This week’s topics
Fundamentals of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
- Definitions of sustainability
- The triple bottom line framework
- UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Intergenerational equity
- Week 1-Lecture 1 : Introduction to Sustainable Development and Sustainability
- Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet) | From A Business Professor
- Week 3-Lecture 21 : Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain the concept of sustainability.
- 1.3 Explain the concept of sustainable development.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the concept of sustainability.
Study materials
Videos
- Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 10 min · for registered students
- Elkington's Triple Bottom Line | A-Level & IB Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 4 min · for registered students
- Sustainability | 60 Second Business · YouTube · tutor2u · 2 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future (UN Global Compact, 2014) · PDF · Un, guidance; 48 pages · for registered students
- GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · for registered students
- Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 6: Why develop tourism? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 130–149 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
