The Institute of Sustainability Studies is looking to quadruple its student numbers in the next 12 months while also gearing up for future funding rounds to help its future expansion.
The institute’s main product, the online Diploma in Business Sustainability, aims to train the next generation of eco-conscious professionals and touches on topics like biodiversity, sustainable finance, and decarbonisation.
Niall Collins, the institute’s chief operating officer, said the change in attitude over the last few years to the green movement, spurred particularly by the EU’s introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) last year, has been a revelation for the scope of their business proposition.
“What you’re seeing now is the move of sustainability as a ‘nice to have’ into a strategic opportunity for businesses and one they need to transform the business towards,” he said.
“The scale of this is massive now because you’re starting to see more organisations looking for sustainability managers and teams”.
