BU certified CPD Short Course
Sustainable Business Transformations in the Digital Era
Empowering professionals to drive sustainability through strategy, technology, and leadership
5, 12, 19, 26 March 2026
10am-3pm, Talbot Campus
Lunch will be provided Book your place:
About the course
As businesses face growing pressure to operate responsibly and remain competitive, sustainability has become a key driver of innovation and growth. This CPD course equips professionals with the skills and tools to lead sustainable transformations, bridging the gap between profitability and environmental and social responsibility.
Our values
Sustainability
Promoting environmentally conscious practices and ensuring long-term viability.
Responsibility
Taking ownership of actions and focusing on making a positive societal impact.
Ethics
Conducting business and academic activities with integrity and a strong moral compass.
Inclusivity
Treating all individuals with dignity and understanding, fostering an inclusive environment.
Programme contents/units
1 Sustainable Business Models and Strategies
Learn to create scalable, profitable business models that align with sustainability goals and meet corporate responsibility expectations.
2 Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management
Explore how to streamline operations and manage supply chains with a sustainability focus.
3 Technology in Sustainable Transformations
Explore key technologies driving sustainable transformation and learn to apply them strategically to overcome challenges and achieve long-term, innovative business solutions.
4 AI and Sustainable Business Transformation
Learn how businesses can improve productivity, sustainability, and competitiveness using AI, guided by an appropriate Use Case Framework to streamline AI strategy and implementation.
5 Accounting and Taxation for Sustainability
Understand principles of sustainability accounting, ISSB standards, and UK government policies on sustainability reporting and environmental taxation.
6 Communicating Sustainable Practices and Performance
Learn how to communicate sustainability efforts effectively, avoiding greenwashing and greenhushing.
7 Leading Organisational Change for Sustainability
Learn how to effectively lead organisational change to enable transformations towards sustainability and prosperity in the digital era.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Design transformational sustainable business models.
Understand the principles of sustainability reporting and environmental taxation.
Develop operations and supply chain strategies that integrate sustainability without sacrificing profitability.
Utilise technology to drive sustainable business transformations.
Design digital communication plans to promote organisation’s sustainability initiatives and performance.
Lead organisational change towards sustainability and prosperity in the digital era.
Design effective AI strategies within an organisational context.
What we offer
• Flexibility in study
Join at your own pace, whenever you feel ready.
• Friendly and inclusive
A space to express your true self without judgment.
• Strength-focused approach
High level of support for building on your confidence and skillset.
• Certificate on completion
A Certificate of the CPD Course Completion will be issued by Bournemouth University.
CSBT
Delivery Team
Centre for Sustainable Business Transformations
Bournemouth University
Professor Macjanna Augustyn
Head of Centre for Sustainable Business Transformations and Professor of Management at Bournemouth University.
Dr. Edward Apeh
Principal Academic in Computing at Bournemouth University with over 20 years academic and industry experience.
Dr. Alan Kirkpatrick
A Chartered Accountant and Senior Lecturer in Financial Accounting and Services at Bournemouth University.
Dr. Lai Xu
Associate Professor at Bournemouth University specialising in technologies for sustainable transformation.
Dr. Mili Shrivastava
Deputy Head of Centre for Sustainable Business Transformations and Principal Academic in Strategy at Bournemouth University
Sid Ghosh
Principal Academic in Operations and Supply Chain Management.
Dr. Kaouther Kooli
Associate Professor of Marketing at Bournemouth University with expertise in marketing and consumer behaviour.
Delivered by a team of experienced academics and industry experts, each specialising in key areas of sustainability.
Centre for Sustainable Business Transformations
Bournemouth University
Sustain your business
Contact us
For more information or to register on the course:
csbt@bournemouth.ac.uk
+44 (0)1202 961261
Bournemouth University, DG06, Dorset House, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
