This week’s topics
Impact of Contemporary Sustainability Challenges
- Physical and transition climate risks
- Circular economy and resource scarcity
- Carbon pricing mechanisms
- Supply chain resilience and ethical sourcing
- Stanford Webinar - Closing the Loop: The Circular Economy, Business & Sustainability
- #25 Sustainability in Supply Management | Part 1 | Strategic Sourcing
- Law 270.6 - Lecture 14 - Climate Change and Carbon Markets;
- Webinar: Sustainability in Practice 18 March 2026
What you will be able to do
- 1.3 Evaluate the impact of current sustainability issues on businesses.
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the impact of current sustainability issues on businesses.
Study materials
Videos
- Stanford Webinar - Closing the Loop: The Circular Economy, Business & Sustainability · YouTube · Stanford Online · 59 min · for registered students
- Webinar: Sustainability in Practice 18 March 2026 · YouTube · TU Delft · 59 min · for registered students
- Sustainability and prosperity in the age of ecological scarcity | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 92 min · for registered students
- Whatever It Takes – Is There A Plan B For Climate Change? | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 86 min · for registered students
- Sean Kidney: Climate Bonds, Public Policy, and the Historic Low Carbon Transition · YouTube · CFA Institute · 28 min · for registered students
- Leveraging supply chain optimization and visibility to achieve carbon reduction targets · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 46 min · for registered students
- MIT SC3x - Circular Economy & Circular Supply Chains · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 61 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Climate Change Related Risks and the Financial Statements of Small Businesses · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
- The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance · PDF · NBER, article · 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.
