Sustainable Management & ESG Systems
A compact course for professionals who want to understand sustainability, ESG reporting, EU regulation, and practical implementation in organizations.
12-hour online course, with optional Berlin add-on
This course provides a structured overview of sustainability as an integrated organizational system. Participants gain an understanding of corporate sustainability, EU sustainability regulations, ESG reporting requirements, compliance timelines, and their implications for organizations. The course also explores the role of ESG data, governance, and risk management in practice.
Course Modules
Explore five learning blocks covering key sustainability topics, from green and digital transformation to ESG reporting and compliance.
Certificate Options
Choose between a fully online participation certificate or an extended Berlin pathway with formal assessment.
Dates & Format
Currently available for organizational groups of 5+ participants. Individual learners can express interest below.
Admission
See more about admission options and pricing.
Why this Course?
Sustainable transformation begins with people: how they understand change, make decisions, work together, and translate sustainability into everyday organizational practice. As sustainability reporting and ESG requirements become relevant for more companies, organizations need people who can interpret changing regulations, connect them to business reality, and coordinate action across teams and functions.
This course places people at the center of sustainability implementation. It provides the foundations needed to understand sustainability principles, navigate ESG and reporting requirements, and build the organizational culture, roles, and processes required to turn regulatory expectations into meaningful and lasting impact.
Lead Sustainable Transformation. Build Organizational Impact.
Develop the knowledge, skills, and practical understanding to navigate ESG requirements, engage people across your organization, and turn sustainability ambitions into lasting results.
Foundations of Sustainability and Systems Thinking
This module introduces sustainability as an integrated organizational system that shapes strategy, risk, stakeholder expectations, and long-term value creation. Participants explore how environmental, social, governance, and economic factors interact across organizations, value chains, and markets, and learn how systems thinking supports more informed decision-making in complex transformation contexts.
Green & Digital Transformation
This module explores how sustainability and digitalization jointly reshape organizations, operations, and business models. Participants examine how data, digital tools, automation, and new management approaches can support transparency, coordination, innovation, and more effective implementation of sustainability-related change.
EU Regulatory Frameworks and Double Materiality
This module provides an overview of key sustainability frameworks, including CSRD, ESRS, VSME, and other industry specific standards and regulations, and explains how regulatory requirements translate into business implications. Participants also learn the logic of double materiality, including how organizations identify, assess, and prioritise sustainability impacts, risks, opportunities, and stakeholder perspectives.
ESG Data, Reporting and Disclosure Logic
This module focuses on how sustainability information is structured, collected, measured, validated, and communicated. Participants learn how ESRS requirements become ESG data points, how internal data responsibilities and workflows are organized, and how sustainability disclosures are prepared, reviewed, and aligned with reporting standards such as ESRS and GRI.
Implementation, Governance and Risk
This module shows how sustainability is translated into governance structures, roles, processes, roadmaps, and operational decision-making. Participants explore practical implementation challenges such as data gaps, internal coordination, audit readiness, digital ESG systems, and the management of sustainability-related risks across the organization.
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
Certification and Options
The course can be completed in two formats, depending on the participant’s goals. The fully online option focuses on participation, reflection, and practical application without a formal examination. Participants who want a deeper learning experience can add the Berlin workshop and complete the required assessment elements connected to the Steinbeis Akademie micro-credential structure. The official curriculum includes 16 seminar hours, additional self-study and transfer time, and assessment elements such as a presentation and case study.
Fully Online Participation
Complete the course fully online and receive a Certificate of Participation. This option is designed for participants who want a compact, practice-oriented learning experience focused on reflection, tools, and everyday application.
Includes:
Live online sessions (12-hour)
Guided reflection and practical exercises
Course materials and worksheets
No examination required
Certificate of Participation
Berlin Add-on with Assessment
Extend the online course with an additional Berlin-based workshop and complete the required assessment elements. This option is designed for participants who want a more intensive learning experience and formal recognition within the Steinbeis Akademie micro-credential structure.
Includes:
Online course participation
Berlin add-on workshop (2-day)
Self-study and transfer activities
Assessment (case study and presentation)
Steinbeis Akademie Certificate with micro-credential documentation
Admission
There are no formal admission requirements for this course. It is designed for professionals who want to strengthen personal well-being and connect daily work with longer-term purpose.
Register Here
Interested in joining the course? Complete the registration form and we will contact you with the admission form and further enrolment information.