|
Curricular Units |
Professors |
Hours |
| Module 0: Opening and group dynamics | ||
| Presentation, course overview, project area | Scientific and Executive Coordination | |
| Group dynamics | Ricardo Morais | 8 |
| Module 1: Sustainability Fundamentals – Policies, Science and Action | ||
| Fundamentals of sustainable and regenerative business | Luis Rochartre (PNG) | 12 |
| Sustaining Biodiversity | Margarida Silva |
4 |
| Sustaining Natural Resources and Environmental Quality | Paula Castro | 4 |
| Sustaining Human Societies | Margarida Silva | 4 |
| Inequality and social driving forces | Liliana Fernandes | 8 |
| Module 2: Systems thinking and sustainability as a key element of leadership | ||
| Leading Organisations with a strong business culture | João Brás | 8 |
| Introduction to systems thinking and the 6 great transitions | Wayne Visser | 4 |
| Sustainability principles applied to business and value chains | António Vasconcelos | 8 |
| Tools for navigating the sustainable transformation | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Governance and incentive systems for sustainability | Ana Salomé | 4 |
| Systemic solutions in buildings and urban areas | Miguel Veríssimo | 4 |
| Applied Action Project | CPBS/ESB/PNG | 8 |
| Module 3: Circular and disruptive innovation | ||
| Introduction to circular economy | Manuela Pintado and Wayne Visser | 8 |
| Circular (bio)economy & packaging | Manuela Pintado and Paula Castro | 4 |
| Circular businesses and economic models | Alexandra Leitão | 4 |
| 10 Regenerative Technologies that can save the planet in 10 years | Wayne Visser | 8 |
| Biotech Solutions - Disruptive and Circular innovation | Manuela Pintado | 8 |
| Applied Action Project | CPBS/ESB/PNG | 8 |
| Module 4: Regenerative business and investments | ||
| The regenerative organisation and how to mobilise a living system | Luis Rochartre | 4 |
| Biomimicry (Ask Nature Solutions) | Luis Rocharte and Nuno Rebelo | 4 |
| Managing Natural Capital | Nuno Gaspar Oliveira | 8 |
| Regenerative business - exploring a new paradigm | Gil Penha Lopes | 8 |
| Making use of disruptive solutions to invest in territories | Antonio Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Thriving | Wayne Visser | 4 |
| Applied Action Project | CPBS/ESB/PNG | 8 |
| Module 5: Business strategy in the context of circular economy and sustainability | ||
| Value-based strategy | Luís Marques | 8 |
| Mapping sustainability in corporate strategy | Martim Santos | 4 |
| Exponential organizations | António Vasconcelos | 4 |
| Net Zero Strategies | Luís Rochartre | 8 |
| Strategy and digital change | João Vieira (MDS) | 8 |
| Applied Action Project | CPBS/ESB/PNG | 8 |
| Module 6: Sustainable finance | ||
| From financial theory to sustainable finance | João Pinto | 4 |
| Nonfinancial metrics and ESG standards | Carlos Martins and Ricardo Reis | 8 |
| Sustainable accounting and integrated reporting | Paulo Alves and João Torres (KPMG) | 8 |
| Sustainable financing instruments | André Sousa and Ricardo Rocha (SONAE) | 4 |
| Funding incentives and support for sustainability | João Cortez, Paula Pinho and Marisa Lousada | 8 |
| Applied Action Project | CPBS/ESB/PNG | 8 |
More Information
Structure:
Blended format (face-to-face and online)
240 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
January 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)
240 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
January 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)
240 hours
Fridays, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
January 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