1. Academic Programs
  2. Master’s Programs
  3. Master of Environmental Management — MEM
  4. MEM Specializations
  5. Business and the Environment Specialization

Business and the Environment Specialization

For YSE students who are interested in working on environmental issues in for-profit organizations, or in NGOs and public agencies that partner with for-profit organizations, be well prepared to do so. This specialization will be particularly helpful for MEM students with an environmental science or policy background and less experience with business concepts.

On This Page

    Note that a capstone course used to fulfill the MEM capstone requirement cannot also be used toward fulfilling an MEM Specialization requirement; a capstone course taken once cannot be used to fulfill multiple requirements. Learn more about YSE capstone courses by visiting the MEM Capstone page.

    Program Courses

    Core

    Two required courses.
    Course Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Fall 2025 Spring 2026
    ENV 807
    Corporate Environmental Management and Strategy         		  Esty   Esty
    MGT 502/ACCT 270
    Foundations of Accounting and Valuation    		        

    Electives

    Students must take four courses from the lists below, including at least (a) one Quantitative course or one Finance course and (b) one from the list of Additional Electives.

    Quantitative

    Course Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Fall 2025 Spring 2026
    ENV 603
    Environmental Data Visualization for Communication         		Queenborough
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Queenborough  
    ENV 617
    Real World Environmental Data Science         		  Grewal   Grewal
    Tentative
    ENV 728
    Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences         		        Reuning-Scherer  
    ENV 753
    Regression Modeling of Ecological and Environmental Data         		Gregoire
    M,W 10:30-11:50    		   Gregoire  
    ENV 758
    Multivariate Data Analysis in the Environmental Sciences         		  Reuning-Scherer   Reuning-Scherer
    ENV 795
    Nature as Capital: Merging Ecological and Economic Models         		  Fenichel   Fenichel
    ENV 811
    Metrics, Tools and Indicators in Corporate Responsibility         		  Cort
    Tentative    		   Cort
    Tentative
    ENV 828
    Risk Assessment & Management: Climate Change         		  Wargo Wargo
    Tentative    		  

    Finance

    Course Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Fall 2025 Spring 2026
    ENV 635
    Renewable Energy Project Finance         		  Gross   Gross
    Tentative
    MGT 842
    Financing Green Technologies    		        

    Additional Electives

    Other courses or independent projects may be used to satisfy elective requirements subject to approval of the faculty coordinator of the specialization.
    Course Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Fall 2025 Spring 2026
    ENV 621
    The Ministry for the Future: Exploring The Science and Politics of Climate Solutions through Fiction         		Sanford
    W 1:00-3:50    		          
    ENV 636
    Carbon Dioxide Removal         		O’Rourke
    M 2:30-5:20    		          
    ENV 639
    Food Systems and Climate Services         		Hernandez-Aguilera
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50    		          
    ENV 641
    Market-Based Mechanisms for Water Management         		  Pilz Kruse
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 659
    The Practice of Silviculture: Principles in Applied Forest Ecology (Friday field trips)         		  Ashton   Ashton
    ENV 714
    Ocean Conservation and Sustainability: Policy and Strategies         		Muñoz
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		          
    ENV 742
    Fundamentals of Working with People         		  DeCew   DeCew
    Tentative
    ENV 800
    Energy Economics and Policy Analysis         		  Gillingham   Faculty
    ENV 814
    Energy Systems Analysis         		Rao
    M,W 9:00-10:20    		   Rao  
    ENV 816
    Electric Utilities: an Industry in Transition         		Rhodes
    Th 1:00-3:50    		          
    ENV 824
    Environmental Law and Policy         		  Klee   Klee
    ENV 829
    Pathways to a Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Future         		Esty
    Tu 4:00-6:50    		   Esty
    Tentative    		  
    ENV 838
    Life Cycle Assessment         		  Yao   Yao
    ENV 884
    Industrial Ecology         		Yao
    Tu,Th 10:30-11:50    		   Yao  
    ENV 894
    Green Building: Issues and Perspectives         		Kops
    Tu 9:00-11:50    		   Kops  
    ENV 953
    Sustainable Business Capstone Consulting         		  Boyd   Boyd
    ENV 956
    Strategies for Land Conservation         		  Gentry   Gentry
    Tentative
    ENV 960
    Urban Climate Solutions Capstone: New Haven Clinic         		  Seto   Seto
    Tentative
    ENV 982
    Bio-inspired Design and Engineering         		  Zimmerman   Zimmerman
    Tentative
    MGT 525
    Competitive Strategy    		        
    MGT 532
    Business Ethics    		        
    MGT 541
    Corporate Finance    		        
    MGT 872
    Managing Sustainable Operations    		        
    MGT 873
    Supply Chain Management    		        
    MGT 893
    Non-Market Strategy    		        
    Business and the Environment Illustration

    Learning Community

    There is a corresponding “Learning Community” for each specialization, where anyone interested in the topic can find related news, spotlights, colleagues, and events.

    Explore the Community

     Faculty Coordinator

    Staff Manager