Diploma in Business Sustainability

You don’t have to have any prior educational experience or qualification in business sustainability or environmental science to undertake this course. The Diploma course has been built as a comprehensive, immersive, and foundational course and participants with little to no knowledge of sustainability have successfully completed the course in the past.  

This is a completely online course hosted on a highly user-friendly Learning Management System called Thinkific. With around-the-clock accessibility for 12 months, participants can interact with the course content and learn at their own pace and time from anywhere in the world. 

An important feature that comes with the course is ISS Connect, an engaging community channel accessible to all course participants. You can use this space to interact with your peers, submit your responses to the learning activities of the course, and clear your doubts with the faculty members available on the channel. 

Secondly, an exclusive series of masterclasses are held live online on topics of central importance to business sustainability. These classes led by industry experts will provide you with an opportunity to meet your faculty members and peers in real time and network with them.

The Diploma in Business Sustainability course has been developed by a panel of world-class industry experts, practitioners, and researchers, who are at the forefront of practical and tangible sustainability projects and forums across the globe. Our faculty bring their finest expertise to the table and continually help to improve the modules they have designed and developed. See our faculty page to learn more.

The Diploma in Business Sustainability is university credit-rated by the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), a highly-rated UK university. The Diploma is recognised at Level 7 on the Scottish Curriculum and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) and a level 5 on the European Qualification Framework (EQF) making it internationally recognised. The course has undergone thorough due diligence and one audit cycle conducted by GCU to ensure that the course continues to meet the learning outcomes of the educational level it has been credit-rated. 

The Diploma in Business Sustainability has also been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to Continuing Professional Development principles. This qualification is indicated on the Diploma certificate that you will receive upon completion of the course.

Each participant needs to undertake 2 assessments. The first assessment is at the halfway mark i.e. after Module 6 which assesses you on your learning from modules 1-6. The second assessment is at the end of the course i.e. after Module 12 which assesses you on your learning from modules 7-12. Both assessments are in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and participants are marked as per the grading criteria below:

0 INCOMPLETE/FAIL

1 FAIL

50 PASS

60 MERIT

70 and above DISTINCTION

You will be tested on the learning outcomes from each module, with 10 questions allocated to each module with a total of 60 MCQs per assessment. You will have 90 minutes for each assessment (1.5 minutes per question). You need to achieve 50% overall (average of both assessments) in order to pass and qualify for the Diploma certificate.

Absolutely! We’ve previously had teams enrol for the course from various sectors and industries, and it is a great way to embed sustainability within your organisation. If you’re interested in participating in teams of five or more, email us at learning@instituteofsustainabilitystudies.com.