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Will my corporate CSR and sustainability experience be relevant in ISPP’s policy-focused environment?

Within the PDM Programme in Public Policy, classroom discussions benefit from professionals who understand how policies translate into on-ground projects, partnerships, compliance frameworks, and impact measurement. Your exposure to ESG reporting, stakeholder engagement, and programme management becomes an asset rather than a limitation.

ISPP values diversity of professional experience. Corporate professionals bring insights into funding models, organisational constraints, scalability, and accountability mechanisms. These perspectives strengthen policy debates and make learning more applied and realistic.

From a career standpoint, Career Support helps reposition your background. Instead of being seen only as “CSR professional,” you become a policy professional with implementation insight. This is attractive to policy think tanks, foundations, multilateral agencies, and advisory bodies that need professionals who understand both corporate and public systems.

So your CSR experience becomes the foundation upon which ISPP builds your policy credibility.