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Level 6 Diploma in Business Management

The Triple Bottom Line Framework

BM605 · Sustainable Business Practices — Week 7 of 16

CourseBM605
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

The Triple Bottom Line Framework

  1. John Elkington's 3Ps model (People, Planet, Profit)
  2. Social equity dimensions
  3. Environmental regeneration
  4. Economic viability and regenerative business models
  5. The Regenerative Company - HEC Paris at ChangeNOW
  6. What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris
  7. Module 7 | Trishan Panch on Sustainable Business Models - Social Entrepreneurship Interview

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Analyse the concept of the triple bottom line and review how it is implemented in business organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the concept of the triple bottom line and review how it is implemented in business organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Regenerative Company - HEC Paris at ChangeNOW · YouTube · HEC Paris · 48 min · for registered students
  • What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris · YouTube · HEC Paris · 6 min · for registered students
  • Module 7 | Trishan Panch on Sustainable Business Models - Social Entrepreneurship Interview · YouTube · YaleCourses · 15 min · for registered students
  • Sustainable Business Innovation · YouTube · LSE · 81 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Management, ch. 5: Ethics, Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 121–152 · 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
  • Principles of Marketing, ch. 19.1–19.2: Sustainable marketing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 646–649 · 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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