Sustainability courses at CBS
Sustainability continues to be an increasingly important area of business studies, and the sustainability research carried out at the CBS Sustainability Centre covers diverse topics such as public policy, consumer behavior, corporate responsibility and much more.
The courses organised by the CBS Sustainability faculty provide the student with access to knowledge and insights from leading sustainability researchers. Sustainability courses are an excellent way for students from any programme to build a unique academic profile.
Copenhagen Business School offers a variety of courses related to sustainability which are either contributed to or coordinated by CBS Sustainability’s faculty. Below is an overview of the courses offered through the CBS Sustainability Centre for the academic year 2019/2020.

Students visiting a goat enclosure at the urban challenge in Copenhagen, 2015.
Course title
|
Type
|
Semester start
|
Course coordinator
|
Achieving the SDGs: Environmental Sustainability for Organizations |
Elective |
Autumn, Spring |
Kristjan Jespersen |
Achieving the SDGs: Feeding the Future of Sustainability |
Elective |
Autumn |
Kristjan Jespersen |
Africa, Global Value Chains and Development |
Mandatory offered as elective |
Spring |
Stefano Ponte |
Blockchain and Sustainable Digital Infrastructures for Business |
Elective |
Autumn, Spring |
Kristjan Jespersen |
Business & Human Rights: Governance, Leadership and Management |
Elective |
Autumn |
Karin Buhmann |
Business Strategy in Developing Countries and Emerging Markets |
Mandatory |
First Quarter |
Søren Jeppesen |
Circular Economies and Sustainable Development Goals |
Elective |
Summer |
Martin Skrydstrup |
Consulting for Sustainability - Harnessing Business Models and Innovation |
Elective |
Autumn, Spring |
Kristjan Jespersen |
Consumer Behaviour and Social Marketing |
Elective |
Summer |
Kristian Roed Nielsen |
Consumer Culture Communication: Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning across the Global Market |
Elective |
Spring |
Fumiko Kano Glückstad |
COSI Sustainability Challenges 1: Multi-disciplinary Approaches (SC1)
|
Elective |
First Quarter |
Maria Figueroa |
COSI Sustainability Challenges 2: Specific Systems and Capstone Project (SC2) |
Elective |
Second Quarter |
Maria Figueroa |
Corporate Citizenship: Political Responsibility in Theory and Practice |
Elective |
Autumn |
Jeremy Moon |
Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chains |
Elective |
Autumn |
Esben Rahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen |
Critical Perspectives on Sustainability |
Elective |
Autumn, Spring |
Matthew Archer |
CSR - A Path to Sustainable Development? |
Mandatory |
Autumn |
Peter Lund-Thomsen |
CSR - Managing the Social Impact of Business |
Mandatory |
Spring |
Steen Vallentin |
Ethical Consumption, Celebrities and Development |
Elective |
Spring |
Stefano Ponte |
Field Study: Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development in Uganda |
Elective |
Spring |
Søren Jeppesen |
Forbrugerindsigt i praksis: Case analyse |
Mandatory |
Spring |
Kristian Roed Nielsen |
Globalization: Practives, Perspecrives and Ideologies |
Mandatory offered as elective |
Autumn |
Lisa Ann Richey |
International Business, Responsibility and Communication |
Mandatory offered as elective |
Spring |
Dennis Schoeneborn |
Organizations and Society |
Mandatory |
Third Quarter |
Jeremy Moon |
Organisational Change |
Mandatory |
Second Quarter |
Dennis Schoeneborn |
Poverty, Sustainability and the Private Sector
|
Elective |
Autumn |
Andrew Crabtree |
Responsible Business - A SIGMA Virtual Team Work Elective |
Elective |
Second Quarter |
Kai Hockerts |
Responsible Value Chains ‐ A Path to Sustainable Development? |
Mandatory |
Second Quarter |
Jakob Lindahl |
Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Social Change Using the Power of Entrepreneurship |
Elective |
Autumn |
Kai Hockerts |
Societal Actors, Issues and Agendas |
Mandatory offered as elective |
Spring |
Anne Vestergaard |
Strategy and Communication |
Mandatory offered as elective |
Autumn |
Lars Thøger Christensen |
What is Behind the Label? CSR and sustainability standards in developing countries |
Elective |
Autumn |
Peter Lund-Thomsen |
For enquiries about CBS Sustainability’s courses, please contact the course coordinator or write an email to sustainability@cbs.dk.