Shaping proactive, forward-thinking professionals to put sustainability at the heart of business.
The Program
The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is the essential training for:
- Understanding the role of business in addressing complex grand challenges
- Developing holistic, inclusive and sustainable strategies and business models
- Gaining insights into innovations in different functional areas of business and how to develop and implement these in practice
- Engaging with different stakeholders including experts from a variety of sectors including engineering and law
- Acquiring the technical expertise required for carbon footprint assessment, CSR certification, auditing and reporting
In addition to a broad sustainability vision, functional insights and technical knowledge and skills, the program puts a strong emphasis on personal development and aims to foster a critical, inquisitive and creative spirit. It also includes essential soft skills such as managing stress and eco-anxiety and developing emotional intelligence, adaptability and empathy.
The course takes a learning by doing approach and encourages collaboration. You'll play an active role in your training by learning to problematize issues and situations in context and then moving to take action, contributing to real-world projects, participating in challenging practical case studies, and engaging in ongoing reflection on your personal development.
1st year of compulsory education in Nantes.
Global Management
During your first semester, you'll receive comprehensive training in the fundamentals of management:
- Financial Analysis
- Management Control
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurial project & business plan
- Business Simulation
- Customer Experience & Branding
- Financing an International Project
- Managing and leading a Team
- Cyber Security
- Foreign language
- Sport
You'll learn about the challenges of ecological and social transition at the intersection of the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences and management. Through immersive teaching, Gaïa relies on a network of partners, actors in the social and solidarity economy, NGOs, trade unions, public and private actors... to help you experience all the major dimensions of the ecological and social transition and to take action :
- Ecology and biodiversity
- Climate science for business
- Geopolitical strategies of energy and technology
- Impact finance
- Nature inspired innovation & marketing
- Strategizing and ethical challenges
- Spreading impact
- Consulting project for sutainable business
- Introduction to research methods
- Foreign language
- Sport
List of courses
- Systems Thinking and Sustainability
- Sustainability across cultures
- Sustainability Strategies
- Building Sustainable Supply Chains
- Leading Change for Sustainability
- Materiality, Reporting and Auditing
- Sustainability Certification
- Financing for Sustainable Impact
- Multi-capital accounting and ESG rating
- People, Diversity and Rights
- Recycling, Materials and Waste
- Sustainable Design, Marketing and Consumption
- Business Consulting Project
- Sustainable Cities Project
You'll find yourself in a pre-professional situation similar to your 1st job. This internship is based on a strong involvement in the company, giving you real professionalism. It allows you to put into practice all the knowledge and skills you've acquired in the profession you're preparing for. This period serves as a stepping stone to your professional life.
Immerse yourself in an in-depth study of a topic related to your Master of Science. Both theoretical and practical, this dissertation allows you to highlight what you've learned and how you plan to apply it.
Pedagogical methods
The program is based on alternating theoretical and practical sequences (face-to-face or distance learning) using business simulations, case studies and interactive lessons.
Assessment Terms
Continuous monitoring, Examens sur table, Final dissertation
Teaching methods
- Theoretical Courses
- Case Studies
- Practical Exercises
- Group Projects