Sustainability Management & Reporting

Catalog description

To be successful, private and public organizations increasingly need to achieve (and demonstrate) sustainability in their economic as well as social and environmental performance. Sustainability Management and Reporting aims at developing knowledge, analytical skills and a sustainability mindset that will help students to implement concepts and tools of sustainability in every organization they will create or work in the future. The starting point is to understand what a "Sustainability Mindset" is, and contrast it with the dominant story about business - namely, the view centered on Shareholder Value Maximization. The course will critically discuss key sustainability concepts (such as Triple Bottom Line and materiality) and learn how to implement them by applying international standards (GRI, AA1000, SDGs). The seminar will provide participants with a set of conceptual and analytical tools (including a methodology to assess the quality of existing sustainability reports) enabling them to critically reflect on how to start developing a Sustainability Management and Reporting approach for immediate or prospective use in their organizations.