Updated on 03/07/2024
BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
PRESENTATION
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Bachelor’s degree at EMSP is a RNCP-registered Level 6 qualification designed to train future leaders of sustainable transition within organisations. The aim is no longer simply to “do good,” but to integrate environmental and social challenges at the core of business strategy.
This programme is ideally suited to managers responsible for driving CSR and Sustainable Development strategies, who are seeking creative, passionate, curious, and motivated collaborators.
The EMSP CSR Bachelor’s degree prepares students to be highly operational from their first professional experience or to continue their studies at a Bac+4/5 level. Courses, conferences, masterclasses, and business games are delivered by professionals and experts in their fields.
Students are connected with our network of high-end partner companies to undertake their work-study placement.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Bachelor’s degree at EMSP, a Level 6 state-recognised qualification, aims to achieve the following objectives:
Analyse climate change, biodiversity, and resource depletion.
Learn relevant regulations (such as the CSRD directive in Europe) and international standards (ISO 26000).
Learn to draft sustainability reports and monitor environmental and social performance indicators (KPIs).
Evaluate the impact of a product from its creation to end-of-life.
Select suppliers who respect human rights and environmental standards.
Promote diversity, gender equality, and quality of work life (QWL).
Communicate transparently without engaging in greenwashing.
Learn to engage employees in adopting new sustainable behaviours.
Be able to interact effectively with clients, shareholders, NGOs, and local communities.
EMSP Business School is a higher education institution subject to state pedagogical oversight through the Académie de Paris. EMSP Business School offers programmes in Sustainability Management ranging from Bac to Bac+5, delivered both on-campus and online, in initial and continuing education.
- The activity registration number is registered with the Prefect of the Île-de-France region.
- SIRET number
- UAI-CFA: 0756357C
This programme does not offer direct equivalence but provides progression pathways.
Students entering the first year are required to validate all competency blocks.
FURTHER STUDIES
This Bachelor’s degree has a professional orientation and therefore leads directly to employment. You also have the opportunity to enrol in the first year of a Master’s degree.
For any disability-related matters, please contact the disability coordinator:
Disability Officer: Stéphane NOAH
Phone: 0160055830
Email: Stephanenoah@emsp-bs.fr
Contacts
Email: contact@emsp-bs.fr /admissions@emsp-bs.fr
Phone: (+33) 01 60 05 58 30
Admission Requirements
ENTRY LEVEL(S)
Baccalaureate and Bac+2
Prerequisites:
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Bachelor’s degree at EMSP is open to holders of a Baccalaureate and, for entry into the 3rd year, to holders of a BTS or any other Level 5 qualification.
Admission is based on application review and, where applicable, an interview.
DURATION
DURATION OF STUDIES:
- 3 years for students holding a Baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification
- Work-study programme possible from the 3rd year.
Admission Procedures and Deadlines
ACCESS DEADLINES
Applications for the September 2026 intake run from 1 March to 20 September 2026.
Applications for the January 2027 deferred intake remain open until 18 December.
Procedures
Access to our programmes may be initiated:
By the employer,
At the initiative of the employee with their consent,
By a student or their legal guardian.
A work-study programme is possible from the 3rd year.
After completing the application form, our school undertakes to respond within 72 hours.
If the programme requires specific prerequisites, we will propose—regardless of the funding method you are considering—a knowledge assessment test and/or a placement interview (by telephone or videoconference) and/or a review of your application file.
Teaching Methods and Assessment
Teaching Methods and Assessment
Assessment Methods:
Case studies and/or tests and/or essays and/or text analyses and/or multiple-choice questionnaires (MCQs) and/or oral assessments and/or research work / Continuous assessment / Evaluation of work-study and skills (written + oral) / Thesis defence / Professional assessment in the company
Course Materials:
Course materials (PDF, and/or Word, and/or PPT formats), case studies and/or audio and video resources, and any exercises to be completed during the programme.
Funding
Work-study contract: the company covers the tuition fees on behalf of the student.
Individual Training Leave (CIF).
Individual Training Assistance (AIF), if you are unemployed.
Personal funding through a student job or a bank loan.
You have the option to pay your tuition fees in instalments.
Company search seminar
Individual coaching
Career Opportunities
CSR Project Officer
Sustainability Manager
Non-Financial Reporting Officer
Diversity and Inclusion Officer
HR & CSR Officer
Communications Officer
Events Officer
CSR and Sustainable Development Consultant
Impact Entrepreneur
Environmental Project Officer
Academic Programme
1ST AND 2ND YEAR
The CSR programme in the first and second years, aimed at acquiring managerial skills, is structured as follows:
Semester 1:
Humanities
Economic Concepts and Current Affairs
Law – Moot Court
Business Management and Enterprise Projects
Human Resources Administration
Management of Collaborative Tools
Management and Operations
Marketing Analysis and Customer Experience
Semester 2:
Start-up and Entrepreneurship
Negotiation Techniques
Business English
Introduction to Accounting Processes
Fundamentals of Corporate Compliance
Principles of Sustainable Development
Issues of the Transition and Planetary Limits
Leadership and Team Management
Internship (Optional)
3RD YEAR
The third year of the CSR programme, focused on specialisation, is organised around two (2) axes:
AXIS 1: SPECIALISATION SUBJECTS
Semester 1:
Development and Implementation of CSR Strategies
Inclusive Stakeholder Management
Designing and Launching a Sustainable Product
Change and Performance Management
Semester 2:
CSR and Sustainable Development Standards and Regulations
Design and Co-Construction of a CSR Policy
Sustainable Business Models
Management and Implementation of a CSR Project in a Company
Internship (Mandatory)
AXIS 2: CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Validation of competency blocks:
Block 1: Coordinate and improve the commercial activity of the retail establishment
Block 2: Contribute to the strategic directions of the brand and optimise the economic performance of the retail establishment
Block 3: Manage the employees of the retail establishment
Tuition Fees
Information regarding the cost of this programme can be accessed by clicking on the following link: here
Prix de la formation en alternance : 10000€ TTC/ an
Prix de la formation en initiale : 4500€ TTC / an
Frais d’inscription : 1000 € TTC
Assistance with Company Search
Company search seminar
Individual coaching
Networking with the school’s partners