Programme Overview

Sustainability and sustainable development has become a priority for corporate organizations, not only as a means for articulating their responsibilities in mitigating environmental harms and reducing global inequality, but in order to address the legitimate concerns of multiple stakeholders, including regulators and the society at large. Rising challenges like climate change and corresponding environmental regulations create further incentives to re-orient corporate institutions, pushing them to become more agile and better attuned toward environmental concerns. At the same time, the ideals of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity (DEI) are increasingly recognized as a mainstay of global business policy and practice, contributing to the sustainable growth of organisations. The need for transparency in decision making and better governance has become more pronounced. Meanwhile, technological advances, including ML, Cloud Computing and AI, offer new hope for allaying ecological disaster at a planetary level. The challenge lies in embedding technological affordances within the broader strategic vision to drive organisational transformation towards sustainability while addressing the demands of business profitability.


The Executive Programme in Corporate Sustainability (EPCS) would attempt to address these complex issues by equipping participants with the necessary skill sets and knowledge about global best-practices to influence their strategic vision so that they can transform their organizations into effective and ethical enablers of sustainability. By offering an effective range of heuristic management techniques, holistic corporate insights and experiential learning the programme would help participants become impactful leaders of organizational change aligned with the goals of corporate sustainability. The aim of the programme is to explain the intricacies of corporate sustainability both at a granular and a ‘broad-canvas’ level within corporate structures. It will provide participants with mechanisms to introduce sustainability as a core principle of everyday business activities, decision-making, strategic vision and long-term growth. In addition, the programme would help participants understand corporate sustainability not only from a regulatory compliance perspective but also re-imagine how its linkage to Environmental, Ethical, Social and Governance (EESG) paradigms can create long-term brand visibility, uphold stake-holder interests, improve profitability and strengthen customer loyalty for the corporate entity.


Programme Objective
  1. The participants are expected to critically understand, analyze and assess global trends towards corporate sustainability and its incorporation within specific organizations.
  2. Understand the critical principles of ‘Green Finance’, its associated opportunities and risks within regulatory frame-works and how these principles may be used in diverse corporate contexts.
  3. The interconnections between SDGs and EESGs, including the assessment and reporting of EESGs and enhancing brand visibility through EESG activities.
  4. Develop an appreciation of ethical and strategic challenges faced by organizations in incorporating sustainability within competitive business environments.
  5. Develop perspectives on corporate sustainability principles, such as carbon accounting, in achieving specific corporate objectives such as ‘green manufacturing’.
  6. Approach long and short term corporate strategic planning through the sustainability frame-work by developing a deeper knowledge of financial analysis, risk assessment, sustainable investment models and safe-guarding multiple stake-holder interests and maintaining environmental norms.

Programme Directors
Professor Saikat Maitra

Professor Saikat Maitra

Public Policy and Management


Who Should Attend
  • Corporate executives
  • Start-up investors and entrepreneurs
  • Legal professionals
  • Professionals from the development sector
  • Communications experts
  • Professionals from Non-Government Organizations

Eligibility
  • Minimum 3 years of work experience (full-time paid employment) post completion of graduation as on Application Closure Date.
  • Applicants should be working professionals/self-employed.
  • Graduates / postgraduates in any discipline with min. 50% marks [aggregate - considering results of all years (e.g. 3 or 4 together)] recognized by UGC/AICTE

Programme Duration and Delivery

Classroom Component: This component forms the core of EPCS spread over 1 year, faculty from IIMC will take these modules.

Campus Component: This is a crucial component covering 6 days of in-campus contact. It is compulsory for all participants.

The programme is delivered through an online platform once a week (Sunday- 12.30 - 03.30pm)


Pedagogy
  • Experiential and Participant-Centred Learning
  • Lectures
  • Case discussions
  • Project

Programme Content
  • Module 1: Perspectives and Foundations
    • Sustainability: A Systemic View
    • Sustainability: A Business View
    • The SDGs and EESG
  • Module 2: Applying Sustainability Principles in Business
    • Green and Sustainable Finance
    • Sustainability Risk Management
    • Creating Sustainable Organizations
  • Module 3 : Managing Into The Future
    • Forecasting Sustainability Challenges
    • Sustainable Design Thinking
    • Sustainability as Normal Business Practice


Alumni Status
  • LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 30,000 members.
  • LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
  • LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
  • The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
  • Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
  • The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
  • Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
  • By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform

How to Apply

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