributionStudent contribution amounts are charged for each unit of study. This means that how much you’ll pay will depend on which units you choose. Find out more about student contribution amounts.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2024 Total Course Fee (international students): $15,725 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $31,450 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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