Online sustainability courses | University of Oxford

Our online sustainability courses

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The Future of Sustainable Business: Enterprise and the Environment

This course will provide you with the sustainability training needed to better understand our greatest sustainability challenges and approaches for reaching net zero. It explores emerging themes and successful business models through real-life case studies, with an aim to help the creation of a more positive future.

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Sustainable Finance: ESG and the Future of Finance

Developed by world-leading academics from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, this programme will provide you with the knowledge needed to understand the principles of sustainable finance and the opportunities for creating solutions to environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges.

Law and Sustainability: Tackling Global Environmental Challenges

This online course in sustainability gives you the opportunity to survey the most pressing sustainability issues and the existing and emerging laws that may address them across a range of jurisdictions.

Sustainable Cooling: Building Resilience to Extreme Heat

On this solutions-focused course, you will develop your knowledge of how sustainable cooling solutions are a vital component of living with rising global temperatures. You will explore trends and tensions concerning sustainable cooling, how to confidently communicate the urgency in shifting towards more sustainable planning and decision-making, and the socio-technical levers to influence change.

Are our online courses in sustainability right for you?

Our enterprise and environmental sustainability courses are designed for people looking to gain sustainability qualifications to enhance their knowledge so they can help drive a just transition.

You are likely to be a solutions-led professional who:

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Needs an understanding of sustainability to carry out their work effectively

Is seeking the ability to take and apply meaningful environmental action, insights and ambitions in their workplace

Is looking to make a career switch and needs sustainability training

Has a personal or professional interest in sustainability

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Courses designed for you, by our experts

The Pearson and Oxford Smith School partnership is founded on a mutual goal to provide excellent online learning opportunities to those with a vision to create a fairer, cleaner and more prosperous world.

The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment is housed in the University of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment, which is ranked #1 globally in the QS World University subject rankings (2023). The School aims to bring public and private enterprise together with world-leading research to achieve global net zero emissions and sustainable development. It focuses on environmental economics and policy as well as enterprise management, financial markets, investment and law. It is a world-renowned institution for professionals to receive sustainability training to advance their careers.

As the leaders in online learning solutions, Boundless Learning offers a full spectrum of services for delivering best-in-class online courses. The organisation partners with more than 40 higher education institutions around the world, supporting approximately 350 degree programmes, in addition to certificates and non-credit-bearing credentials.

Advantages of studying online with Oxford University

Our online sustainability courses are perfect if you need a flexible study option, which you can fit into your busy schedule, without compromising on quality.