The private capital industry has grown to more than $7 trillion, thanks to the low interest rate environment and lofty stock market valuations. This has inflated the values of the biggest private capital firms and prompted other companies to launch new divisions. This is a big opportunity for business schools with the right courses.

A growing number of business schools provide executive education courses in corporate sustainability leadership, which cover ESG investing, sustainable supply chain management, and employee and consumer engagement. Participants will also learn how to develop innovative business models and how to disclose sustainability practices to meet increasing and conflicting stakeholder demands.

Most organizations are under enormous pressure to change the way they do business, sometimes radically, while sustaining or improving organizational performance. Today’s global business environment is characterized by upheaval, and is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.