Applying Sustainable Business Practices in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Sustainable Business Practices in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence
4. IMM in Practice: Practices, Standards, and What’s Next

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Evaluate the global sustainability agenda and how it relates to national practice.
• 1.2 Analyse the forces for change in the sustainable business environment.
• 1.3 Evaluate the impact of current sustainability issues on businesses.
• 2.2 Evaluate the impact on business structure and objectives of becoming a sustainable business organisation.
• 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 video, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• IMM in Practice: Practices, Standards, and What’s Next · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 63 min · for registered students
• Webinar: Systems thinking in practice · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 69 min · for registered students
• Embedding sustainability: Navigating challenges and driving meaningful change in organisations · YouTube · Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · 58 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
• Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research · Reading · Arxiv, article · for registered students
• Principles of Marketing, ch. 19.1–19.2: Sustainable marketing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 646–649 · for registered students