Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development and CSR Management (CSR)

Mise à jour le 01/07/2024

Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality Establishments

Presentation

The ESETH Master’s in Sustainable Development and CSR Management (CSR) is a Level 7 qualification listed on the RNCP, designed to train professionals over two years who are attuned to socio-environmental transition and sustainability issues, equipping them to implement, manage, and improve management systems in these key areas of business.

This programme is ideally suited to Managers concerned with CSR and Sustainable Development, seeking creative, passionate, curious, and motivated collaborators.

The ESETH Master’s in CSR enables students to be highly operational from their first professional experience. Courses, lectures, Masterclasses, and Business Games are delivered by professionals who are experts in their fields.

Connections with our network of premium partner companies are established to support your work-study programme.

Further Studies

This Master’s programme has a professional focus and therefore leads directly to employment.

Skill block

Students entering the first year are required to validate all competency blocks.

Référent handicap

Pour toute situation de handicap veuillez contacter le référent handicap :

Référent handicap : Stéphane NOAH
Téléphone : 06 61 40 03 53
Mail : Stephanenoah2019@gmail.com

This programme does not offer any equivalences or transfer pathways.

Programme objectives

The ESETH Master’s in Sustainable Development and CSR Management (CSR) is a state-recognised Level 7 qualification aimed at achieving the following objectives:

Acquire an in-depth understanding of the CSR and Sustainable Development regulatory framework (ISO standards, current regulations, SDG guidelines)
Develop and implement a CSR strategy adapted to the specificities of the company
Integrate sustainability principles and positive impact into project design and management
Map the company’s stakeholders and mobilise teams
Audit CSR performance
Manage CSR-related risks and identify sustainable innovation opportunities
Master ethical and responsible marketing and communication plans
Develop new business and innovation models for impact
Analyse and evaluate the environmental and social impacts of an organisation’s economic activities

Prerequisites

ENTRY REQUIREMENT LEVEL(S)

Bachelor’s degree / Licence and Bac+4

Prerequisites: The ESETH Master’s in Sustainable Development and CSR Management (CSR) is open to holders of a Licence/Bachelor’s degree or any other Level 6 qualification, and for entry into the 2nd year of the Master’s programme, to candidates who have validated a Master’s Year 1 or obtained an exemption from the certifying body.

Admission is based on application review and, where applicable, an interview.

Duration

DURATION OF STUDIES:

3 years for students holding a Baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification
Work-study programme available from the third year onwards

Admission Procedures and Deadlines

Access deadlines

Applications for the September 2025 intake are open from 1 March to 20 September 2025.
Applications for the deferred January 2026 intake remain open until 18 December.

Modalities

Access to our programmes may be initiated:

By the employer,
At the employee’s initiative, with their employer’s agreement,
By a student or their legal guardian
Work-study is available from the third year onwards

Upon completion of the application form, our institution undertakes to respond within 72 hours.

If the programme requires specific prerequisites, we will propose, regardless of the funding method you are considering, a knowledge assessment and/or a positioning interview (by telephone or videoconference) and/or a review of your application file.

Teaching Methods and Assessment

Assessment Methods: Case studies and/or tests and/or essays and/or text analyses and/or multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and/or oral assessments and/or research projects / Continuous assessment / Work-study and competency evaluation (written + oral) / Thesis defence / Professional evaluation in the company

Programme Summary Documents: Course materials (PDF, and/or Word, and/or PPT formats), case studies and/or audio and video resources, and any exercises to be completed during the programme

Funding

The work-study contract: the company covers the tuition fees on behalf of the student.
The Individual Training Leave (CIF).
Individual Training Support (AIF), if you are a job seeker.
Personal funding through a student job or a bank loan.
You have the option to pay your tuition fees in several instalments.

Career Opportunities

CSR Project Officer
Sustainability Manager
Non-Financial Reporting Manager
Diversity and Inclusion Manager
HR & CSR Manager
Communications Officer
Events Officer
CSR and Sustainable Development Consultant
Impact Start-up Founder
Responsible Marketing Manager
Environmental Project Officer

Programme

1ST YEAR

The CSR programme in the 1st year, which aims to develop managerial skills, is structured as follows:

Semester 1:

Business Strategy
Human Resources Management and Organisational Behaviour
Project and Innovation Management
Managerial Geopolitics
Corporate Finance and Treasury Management
English
Business Challenges in a Globalised Economy
Business Law

Semester 2:

Innovation & Business Models
Management of Collaborative Tools
Globalisation and International Economics
Environmental Management and Eco-Responsible Strategies
International Management
Fundamentals of Sustainable Development
Challenges of the Transition and Planetary Limits
Influence and Lobbying Strategies
International Environmental Issues
Business Game
Internship (Optional)

2ND YEAR

The CSR programme in the specialisation year is organised into two (2) blocks:

BLOCK 1: SPECIALISATION SUBJECTS

Semester 1:

Development and Implementation of CSR Strategies
Inclusive Stakeholder Management
Designing and Launching a Sustainable Product
Change and Performance Management

Semester 2:

CSR and Sustainable Development Standards and Regulations
Design and Co-creation of a CSR Policy
Sustainable Business Models
Management and Implementation of a CSR Project in a Company
Business Game
Internship (Compulsory)
Professional Thesis Writing

BLOCK 2: CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Validation of skills blocks:

Block 1: Create and develop a digital entrepreneurship project with AI support
Block 2: Design a digital project using UX Design methodology adapted to AI
Block 3: Execute a digital project using agile methodology, preparing functional specifications and technical requirements
Block 4: Develop an e-marketing and communication strategy for a digital entrepreneurship project with AI support
Block 5: Conduct studies and draft reports in competitive intelligence and business strategy

Tuition Fees

Information regarding the cost of this programme can be accessed by clicking on the following link : https://eseth-bs.fr/tarifs-et-financements/