Business and Sustainability
Business & Management
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Lincoln University
Grow your appreciation of sustainability in business covering theory, practical implementation, goal-setting, measuring and monitoring across business operations and supply chains.
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Identify drivers and barriers to sustainability in business
Explain the various drivers and barriers for businesses’ transformation toward sustainable practices.
Apply methods and tools for sustainable transformation
Outline and apply various methods and tools to facilitate a business’s transition to sustainability, including measurement and monitoring processes.
Provide strategic business recommendations
Compile recommendations to steer a business onto a pathway towards transformation using sustainable practices.
What You're Signing Up For
This course explores how sustainability principles can be integrated into business. Students will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge on implementing sustainable practices within organizations, including the tools, methods, and measurement strategies needed to drive sustainable transformation across business operations and supply chains.
Course Content
- Drivers and barriers for business sustainability transformation
- Methods and tools for transition to sustainable business practices
- Measuring and monitoring sustainability in business operations
- Developing recommendations for sustainable business transformation
- Evaluating stakeholder, environmental, and societal impacts
- Teamwork and professional reliability in sustainability
What you need to know first
BMGT-101 Introduction to Management or BMGT-101R Introduction to Management (Revised) or BMGT-116 Principles of Management or COMM-110 The Global Business Environment and at least 30 credit points at 200-level or higher.
Restriction: Not available to students who have passed ERST-312 Environmental Management Systems.
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Business
Sustainability
Management
Future employment opportunities might be
Roles in sustainability management
Sustainability consultant
Business manager with sustainability focus
Supply chain sustainability roles
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