MSc Business Transformation for Sustainability

KEDGE Business School

CONDITIONS D'ADMISSION

Niveau requis

• Diplôme universitaire Bac +4
• Diplôme école Bac +4
• Diplôme universitaire Bac +3
• Diplôme école Bac +3
• Diplôme étranger équivalent aux diplômes français ci-dessus

Profils privilégiés

• Universitaires
• Etudiants issus d'une école de commerce
• Etudiants issus d'une école d'ingénieurs
• Etudiants issus d'une école spécialisée
• Cadres en reprise de formation

Composition de la promotion en 2024-2025

SÉLECTION

Processus de sélection

• Dossier
• Entretien

Session de recrutement

La période de sélection se déroule d'octobre à juillet.

COÛT DE LA FORMATION

À titre individuel :

Année préparatoire : 9 500 €

MSc : 17 500 €

Payé par l'entreprise au titre de la formation continue :

NC

Financement des études :

Possibilités de prêts bancaires, bourses

DÉROULEMENT DES ENSEIGNEMENTS

Durée totale de la formation

Année préparatoire : 12 mois

MSc : 18 mois

Période de cours

NC

CONTENU PÉDAGOGIQUE

Année de pré-spécialisation

Semester 1 

• Strategic thinking
• Financial performance 
• Data management
• Excel certification (TOSA)
• Business & ecological transition
• Business & social change
• Ecological challenge & organisational management
• Public speaking
• Visual communication & sustainable impakt

Semester 2 

• Team management
• Business & sustainability
• ChatGPT leadership lab 
• Coding skills 
• Open Innovation Challenge (applied corporate project)

Pre-specialisation courses

• Marketing reconsidered
• Qualitative & quantitative research
• Procurement

Additional content

• 4- month internship (in France or abroad) or academic partnership

Année de spécialisation

Semestre 1:

MODULE 1
SUSTAINABILITY FACTORIES
The sustainability factories run along the whole programme, from the beginning to the end of the academic yearThe sustainability factories run along the whole programme, from the beginning to the end of the academic year.
The aim of the course is triple:

• Reinforcing the alignment between individual and organisational transformation;
• Developing capabilities for complex thinking;
• Launching and accelerating real case company challenges for sustainable business. transformation

MODULE 2
FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATION
This module is designed to build the fundamentals for a sustainable business transformation. It is composed of four courses:

• Sustainable value creation: sustainability, CSR and ethics – impact on business creation processes within companies
• Environmental sustainability: understanding the meaning of nature and the environment for businesses, deciphering threats, challenges and opportunities
• Business transformation consulting

MODULE 3
COLLABORATION FOR TRANSFORMATION
This module highlights the key points for effective cross-sectoral collaboration for sustainability. It is composed of three courses:

• Collaboration for sustainability: develop knowledge and skills related to cross-sector partnerships and inter-firm strategic alliances in the context of environmental and social sustainability
• New business models for sustainability: develop a business model which challenges the traditional economic logic and puts forward a new organisational system by considering social, environmental, and economic requirements simultaneously
• Communication for sustainability: understanding sustainability communication challenges and incorporating sustainability in corporate communication

Semestre 2 

MODULE 4  
CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY
This module prepares students to handle change in transforming business models for sustainability on a societal, organisational and individual level. It includes topics such as:

• Sustainable leadership: develop both knowledge and awareness in terms of individual sustainable leadership and organisational leadership for sustainability
• Sustainable change in organisations: issues and challenges inherent to organisational change, in general, and sustainable organisational change in particular
• Social change : explore changes in society through technology, social movement, pandemic, and informal economy and examine whether businesses can contribute to positive social change and sustainable development during these changes

     MODULE 5
SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT & TOOLS
The Dos and Don’ts of a sustainable business transformation, fundamental knowledge and techniques related to sustainability:

• Sustainable finance: understanding the role of finance in anthropocene issues and the emergency for sustainable investment needs, defining the sustainable finance ecosystem and managing the sustainable investing methodologies
• Circular economy
• Reporting: tools and techniques for sustainable management​​​​​​​

ADDITIONAL CONTENT

•  4- to 6-month sustainability internship in France or abroad
• United Nations simulation
• Managing biodiversity worldwide
• Process communication profiling
• Planet boundaries mural
• 2 tonnes workshop
• Bootcamp makesense
• Real hands-on transformational challenges
• Art thinking
• Option: NGO mission

CERTIFICATION

Bilan Carbone

DÉBOUCHÉS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Advisors and Analysts

• Environmental Analyst
• Climate change & sustainability Consultant
• Environmental and social risk Leader
• Sustainability and environmental Officer
• CSR Consultant
• Corporate Governance Analyst
• Compliance Support Worker
• Stakeholder Relations Advisor
• Compliance Officer
• Fundraising Worker

Managers

• Environmental assessment Manager
• Sustainability project Manager
• Ethical compliance Officer
• Sustainable business model transformation Manager
• Impact Manager
• Stakeholder relations Manager
• Head of Fundraising and Communications
• Transparency and reputation Manager

Directors

• Global sustainability Director
• Corporate engagement & impact Director
• Sustainability, strategy & engagement Director
• Sustainability consulting Director
• Transparency and reputation Director
•  Philanthropic partnerships Director
• Communications Director
• Environmental and Social Risk Leader

Salaires annuels à la sortie

• Salaire minimum : NC€
• Salaire moyen : 40 000€
• Salaire maximum : NC€

Partenariat avec des entreprises

NC

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