Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

The student is able to:
- apply commonly used environmental and sustainability certificates and labels
- report guidelines and standards, measures and practices
- create measures to manage resource and environmental efficiency and CSR -development of the company

Toteutustapa ja opetusmenetelmät

Sustainability reporting is a virtual course through which students will learn what is included in the reports of companies. What regulations companies should follow in writing their reports. What are the best practices and what are the challenges. Throughout different case examples, students will learn the different companies' strategies towards sustainability, decision making as well as the implementation and follow up the reports.
Each session of the course includes group work and assignments for better understanding and reviewing the topics that have been discussed.
In addition there will be individual assignments to pass this course.
The individual and group work assignments counts 40% of the final grade.
The final project is 50% of the final grade and is done in the group of 4-5 students.
More detailed description of the teaching material will be provided in the introduction of the first session.

Ajoitus ja läsnäolo

This Course is held during Autumn semester 6.9.2023- 15-11-2023.
Active participation of the course is 10% of the final grade

Oppimateriaali ja suositeltava kirjallisuus

This course is taught based on different scientific books, articles and resources. The course materials will be uploaded after each session in moodle and the additional learning material will be provided for the students' interest in the topic and further learning

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

Can be discussed with the instructor. Students should inform the teacher ASAP to discuss.

Uusintamahdollisuudet

No Exam

Oppimisympäristö

Online learning platform, ZOOM and Teams.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

The average work load for this course is estimated to be 135 hours (5 ECTS). The main part of the study module´s work load consists of independent and group work, about 115 hours (including individual assignments and final group work). The time allocation for contact learning is about 20 hours.

Sisältö

Sustainability Reporting is a virtual course through which you will learn
- What sustainable business is?
- Definition of corporate social responsibility?
- Eu Taxonomy, GRI standards, CDP scoring
- CSR standards, SASB index, ISO 26000, ISO 14001
- What are Scopes 1, 2 and 3 of Carbon Emissions?
- Sustainability reporting process

Arviointimenetelmät

less than 50p is fail 0
Grade 1: 50 - 59 p
Grade 2: 60 - 69 p
Grade 3: 70 - 79 p
Grade 4: 80 - 89 p
Grade 5 requires a minimum of 90 p

Arviointiasteikko

1-5