Integrate all the challenges of sustainable finance; learn about global performance management.
This program trains you in the strategic management and reporting of corporate financial and environmental performance criteria. Program objectives include:
- The latest developments in management control and reporting, incorporating extra-financial criteria to drive the company's strategic positioning and guide both decision making and risk management.
- Assessing whether the company's strategy is aligned with long-term sustainable performance.
- The application of data science techniques to the analysis of enterprise data with the goal of continuously improving organizational efficiency.
- Acquisition of values in accordance with professional ethics.
- Assessing the company's compliance with its legal obligations.
- Transforming the company by integrating good practices that respect sustainable development in all its operations.
1st year of compulsory education in Nantes.
Global Management
During your first semester, you'll receive comprehensive training in the fundamentals of management:
- Financial Analysis
- Management Control
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurial project & business plan
- Business Simulation
- Customer Experience & Branding
- Financing an International Project
- Managing and leading a Team
- Cyber Security
- Foreign language
- Sport
You'll learn about the challenges of ecological and social transition at the intersection of the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences and management. Through immersive teaching, Gaïa relies on a network of partners, actors in the social and solidarity economy, NGOs, trade unions, public and private actors... to help you experience all the major dimensions of the ecological and social transition and to take action :
- Ecology and biodiversity
- Climate science for business
- Geopolitical strategies of energy and technology
- Impact finance
- Nature inspired innovation & marketing
- Strategizing and ethical challenges
- Spreading impact
- Consulting project for sutainable business
- Introduction to research methods
- Foreign language
- Sport
List of courses
- Systemic Thinking, Complexity and Strategy
- Ecology and Biodiversity or Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Accounting
- Ethics and Governance
- Enterprise Valuation
- Decision Analysis
- Performance Analysis
- Financial Impact and Management Control
- Data Management and IT
- Internal Control and Risk Management
- Internal Audit
- CMA Training Part I
- CMA Training Part II
- Principles-Based Framework for Sustainability and Future Fit
- Serious game on Sustainability Performance
You'll find yourself in a pre-professional situation similar to your 1st job. This internship is based on a strong involvement in the company, giving you real professionalism. It allows you to put into practice all the knowledge and skills you've acquired in the profession you're preparing for. This period serves as a stepping stone to your professional life.
Immerse yourself in an in-depth study of a topic related to your Master of Science. Both theoretical and practical, this dissertation allows you to highlight what you've learned and how you plan to apply it.
Pedagogical methods
The program is based on alternating theoretical and practical sequences (face-to-face or distance learning) using business simulations, case studies and interactive lessons.
Assessment Terms
Continuous monitoring, Examens sur table, Final dissertation
Teaching methods
- Theoretical Courses
- Case Studies
- Practical Exercises
- Group Projects