Sustainable Transition Management

Sustainable Transition Management, offered by HEC Paris Executive Education, is an executive programme designed to help managers and business leaders drive sustainability transitions within their organisations. The programme focuses on how companies can rethink strategy, business models, operations, and stakeholder relationships to respond to economic, environmental, and social challenges while creating new opportunities for innovation and competitive advantage. 

Core Content

The programme explores how organisations can develop and implement sustainable transition strategies by connecting business performance with environmental and social priorities. Learners examine approaches for identifying sustainability opportunities and risks, transforming business models, encouraging innovation, improving management practices, and aligning organisational strategies with long-term sustainability objectives. The course also addresses the role of individuals across organisations in enabling successful transitions. 

Key Skills

Participants will develop the ability to design and implement sustainability transition approaches, assess organisational sustainability challenges and opportunities, and apply practical tools to support transformation. The programme builds skills in sustainable strategy, business model innovation, sustainability leadership, organisational change management, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and integrating sustainability into operational decision-making.

Target Learners

This programme is designed for managers, executives, and professionals responsible for leading or contributing to sustainability transformation within organisations. It is particularly relevant for business leaders, sustainability managers, strategy professionals, operational managers, and professionals seeking to embed sustainability into organisational practices and decision-making processes. 

Learning Format

The programme is delivered through a four-day live online format with 40 hours of training. Conducted in English, the upcoming session begins on 19 October 2026. The executive format combines academic frameworks, practical tools, interactive sessions, and professional discussions designed to help participants apply sustainability transition concepts directly within their organisational context. 

Additional Benefits

The programme helps professionals move from understanding sustainability challenges to actively managing organisational transformation. By combining strategic thinking with practical implementation methods, HEC Paris enables participants to identify transition pathways, develop new approaches to value creation, manage sustainability-related risks, and support more responsible and resilient business models.

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