Your Journey Starts Here!
At Ivey, our mission to inspire leaders for a sustainable and prosperous world is more than just a lofty ambition; it is a resolute commitment to shaping a better future. As the call for sustainability echoes louder than ever, we recognize the urgent need to train dedicated individuals who are passionate about driving positive change through the lens of sustainability.
Whether you are a student eager to embrace sustainability in your academic pursuits or an alumnus looking to make a tangible difference in your career, Ivey is the nurturing ground where your passion meets purpose.
As we march forward on a quest to inspire leaders, we encourage you to become catalysts for change and join us in building a sustainable legacy that reaches far beyond Western’s campus. Together, let us redefine the boundaries of possibility and pave the way towards a sustainable and prosperous tomorrow.
What Ivey offers:
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Sustainability Focused Courses
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Graduate Diplomas and Certificates
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Extracurricular Opportunities
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Career Support
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Lifelong Learning
UNDERGRADUATE
HBA Courses
This program's core set of courses are designed to embed sustainability, ensuring that every student leaves with a profound understanding of the importance of environmental and social responsibility. In addition to these foundational courses, we offer a selection of courses that place a specific focus on sustainability and other societal challenges we face today. All courses are taught by our world-leading faculty, who bring their wealth of research knowledge and real world experiences into every classroom.
HBA2 Core options:
- Corporations & Society - Business Strategy & Sustainability
- Corporations & Society - Sustainable Finance
- Corporations & Society - Supply Chains
HBA2 Elective Courses:
- Business Impact Assessment
- Social Enterprise
- ESG In-Action
- Systems Thinking in an Age of Disruption
- Leading Change
- Technology and Humanity
- The Art of Social Entrepreneurship
- International Business Environment Studies: Service Learning in Africa
- Design-Driven Innovation
- Reputation Management
- Building Consumer Brands (with a sustainability-oriented final project)
- The Performing Leader
- Power In and Between Organizations
- Case Writing (with a sustainability topic)
- Research Project (with a sustainability topic)
- Learning from Leaders
Specialty Offerings
Certificate in Sustainability
The Certificate provides students with a coordinated set of courses and experiences that position them as responsible, forward-looking leaders. Students will network with morally exemplary CEOs, sample best-for-the-world sustainability reporting and consulting practices in different types of organizations and sectors, master storytelling for positive change, and hone their ability to evaluate, communicate, design, and deliver sustainability-focused innovations.
Five reasons to consider the HBA Sustainability Certificate program
As the sustainability revolution expands, it’s more important than ever to learn how responsible principles and practices are redefining the future of business. That’s why Ivey’s HBA Sustainability Certificate, directed by Professor Oana Branzei and supported by the Centre for Building Sustainable Value, has been an in-demand program for the next generation of leaders.
Extracurricular Activities
Social Impact Club
The Social Impact Club (SIC) is the exciting new product of a merger between Ivey's Sustainability and Not-for-Profit Clubs. SIC aims to promote business as a tool to create positive social and environmental change and connect passionate Ivey students to impact opportunities. With VPs representing Sustainability, Social Enterprise, Non-Profit, Impact Investing, and Community Engagement, SIC covers diverse topics at the intersection of business and social impact. Initiatives include themed panel discussions, networking events, the Volunteer Internship Program, the Social Impact Conference, and more. The outcome? An Ivey student population more aware of benefiting people and the planet from any for-profit or non-profit organization or industry and through their own conscious consumerism.
Internship Program
The Ivey Connects Community Internship Program is designed to give business students greater awareness of how the community sector operates by giving them an opportunity to work over the summer for a not-for-profit organization in the Toronto or London regions. Non-profit organizations (NPOs) will gain strategic decision-making and implementation skills, and students will gain practical work experience.
Social Impact Conference
The Ivey Social Impact Club (SIC), believes that sustainability is relevant to any career in business. In 2023, the conference, Roots, catered to everyone curious about environmental, social, governance (ESG) and how it can be leveraged to drive positive impact in their personal lives and career.
