Sustainability metrics are increasingly being integrated into corporate reporting, both as a point of distinction and as mandated by law. Business leaders are seeking employees with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze and document environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors around sustainability. Completing this certificate will enable you to critically evaluate the impacts of companies and businesses on nature and society.
Program Overview
- 100% Online
- Start in Fall, Spring, or Summer semester
- Complete your certificate in as little as a year
- Apply your credits toward the M.S. Sustainable Management degree
Career-Defining Curriculum
The 9-credit Environmental, Social & Governance Graduate Certificate offers working professionals a credential confirming their knowledge and skills in documenting and analyzing environmental, social, and governance factors related to sustainability in a corporate setting.
Certificate Requirements
Certificate Objectives
The ESG Certificate will prepare you to:
- Evaluate environmental laws, policies, and ethics when addressing environmental challenges and promoting sustainable economic development.
- Explain the implications of sustainability in economic systems through analysis of natural, human, social, built, and financial capital.
- Apply qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques to assess costs associated with environmental, economic, and social sustainability issues.
Apply Your Certificate to a Graduate Degree
The credit you earn by completing the Climate Leadership certificate can be applied towards the M.S. Sustainable Management degree.
Admission Requirements and Application Materials
To apply to the certificate program, please complete the online application form. To be eligible for admission, applicants must have a bachelor’s degree (any field). An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher is preferred, but applicants with a lower GPA may still be considered for provisional admission.
Additionally, the following program-specific materials are required at the time of application:
- Updated resume
- Unofficial transcript attached to the application
Customized Tuition & Fees
UW-Stout degree programs using the customized instruction model are designed with the adult learner in mind. If you're comparing UW-Stout's online degree customized instruction (CI) tuition to our competitors, keep in mind:
- Customized instruction tuition rate includes the textbook rental fee.
- There are no additional or hidden university-based semester or technology fees.
- Students in customized instruction programs pay the same rate of tuition regardless of where you live--Wisconsin, California, Texas, or in a foreign country.
More Value for Your Money
Customized Instruction also provides:
- Program Director/Coordinator: Faculty with academic and industry expertise.
- Student Services Advisor: One point of contact, providing dedicated support throughout your degree program.
- Course Sequences & Matrices: Plan ahead with clear program outlines so you know what courses are offered when.
- Stackable Courses & Programs: Many of our courses and certificates can be applied to our degree programs.
- Flexibility: Courses are designed to offer the flexibility and convenience working professionals need to get ahead in their careers without sacrificing their current income and responsibilities.
Other universities will present costs and value differently, so make sure you're comparing apples to apples.
A Collaborative Offering
The Climate Leadership certificate is offered through a collaboration between Universities of Wisconsin partner institutions: UW-Stout, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UW-Superior, UW-Green Bay, and UW Extended Campus. This unique structure gives you the opportunity to interact with students and faculty from across these partner institutions.
By pursuing this certificate with UW-Stout as your home campus, you will receive academic advising and other support from UW-Stout, and you will have access to the student services available on our campus.