Sustainable Enterprise Executive Education & Development

Examine sustainability in light of current megatrends, value drivers and their business impacts. Gain insight into ESG strategy development and learn how to strengthen the business case for implementing sustainable practices to create value for your organization. In Spring 2026, this course will be offered in a different format. Please visit www.villanova.edu/SEED for more details. 

Gain an understanding of systems thinking tools to tackle key sustainability issues and examine frameworks around sustainable development and the circular economy. Examine the interconnections between sustainability, leadership and business and how to overcome typical blunders with the proven interventions to create opportunities. In Spring 2026, this course will be offered in a different format. Please visit www.villanova.edu/SEED for more details. 

Learn to design supply chain management and sourcing systems that utilize circular value chain principles to reduce footprint, improve resource utilization and accelerate a circular economy. Discover best practices for creating resilient value chains and how to apply them to your business to create sustainable value. In Spring 2026, this course will be offered in a different format. Please visit www.villanova.edu/SEED for more details. 

Gain a better understanding of assessing all ESG factors - environmental, social and governance - to map opportunities and risks, and to track performance using various reporting frameworks that are most widely implemented. Learn common approaches to management and communication of key strategic ESG indicators and how the investor community views are formed on company performance. In Spring 2026, this course will be offered in a different format. Please visit www.villanova.edu/SEED for more details. 

Connect your values and personal leadership style with how to effectively drive engagement with sustainability across your enterprise. Discover tangible tools and takeaways to influence sustainable change, integrate with all functional areas in your organization and create shared value. Understand how to persuasively communicate your sustainability story to all stakeholders, including your employees. In Spring 2026, this course will be offered in a different format. Please visit www.villanova.edu/SEED for more details. 

Explore practical strategies for embedding sustainability into engineering education. Equips STEM faculty with EOP-aligned tools, foundational sustainability knowledge, and collaborative design experience to create impactful, future-ready course materials. No prior Engineering for One Planet (EOP) experience required.

Explore practical strategies for embedding sustainability into engineering education. Equips STEM faculty with EOP-aligned tools, foundational sustainability knowledge, and collaborative design experience to create impactful, future-ready course materials. No prior Engineering for One Planet (EOP) experience required.

Explore circular economy principles through real-world applications and understand tools to design regenerative systems, reduce waste, and drive sustainable innovation across industries. Learn from case studies, expert insights, and collaborative projects to apply circular practices to any organization.

Explore design thinking through a sustainability lens. Identify and analyze a complex organizational challenge, apply innovative problem-solving strategies, and develop a practical action plan to advance sustainable impact and systems-level change.