Topic 1 Sustainability challenges and opportunities
Topic 2 Regulatory environment and international policy
Topic 3 Design, technology, and planning for sustainability
Topic 4 Collaboration and partnerships
Topic 5 New Business Approach

Several case studies will be analyzed through the access to bibliography from “Harvard Business Practices”.

À la fin de cet enseignement, vous serez capable de : 
- understand organizations embedded within sustainable socio-ecological systems
- learn tools and frameworks that enable applying knowledge to create sustainability
solutions

1 ère session : contrôle continu

2 ème session : oral ou écrit (1 heure)

Topic 1 Sustainability challenges and opportunities

➢ The global state, what needs to change, and how to bridge the sustainability gap through rewiring the economy.

➢ Identify the key systems pressures and trends that are affecting the economy and society

➢ Identify the key scientific findings that highlight the need to act on climate change and the degradation of natural capital

➢ Definitions of CSR and Challenges for Sustainable Business Models

Topic 2 Regulatory environment and international policy

➢ Policy instruments, international agreements, and the role of business and civil society in shaping a zero-carbon economy.

➢ Identify the range of policies and frameworks that are applied to achieve a range of sustainability goals

➢ Review the progress in policy regulation and voluntary actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to date

➢ Analyze how the outcomes from recent global agreements on climate change and emissions will affect business as usual across different sectors

➢ Identify the important role that civil society and business play in shaping sustainability policy and practice

Topic 3 Design, technology, and planning for sustainability

➢ The role of innovative design, planning, and technology in facilitating sustainable business.

➢ Recall what is meant by sustainable design and the role of technology in supporting a sustainable future

➢ Identify how optimisation approaches and business models of a circular economy can contribute to a more sustainable business

➢ Identify the case for incorporating disruptive innovation into business strategy to create new sustainable business models

➢ Demonstrate the importance of product footprinting, and impact and dependency measurement to track the success of sustainability initiatives

➢ Discuss the important role that design of products and processes can play in creating circular economy business models

Topic 4 Collaboration and partnerships

➢ How businesses can work together with corporate, government, and non-profit actors to bring about large-scale change in the sustainability space.

➢ Discuss the risks and opportunities associated with business-business and business-other partnerships and the efforts to measure their success

➢ Apply stakeholder and context mapping, and partnership tools theory to a practical business scenario

➢ Assess the opportunities that come from collaborating with key stakeholders and entering into partnerships to create new value

Topic 5 New Business Approach

➢ Create a personalized sustainability action plan.

➢ Explain your role as a change agent within your organization or sphere of influence

➢ Identify the barriers to adopting operational change and taking action within your organization

➢ Illustrate the importance of gaining internal support for overcoming barriers to organizational culture change

➢ Investigate different approaches to financing your sustainability strategies

➢ Identify stakeholders within your network that can assist you in influencing sustainability-related change within your organization

➢ Investigate a range of support mechanisms beyond your existing network that would help you be more effective in your current role

➢ Develop an action plan for leveraging your support network to reach your personal sustainability objectives within your organization or sphere of influence 

➢ Reflect on how your views on sustainability have changed since the start of the course

Calabrese, A., Costa, R., Gastaldi, M., Levialdi Ghiron, N., Villazon Montalvan, R.A.2021, Implications for Sustainable Development Goals: A framework to assess company disclosure in sustainability reporting, Journal of Cleaner Production, 319, 128624

K Govindan, M Hasanagic , 2018; A systematic review on drivers, barriers, and practices towards circular economy: a supply chain perspective,
International Journal of Production & Economics