BA in Hospitality Sustainability Management
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Sustainability Management is a three-year honours degree delivered by LSHRM. It develops the disciplines needed to lead sustainability across hotel and resort operations, covering ESG reporting, resource management, sustainable procurement and stakeholder engagement. The programme aligns with UKHospitality, HOSPA, IWFM and Institute of Hospitality standards.
By graduation you will have completed a placement inside a hospitality sustainability function and defended a capstone project on carbon reduction, sustainable procurement or ESG reporting for a hotel property.
The three-year syllabus walks you through sustainability leadership in hospitality, from ESG reporting and carbon accounting to sustainable procurement and stakeholder engagement. Year three centres on a defended capstone project, with an integrated placement year giving hands-on exposure to a hotel sustainability function.
Modules across the Hospitality Sustainability Management programme are delivered in short weekly units with practical activities anchored to real hotel workflows, and every intake sits within a wider LSHRM cohort that combines learners from London, the UK regions and international markets. Tutor contact hours are protected across each week, with dedicated office-hour slots and asynchronous forum support so that Hospitality Sustainability Management learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Hospitality Sustainability Management learners can progress into the LSHRM MSc, moving from full honours undergraduate standard into executive postgraduate territory without repeating material. Every Hospitality Sustainability Management student is also supported by the LSHRM alumni network, which gathers hospitality professionals from London hotel groups, resort operators and hospitality technology firms across the UK and further afield.
Key Features
- Full BA honours syllabus with a sustainability placement
- UKHospitality, HOSPA, IWFM and Institute of Hospitality references
- ESG reporting and carbon accounting modules
- Sustainable procurement case studies
- Capstone sustainability project defence
- Delivery online, on-campus and by distance learning
- Articulation into MSc programmes at LSHRM
- Full three-year undergraduate structure with placement integration
- Defended capstone project before academic and industry panels
- Guest lectures from London hotel sustainability practitioners
- Access to LSHRM's wider sustainability community
What You Will Learn
- Structure ESG reporting for hotel and resort properties
- Model carbon accounting across scopes for a hospitality estate
- Design sustainable procurement policies for consumables and F and B
- Coordinate certification submissions across recognised schemes
- Engage stakeholders from ownership to guests on sustainability
- Interpret science-based targets in hotel operations
- Support refurbishment scopes with sustainability outcomes
- Present sustainability content to executive committees
- Handle ESG reporting cycles for a hotel property
- Support carbon accounting across relevant emission scopes
- Handle sustainable procurement policies across consumables
- Coordinate certification submissions across recognised UK schemes
- Handle guest engagement on sustainability topics
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content in the context of housekeeping routines, property estates and facilities disciplines
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle hospitality sustainability management content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM MSc
Who This Course Is For
- A-level and IB students planning sustainability leadership in hospitality
- Higher Diploma holders topping up to an honours degree
- Working hoteliers moving into sustainability remits
- International students preparing for UK sustainability programmes
- Working hoteliers moving into sustainability leadership tracks
- International students planning UK sustainability placements
Career Pathways
- Sustainability Officer
- Property Operations Manager
- Facilities Manager
- Executive Housekeeper
- Estates Manager
- Hygiene and Safety Officer
The LSHRM careers service supports Bachelor students with sustainability placements, project-based interview drills and introductions to hotel ownership groups and ESG consultancies in London.
Past LSHRM Bachelor graduates have progressed into sustainability officer, ESG analyst and cluster sustainability lead posts inside London hotel groups and ownership-side ESG teams active across the UK.
Entry Requirements
- A-Levels (BBC or above) or IB (26+ points) or equivalent overseas qualifications
- A completed Higher Diploma or Advanced Diploma for top-up routes
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band under 5.5) or equivalent English proficiency
- Personal statement outlining career objectives in the hospitality sector
- Two academic or professional references
Why Study at LSHRM
LSHRM is the London School of Hotel and Resort Management - a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the operational and strategic disciplines that run modern hotels, resorts and integrated hospitality businesses.
Our curriculum is written by former hoteliers, revenue leaders, housekeeping directors and hospitality technologists, and delivered across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes to fit working professionals and international students alike.
The BA is co-authored with hotel sustainability officers and ownership-side ESG leads, so it reflects the reporting and delivery pressures that UK hospitality actually faces.
LSHRM's sustainability content sits inside the wider Housekeeping and Property Management department, so graduates leave with a strong grounding in the operational disciplines that make sustainability programmes credible.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Sustainability Management
Applications for the BA in Hospitality Sustainability Management open on rolling intakes, with dedicated top-up cycles for Higher Diploma holders. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree. The programme sits at full honours undergraduate standard and is delivered by an academic team that continues to advise the wider hospitality sector. Support is available throughout the Hospitality Sustainability Management programme from admissions to graduation, and every intake is supported by LSHRM course leaders and student services. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree with LSHRM admissions. Enrol Now
