Furman University
PAE-21: Sustainability in Continuing Education

In Fall 2010, Furman offered for the first time a Post-Graduate Diploma in Corporate Sustainability. This program is targeted to people who are serving as sustainability officers or are being asked to lead sustainability efforts for their organization. The program, offered annually each fall, is now in its third cohort and has graduated over 45 representatives in various industries and companies. The key learning and application outcomes are as follows: -Review of key drivers in existence and on the horizon that may influence your business -Defining and applying corporate sustainability to the business, including: • assessing and defining sustainable business practices as they pertain to your business and industry • determining which sustainable business practices make the most sense in terms of realizing an effective return on investment • ascertaining which tools are most appropriate to understand and utilize • ensuring that sustainability becomes a strategic business practice • developing an individual “capstone” organizational project which will be submitted to the program facilitation team for evaluation and critique