This week’s topics
Assessing Corporate Sustainability Posture
- Environmental life cycle assessment (LCA)
- Double materiality analysis
- Operational sustainability maturity models
- Current-state audit of supply chain footprints
- Week 2-Lecture 11 : Life Cycle Assessment
- Week 2-Lecture 12 : Understanding LCA Through Examples
- TU Delft – Life cycle assessment
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Evaluate the existing position of a business with regards to different sustainability practices.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the existing position of a business with regards to different sustainability practices.
Study materials
Videos
- TU Delft – Life cycle assessment · YouTube · TU Delft · 12 min · for registered students
- INSEAD Explains: Ecosystem and Life-Cycle View · YouTube · INSEAD · 10 min · for registered students
- Webcast 3: Sustainability-related risks and opportunities that could affect an entity’s application · YouTube · IFRS Foundation · 19 min · for registered students
- Webcast 1: Introduction and overview · YouTube · IFRS Foundation · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Supply Chain Sustainability: A Practical Guide for Continuous Improvement, 2nd ed. (UN Global Compact & BSR, 2015) · PDF · Un, guidance; 76 pages · for registered students
- Guide to Corporate Sustainability: Shaping a Sustainable Future (UN Global Compact, 2014) · PDF · Un, guidance; 48 pages · for registered students
- The Impact of Corporate Sustainability on Organizational Processes and Performance · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
