This week’s topics
Foundations of Sustainable Operations
- Triple bottom line framework
- Corporate purpose and stakeholder theory
- Planetary boundaries
- Long-term strategic value creation
- Lecture 39: Strategy from Different Perspectives: Sustainable Value Framework
- Panel Discussion on "Building the Governance Framework to Unlock Value from Sustainability"
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Explain the relevance of sustainability to businesses.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the relevance of sustainability to businesses.
Study materials
Videos
- Panel Discussion on "Building the Governance Framework to Unlock Value from Sustainability" · YouTube · INSEAD · 44 min · for registered students
- Findings and Highlights of EY's "Europe Long-Term Value and Corporate Governance Survey 2023" · YouTube · INSEAD · 17 min · for registered students
- Triple Bottom Line (Profit, People, Planet) | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 10 min · for registered students
Further resources
- The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
- Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future (UN Global Compact, 2014) · PDF · Un, guidance; 48 pages · for registered students
- Corporate Governance, ch. 2: Governance and Accountability · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 27–50 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
