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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Business Impacts of Sustainability Initiatives

THM404 · Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality — Week 11 of 16

CourseTHM404
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Business Impacts of Sustainability Initiatives

  1. Capital expenditure and operational cost reductions
  2. Brand differentiation and customer loyalty
  3. Employee recruitment and retention
  4. Measuring return on green investments
  5. INSEAD Explains Sustainability: Green Tech
  6. An introduction to Impact Measurement - in partnership with the Vladimir Potanin Foundation

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Explain the impacts of sustainability initiatives on tourism and hospitality businesses.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the impacts of sustainability initiatives on tourism and hospitality businesses.

Study materials

Videos

  • INSEAD Explains Sustainability: Green Tech · YouTube · INSEAD · 9 min · for registered students
  • An introduction to Impact Measurement - in partnership with the Vladimir Potanin Foundation · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 55 min · for registered students
  • What is Green Strategy? | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 13: Sustainability Reporting · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 605–677 · for registered students
  • SMEs, Sustainability, and Capital Budgeting · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Transition Pathway for Tourism (European Commission, 2022) · Reading · Eu, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  • Week 2: Sustainability in the Business Environment
  • Week 3: Destination Impacts of Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Managing Destination Impacts
  • Week 5: Principles of Sustainable Tourism
  • Week 6: Mitigating Tourism Impacts Through Sustainable Approaches
  • Week 7: Policy Frameworks Supporting Sustainable Tourism
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Operational Sustainability Initiatives in Hospitality and T…
  • Week 10: Best Practice in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism
  • Week 11: Business Impacts of Sustainability Initiatives
  • Week 12: Applying Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality in pract…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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