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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/Sustainability%20with%20business%20simulations.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/teaching-sustainability-with-business-simulations) During the last decades, **sustainability** has become a major aspect in the strategy and operations of many businesses around the world. Understood as the idea of **conducting a business while avoiding a negative impact in the environment, the community and the society**, sustainability has also become an essential part of business education. Using business simulations can help students incorporate sustainability in their business vocabulary, as well as support them on how to integrate this knowledge in the business life in the real world. 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