Corporate Sustainability and Natural Resources (CORSUS)

The course provides a general introduction to the field of Environmental Economics and Management with emphasis in the relationship between Sustainable Development and Economics and examines the ways in which companies engage in environmental management, the role of stakeholders in the development of the corporate environmental strategy, and the links developed between financially drawn managerial decisions and the measurement and evaluation of the impact of these decisions on the environment.

Aim of the course

To investigate the existence, causality, and intensity of correlation between business sustainability, stakeholder management, natural resource consumption, and long-term financial impacts.

CORSUS Learning Objectives

Having completed the course, the student is expected to:

Use a computer based system for this cooperation effectively and efficiently
Cooperate with students from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds and identify the best practices for each case
Apply theory to real life-problems and situation
Evaluate, compare and synthesise alternative ideas in current academic literature.
Manage simultaneously and effectively both the corporate financial and ecological performance
Implement and optimize environmental management programs
Understand social, ethical and environmental issues and their influence on corporate governance, company viability, profitability, and consequent management decision-making
Identify the stakeholders involved in each occasion
Critically appreciate the factors that influence these impacts
Anticipate the impact of business decisions on the financial status and the natural resource base of corporations.
Implement and ‘operationalize’ the SD concept as practiced in the various departments of a company
Understand the basic concepts of sustainable development and critically evaluate the arguments for and against business sustainability

Topics studied in the course

Economics and Sustainable Development
Economic Instruments of Environmental Policy
Free Trade and the Environment
Greening the Organization/Corporation
Environmental Policy - Environmental Management Systems
Environmental Accounting - Reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility - Stakeholder Management
Sustainable Resource-based Theories of the Firm

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Duration:

1 October - 20 December 2010

Registration:

By 30 September 2010

Course Registration:

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Further information:

Download CORSUS Presentation.