GRADUATE
MBA & MSc Courses
This program's core set of courses are designed to embed sustainability, ensuring that every student leaves with a profound understanding of the importance of environmental and social responsibility. In addition to these foundational courses, we offer a selection of courses that place a specific focus on sustainability and other societal challenges we face today. All courses are taught by our world-leading faculty, who bring their wealth of research knowledge and real world experiences into every classroom.
MBA Courses
Core Courses:
- Prospering in the Long Term ("Sustainability")
- Leading Critical Issues
Electives:
- Embedding Sustainability in Business
- Sustainable Finance
- Inequality, Diversity and Business
- Responsible Governance
- Transformational Leadership
- Power and Politics
- Technology and Humanity
MSc Courses
Electives:
- Social Enterprise
- Sustainability
- Systems Thinking
- Frontier Markets
- Inequality and Business
- Accounting, Governance and Risk
- Technology and Humanity
- Macroeconomics for Managers
- ESG in Action
Specialty Offerings
Graduate Diploma in Business and Sustainability
The Ivey MSc Graduate Diploma in Business and Sustainability addresses the growing importance of sustainability in business. Sustainability and social responsibility now need to be integrated into organizations' strategies, value creation models, and supply chains, which require future leaders to possess expanded knowledge and skills. The diploma focuses on building technical skills and developing a hoslitic systems agenda incorporating environmental, social, and economic dimensions. Building these wider, interdisciplinary perspectives will equip graduates to apply technical skills and thrive in the evolving business sustainability landscape.
Extracurricular Activities
MBA Social Impact & Sustainability Club
The MBA Social Impact & Sustainability Club aims to promote and connect our class to impact career opportunities and increase awareness of the intersection between sustainability and impact across all industries. The goal of building these connections is to motivate our class to seek and develop careers through which they can be leaders of positive social and environmental change. The club also encourages student involvement in the London community through local support initiatives, and advocates for the importance of an impact-focused purpose within the MBA program and at Ivey.
ClimateCAP
ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business is an annual event that brings MBA students and industry leaders together to learn what every MBA needs to know about the business implications of climate change. It's also a platform for resources for learning more.
MSc Sustainability Club
The MSc Sustainability Club aims to provide its members with the opportunity in which they will be able to further explore the topic of sustainability. The goal is to help our members realize the importance of sustainability in today’s corporate world by organizing informative events, conducting quality research, and providing information on relevant careers. Through these initiatives, students will realize the ways in which sustainability converges with all facets of business, and understand the utmost importance of this topic. The hope is to support them as members launch their business careers, and arm them with the knowledge necessary to become leaders designed to create positive social and environmental impact.
CAREER MANAGEMENT
The Ivey Career Management team is here for you! Our advisors get to know you and your career goals so they can provide support along the way. We’ve included tactical career management courses with the curriculum. Our career management team will help you with understanding market expectations, preparing applications, networking tips, and interview coaching.
Read about alumni successes in sustainability
Transforming passion into profession: An Ivey alum's path in climate and investment
Akshanta Ajay, HBA '19
How Ivey alumni act as world-changers – Disrupting comfort zones and thinking globally
Philippa White, HBA '01
LIFELONG LEARNING
Climate Risk Assessment and Opportunity
This Graduate Diploma program helps learners develop advanced skills in areas of climate risk for impactful careers in societal risks and climate change adaptation. This multidisciplinary program is jointly offered by the Faculties of Engineering, Science, Social Science and the Ivey School of Business. The Business and Climate Impact concentration equips professionals with decision-making frameworks to identify, assess and mitigate business risks and prepares them to explore and shape business opportunities to purposefully contribute to business and society-facing issues.
Ivey Sustainability Alumni Community
Ivey Sustainability Alumni Community engages and connects Ivey alumni on sustainability and its relevance to their careers and organizations. The Community highlights the achievements of the substantial group of alumni who are already driving impact as sustainability business leaders and entrepreneurs. It also provides opportunities for networking and lifelong learning in the rapidly evolving sustainability field. The Community is convened through the Ivey Alumni Network, with the support of Ivey Alumni Relations.
Are you a current student who wants to get more involved?
Please contact sustainability@ivey.ca to explore specific opportunities for engagement. Some opportunities include blog writing, event planning, research assisting, and more.
Looking to sponsor our student activities?
Please contact sustainability@ivey.ca for a full list of funding opportunities.