Corporate Sustainability Management

Our Corporate Sustainability Management major develops advanced capabilities to design, evaluate, and communicate sustainability performance across organisations and supply chains. By integrating business strategy, data analytics, and environmental management, we prepare you to lead the transition toward responsible and resilient business models.

You'll gain practical expertise in ESG strategy and reporting, sustainability risk assessment, data-driven decision-making, and stakeholder engagement, supported by strong foundations in corporate responsibility, governance, and ethical leadership. Through applied projects and analytical tools, you'll learn to evaluate sustainability metrics, develop business cases, and communicate outcomes using recognised reporting standards.

As one of the two majors you'll complete in the Master of Decarbonisation, Energy and Sustainability Management, Corporate Sustainability Management can be paired with Strategic Decarbonisation, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, or Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure, letting you build a cross-disciplinary skill set suited to your career goals.

3 reasons to study business and sustainability at Murdoch University: 

• Build the skills to lead corporate sustainability, learning to design ESG strategies, assess sustainability risk, and communicate performance using recognised reporting standards.
• Pair Corporate Sustainability Management with a second major to develop the complementary, cross-disciplinary expertise today's fast-evolving workplace demands.
• Graduate with a diverse skillset across sustainability and business, combining communication, problem solving, strategic thinking and data-driven analysis skills that are highly valued across different industries.

What you’ll learn

• Apply sustainability frameworks, ESG principles, and corporate responsibility standards to build sustainability into organisational strategy.
• Analyse sustainability-related risks and opportunities, and propose initiatives aligned with stakeholder expectations, regulation, and business goals.
• Use business information systems, analytics platforms, and key performance indicators to support data-driven sustainability decisions.
• Communicate sustainability performance and proposals to internal and external stakeholders using professional reporting standards and tools.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement practical, ethical sustainability solutions in complex organisations. 

Your future career

This major prepares you to embed sustainability into business strategy and governance, across corporate enterprises, consultancies, financial services, government agencies, and international organisations. Roles could include:

• Sustainability manager
• ESG analyst
• Corporate responsibility officer
• Sustainable business consultant
• ESG reporting specialist

 For more details about our Corporate Sustainability Management major, download our information pack.