RG
26 de jun. de 2020
Interesting course, easy to follow with appropriate hands-on exercises (including some good tools for financial analysis). Thank you! Definitely enrolling for the whole specialisation!
TF
23 de feb. de 2020
Enjoyed the course insights and assignments in this course although Finance is not one of my best subjects, I hope there is as much interest and challenge in the second course
por Ágnes V
•14 de mar. de 2019
I think it is a great course for anybody, who is new to sustainability and wants to shift his/her career in this field. I have obtained a lot of useful insights, which were really mind-opening and opened up new ways of thinking. I particularly enjoyed the peer-reviewed assessments, because they provided good practical base for us to adopt what we have learnt. I am not very sure, however, that I like the system that we had to rely on fellow-learners to correct our assessments at pre-determined times. However, I would like to say thanks for everybody who contributed to the realization of this course, and by all means to the senior instructor, John Byrd.
por Natalia C
•8 de sep. de 2019
The course is both interesting and useful. The peer-graded assignment system rather tricky though.
por Blessing O
•28 de abr. de 2020
This was a very insightful course, ESG issues were simplified for a beginner like me. I have to commend the instructor John Byrd for his expertise. Thank you Coursera!
por Kristina K
•13 de ene. de 2020
The course is designed for beginners and has a lot of insightful information about how to start your first sustainability project. You might find it boring if you have already some experience in sustainability.
Additionally, the course contains several errors in the description of the assignments and some information is outdated which makes it difficult to complete the assignments. The tutors are slow in responses or do not give their feedback at all. Additionally, I found the B-Lab assessment is useless and it seems that it's just a promotion of BCorp.
It could be interesting to learn about it, but not to spend 45 minutes minimum on completing the questionnaire which nobody cares about. BCorp assessment should be a choice made by a company and not a compulsory test area.
These aspects made me decide not to continue the course series. I appreciate enormous work lecturers put into the program but encourage them to devote some time to it on a regular basis.
I hope my feedback will be helpful.
por Gerdi B
•21 de jun. de 2018
Great course, however I did not quiet get the fact that there are 4 courses in total to this specialization as I was confused by the mentioning of weeks and courses. Otherwise I would have started more courses simultaneously.
por Daniela M
•25 de abr. de 2020
I recommend this course because in a very effective way links sustainability and finance concept, leading you to develop a business case for implementing sustainability investments thanks to the peer-assignments. I’ve learned about B-lab that could be also very useful to understand the sustainability improvement areas for your company. Moreover, I think it’s very important understanding the externality concept, as market failure.
por Anna S
•25 de nov. de 2019
Thank you for the high quality course! I enjoyed every video and especially every assignment! Calculating and making analysis was a very practical training. I am happy that I was a student of the course!
I totally appreciate the efforts of the authors. Thanks!
por Luiza B
•13 de ago. de 2018
I am a sustainability professional and I learned a lot with this course! The instructors are awesome and the topics are very current.
por Paula O W
•22 de nov. de 2021
Great course and relevant for many!
por Martin Z
•14 de may. de 2018
Great course. A few errors, but still worth passing it
por Agnieszka B
•12 de mar. de 2023
Good selection of topics to start, very motivating to continue with further courses, good practical assignments (though, B lab last assignment potentially too difficult for the first module);some quiz questions in the second and last quiz may not have right answers, however, overall the test well the common sense of sustainability thinking.
por Danielly M
•31 de oct. de 2022
The course was excellent! Very rich content, with important cases and insights, in addition to the practical activities being great, helping to fix the content studied in addition to stimulating critical thinking and creativity.
I am very satisfied with the course and very grateful to the tutors of this course.
por Teo P
•22 de feb. de 2021
Great introduction course. If you're a beginner it guides you through the relevant information and processes, if you have a good understanding of sustainability it acts to structure the information to be able to develop a structured approach to implementing the learnings in your own industry.
por Chiara B
•5 de may. de 2020
This was a great introduction to the concept of corporate sustainability. I especially appreciated the financial analysis module, which is essential when introducing a new initiative. The course was very easy to follow, and very informative.
por Emmanuel L
•16 de ago. de 2021
The course is well done and explained. The exams are pretty easy and I think they are so to reinforce the learning. It seems to me that the angle is quite traditionals and business oriented and is not very progressive in my opinion.
por TING-FEN H
•31 de oct. de 2020
The best part is the well-designed assignments which makes you fully understand in practice! My profession is sustainable design and I still find it useful to supplement my financial knowledge and energy use calculation!
por Andre E
•5 de nov. de 2020
Really interesting course, exactly includes what i was hoping to learn. Leaves out all the non essential talk and focuses also on including analytics in the process and how to actually assess the problem in numbers.
por SIMRAN B
•3 de mar. de 2021
A very practical course. Exactly what I was looking for- sustainability thinking combined with basic financial analysis. The professor, John Byrd delivered the content in an engaging and well thought out manner.
por Gabriel A F G
•21 de sep. de 2020
Un curso realmente bueno. Me sorprende que tenga tan pocos inscritos. Este curso te enseña herramientas básicas/intermedias para llevar a la práctica (en las empresas) la sostenibilidad.
por Romaine G
•27 de jun. de 2020
Interesting course, easy to follow with appropriate hands-on exercises (including some good tools for financial analysis). Thank you! Definitely enrolling for the whole specialisation!
por Teresa F
•24 de feb. de 2020
Enjoyed the course insights and assignments in this course although Finance is not one of my best subjects, I hope there is as much interest and challenge in the second course
por Dhiraj K
•23 de dic. de 2022
Excellent start to Making the Business Case. I am driving the sustainability initiatives in my company
and the learning of this course will be great help. Thanks!
por Ximena E B G
•5 de jul. de 2021
Fue un buen curso y me permitió conocer herramientas y proyectos útiles para fomentar la sustentabilidad de una manera realista en mi lugar de trabajo
por sumathi s
•18 de abr. de 2022
I would recommend the course to those who are in the sustainability field. Both the instructors were good and the lessons are engaging. All the best.
por Mona H
•27 de abr. de 2020
I really liked this course, the many videos and input. Some of the covered topics were surprising to me but I enjoyed the new perpectives.