The U-M has received a grant of $100,000 from DuPont Automotive for its new Corporate Environmental Management Program (CEMP).
CEMP is a joint initiative by the School of Business Administration and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Its goal is to train new environmental and corporate managers who have an understanding of economic growth and sustained use of the environment.
Presently, fewer than 25 of the nation’s 700 management schools have courses dedicated to environmental management issues. CEMP students will be able to earn a master’s degree of business administration and a master’s of environmental studies in a three-year program.
As CEMP develops, there are plans for a one-year, special residential program for mid-career managers, intensive mid-career executive training through the Business School’s Executive Education program, conferences, and cooperative programs with overseas partners.
“The issue of corporate environmental responsibility is one of DuPont’s core values,” said Louis F. Savelli, vice president and general manager of DuPont Automotive. “By investing in programs like CEMP, we believe future leaders will be able to achieve a win-win situation for business and the environment.”
School of Business Administration Dean B. Joseph White noted that “knowledge and skills in environmental management are fast becoming critical for general managers.
“The ability to evaluate and balance environmental and economic objectives today is an essential characteristic of good management. This grant from DuPont Automotive helps us realize our commitment to develop the environmental competence of our business and natural resources and environment students.”
Garry D. Brewer, dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment, said, “DuPont is a leader in all respects, and their support of CEMP is yet another illustration of this fact. We are extremely grateful and highly motivated by this vote of confidence.”
