This week’s topics
Forces for Change in the Sustainable Macro-Environment
- PESTLE drivers of green transformation
- Institutional pressures
- Investor ESG mandates
- Consumer expectations and environmental activism
- Embedding sustainability: Navigating challenges and driving meaningful change in organisations
- Week 4-Lecture 26 : Environmental Regulations and Policy Instruments
- What Is ESG and Why Does It Matter?
What you will be able to do
- 1.2 Analyse the forces for change in the sustainable business environment.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the forces for change in the sustainable business environment.
Study materials
Videos
- Embedding sustainability: Navigating challenges and driving meaningful change in organisations · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 58 min · for registered students
- What Is ESG and Why Does It Matter? · YouTube · Columbia Business School · 4 min · for registered students
- Britvic - embedding a sustainability strategy into decision-making across an organisation · YouTube · ICAEW · 6 min · for registered students
- Investor Perspective: Defining a Sustainable Company · YouTube · eCornell · 75 min · for registered students
- What is a PESTLE Analysis - Strategic Planning & Environmental Scanning · YouTube · OnStrategy I Virtual Strategist · 5 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Principles of Marketing, ch. 19.1–19.2: Sustainable marketing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 646–649 · for registered students
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 3: Evaluating the External Environment · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 71–100 · for registered students
- Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
