What is Sustainable Management?

Presidio's Integrated Approach to Management Education

At Presidio Graduate School, sustainable management is about seeing extraordinary opportunities for innovation and impact at the intersection of environmental, economic and social systems. It’s a strategic approach to rethinking everything from designing more sustainable, healthy and affordable products and services to applying the power of business and policy in order to address global issues such as poverty, ecosystem degradation and human rights.

Sustainable management requires a blending of social, natural and financial capital to create an integrated bottom line. As a comprehensive framework for management, it is ultimately about creating wealth for individuals, firms and communities that minimizes future risks while optimizing and restoring economic, environmental and social value. We view sustainable management not as an add-on or a cost but as a means to dramatically improve strategy, stakeholder value and financial performance.