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MEM Specialization in Business and the Environment

PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Among the most important questions facing businesses these days is how best to manage the environmental aspects of their operations, including:

Creating and marketing cleaner, safer and more efficient products and services;
Accessing financial markets for investments in environmental projects, resources and performance;
Developing new internal and external programs for managing and communicating about their operations in a more sustainable manner; and
Complying with, as well as shaping, environmental policies at the local, national and international levels.

The purpose of the “Business and Environment” specialization is to help students develop skills in these and related areas that can then be taken into and be of value to businesses across a range of sectors.

COURSEWORK

Sustainable Management

[F&ES 886a] Greening Business Operations
F&ES 885b Green Engineering and Sustainable Design
[F&ES 815a] The New Corporate Responsibility
F&ES 884b Industrial Ecology
F&ES 807a/MGT 688a Corporate Environmental Management and Strategy
F&ES 895a Management and the Environment: Issues and Topics
F&ES 889a Environmental Risk Assessment
F&ES 824b Environmental Law and Policy
F&ES 953a,b Business and the Environment Consulting Clinic^1,2
F&ES 950a Life Cycle Assessment Practicum^1,2
MGT 854b Behavioral Economics: The Psychology and Behavior of Individuals, Organizations, and Markets
MGT 532b Business Ethics Meets Behavioral Economics
MGT 525a,b Competitive Strategy¹

Environmental Finance

F&ES 578b Financial Concepts for Environmental Managers
F&ES 802b Valuing the Environment
[F&ES 803b] Green Markets
F&ES 821b Private Investments and the Environment
F&ES 680a Forest and Ecosystem Finance¹
[F&ES 963b] Emerging Markets for Ecosystem Services^1,2
MGT 635a,b Venture Capital and Private Equity
MGT 541b Corporate Finance
MGT 565a Behavioral and Institutional Economics
MGT 843a Corporate Finance¹
MGT 842a Financing Green Technologies¹

Entrepreneurship

F&ES 832a,b Entrepreneurial Business Planning¹
F&ES 966b The Entrepreneurial Approach to Environmental Problem Solving^1,2
EVST 170a Sustainability and Institutions: Innovation and Transformation
MGT 852b Strategic Market Measurement
MGT 557b Design and Marketing of New Products
MGT 856b Managing Market Programs
MGT 529a Global Social Entrepreneurship
MGT 851b Listening to the Customer¹
MGT 841a Venture Capital¹

COURSE SELECTION GUIDELINES

Students intending to specialize in Business and the Environment should consider taking a number of courses in both a business (sustainable management, environmental finance, entrepreneurship) and a resource (land, industrial systems, water, climate, energy). Resource-oriented courses are organized within the School’s specializations in Sustainable Land Management; Sustainable Urban and Industrial Systems; Water Resources Management; and Climate Science, Adaptation, and Mitigation. Students interested in energy-related courses taught outside of F&ES should consult the YCEI website. For work on policy aspects, students should refer to the School’s specialization in Environmental Policy Analysis. Students seeking further counsel on course selection should speak with their academic advisor or the Faculty Coordinator of the Business and the Environment Specialization.

Faculty Coordinator: Brad Gentry

Specialization Faculty: Maureen Burke, Ben Cashore, Marian Chertow, Bill Ellis, Tom Graedel, Matthew Kotchen, Reid Lifset, Robert Mendelsohn, Chad Oliver, Deborah Spalding, and Julie Zimmerman.

¹ Course has prerequisites, an enrollment cap, or requires instructor permission prior to registering.
² A capstone course.

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