| Curricular Units | Professors | Hours |
| Module 0 — Programme Opening | ||
| Opening and Mingling | Scientific and Executive Coordination | 2 |
| Module 1 — Sustainability Fundamentals – Policies, Strategies and Action | ||
| Fundamentals of sustainable and regenerative business | Luís Rochartre | 10 |
| Sustaining Biodiversity / Human Societies | Margarida Silva | 4 |
| Sustaining Natural Resources and Environmental Quality | Paula Castro | 4 |
| Inequality and social driving forces | Liliana Fernandes | 4 |
| Group Dynamics & Design Thinking | Ricardo Morais | 8 |
| Workshop AI Tools for Sustainability | Ricardo Ribeiro | 2 |
| Module 2 — Systems Thinking and Sustainability as a Key Element of Leadership | ||
| Leading Organisations with a strong business culture | João Brás | 6 |
| Introduction to systems thinking and the 6 great transitions | Wayne Visser | 8 |
| Sustainability principles applied to business and value chains | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Sustainability strategy and tools | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Governance and incentive systems | The role of the CEO | Ana Salomé | 4 |
| Sustainability strategy and tools: case study | António Vasconcelos | 2 |
| Introduction to Applied Action Project & Using AI tools | António Vasconcelos and Ricardo Ribeiro | 2 |
| Action Project | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Module 3 — Business Strategy in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability | ||
| Thriving: Integrated Value Management & Leadership | Wayne Visser | 4 |
| Value-based strategy | Luís Marques | 7 |
| Mapping sustainability in corporate strategy | Guest-speaker | 1 |
| Change Management and Digital Transformation | João Vieira | 8 |
| Net-zero Strategies and economic implications | Inês Gomes | 4 |
| Business Models for Social Impact | Pedro Tamagnini | 4 |
| Action Project | António Vasconcelos | 8 |
| Module 4 — Regenerative Business and Investments | ||
| Managing Natural Capital (immersive field session) | Nuno Gaspar Oliveira | 4 |
| Immersion day: nature intelligence & human evolution | Alfredo Sendim e Pedro Tamagnini | 4 |
| Regenerative development – exploring a new paradigm | Gil Penha Lopes | 8 |
| Introduction to regenerative economics | Pedro Tamagnini | 1 |
| Workshop: Regenerative design of projects | Pedro Tamagnini | 3 |
| Regenerative solutions in buildings and urban areas | Miguel Veríssimo | 4 |
| "The Networker" – base knowledge and applying in practice | Francisco Froes | 4 |
| Action Project | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Module 5 — Disruptive & Circular Innovation | ||
| Introduction to circular economy and disruptive innovation | Manuela Pintado | 4 |
| Circular (bio)economy & packaging | Manuela Pintado and Fátima Poças | 4 |
| Circular and Regenerative Technologies | Wayne Visser | 6 |
| Blue Economy 5.0 – intro and real case studies | António Vasconcelos | 2 |
| Exponential tech sprints & Entrepreneurial models | Ricardo Ribeiro e António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Biotech Solutions – Disruptive and Circular innovation | Manuela Pintado | 4 |
| Action Project | António Vasconcelos | 8 |
| Module 6 — Sustainable Finance | ||
| From financial theory to sustainable finance | João Pinto | 8 |
| Nonfinancial metrics and ESG standards | Carlos Martins | 4 |
| Sustainable accounting and integrated reporting | Paulo Alves and João Torres | 8 |
| Sustainable financing instruments | André Sousa and Ricardo Rocha | 4 |
| Funding incentives and support for sustainability | Paula Pinho | 4 |
| Action Project | António Vasconcelos | 8 |
| Presentations | Scientific and Executive Coordination | 4 |
| Total | 208 |
More Information
Structure:
Blended format (face-to-face and online)
208 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
October 2026
ECTS:
48
Investment:
6.900 €
(Early bird available up to three months before the start of the programme)
Contacts:
Isabel Barros
Executive Coordinator
ibarros@ucp.pt
+351 913 596 733
+351 226 196 260
SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
More Information
Structure:
Blended format (face-to-face and online)
208 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
October 2026
ECTS:
48
Investment:
6.900 €
(Early bird available up to three months before the start of the programme)
Contacts:
Isabel Barros
Executive Coordinator
ibarros@ucp.pt
+351 913 596 733
+351 226 196 260
SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
More Information
Structure:
Blended format (face-to-face and online)
208 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
October 2026
ECTS:
48
Investment:
6.900 €
(Early bird available up to three months before the start of the programme)
Contacts:
Isabel Barros
Executive Coordinator
ibarros@ucp.pt
+351 913 596 733
+351 226 196 260
SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS