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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

Scoping the Sustainable Enterprise

BM605 · Sustainable Business Practices — Week 4 of 16

CourseBM605
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Scoping the Sustainable Enterprise

  1. Boundaries of corporate responsibility
  2. Internal vs external stakeholder scope
  3. Greenhouse gas protocol scopes 1, 2, and 3
  4. Value-chain sustainability mapping
  5. Lecture 39: Strategy from Different Perspectives: Sustainable Value Framework
  6. Stakeholder Identification
  7. Full video. Andreas Hoepner: Are corporates 'lying' about greenhouse gas emissions?

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Determine the scope of the sustainable business organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: determine the scope of the sustainable business organisation.

Study materials

Videos

  • Full video. Andreas Hoepner: Are corporates 'lying' about greenhouse gas emissions? · YouTube · Henley Business School · 7 min · for registered students
  • Perspectives series: Using the GHG Protocol for climate-related disclosures · YouTube · IFRS Foundation · 56 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
  • Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, ch. 3: Defining and Prioritizing Stakeholders · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 69–92 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Global Sustainability Agendas and National Implementation
  • Week 2: Forces for Change in the Sustainable Macro-Environment
  • Week 3: Impact of Contemporary Sustainability Challenges
  • Week 4: Scoping the Sustainable Enterprise
  • Week 5: Restructuring Organisations for Sustainability
  • Week 6: Strategic Objectives and Corporate Purpose
  • Week 7: The Triple Bottom Line Framework
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Implementing and Measuring the Triple Bottom Line
  • Week 10: Leading Sustainable Organisational Change
  • Week 11: Sustainable Strategic Business Planning
  • Week 12: Applying Sustainable Business Practices in practice: case s…
  • 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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