GradDip Environmental Sustainability Implementation

University College Dublin (UCD)

Sustainability is on the agenda for many sectors. All sectors are responding to sustainability goals, with many organisations setting targets to be achieved by 2030 for compliance, consumer or market retention purposes. Consultation with a range of industry stakeholders has identified that there is a deficit of expertise in the market to address the implementation of sustainability agendas, however the scale and speed of the change required is urgent. Drivers of this demand are the National Sectoral Emissions Ceilings, the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development 2021 Act, Future Jobs initiative 'Transition to low carbon economy', Ireland's National Plan on Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reporting.This full-time Level 9 Graduate Diploma equips students with the core skills to quantify the sustainability of a product, process or system, identify areas for improvement and devise and manage measures for implementation to improve sustainability.The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Sustainability Implementation comprises 60 credits of Modules 10 modules. These modules are offered across the Spring and Autumn Trimesters.All lectures and tutorials occur during weekdays.It will be possible for students to complete the programme almost entirely online, there will be a need to attend campus for a number of scheduled workshops maximum 3 per trimester. However, for those who want to attend campus, students enrolled in the programme are free to attend timetabled face-to-face lectures and practicals on campus if they wish.DURATION:1 YearsNEXT INTAKE:20242025 September