Currículo
Environmental Sustainability for Businesses ESB
Contextos
Groupo: Gestão > 1º Ciclo > Unidades Curriculares Optativas
ECTS
4.0 (para cálculo da média)
Objectivos
Grounded in the mission of the ISEG, this course aims to educate students on environmental sustainability, a fundamental career requirement to enable them to create a better world. The program framework is based on the environmental sustainability work areas that a chief sustainability officer has to address. Concepts, tools and practices of sustainability management, in particular, environmental issues will be discussed. Students should: - Understand key environmental issues in companies: Improve understanding of key environmental and social issues related to the global (business) world; - Recognize sustainability as business responsibility: Consider sustainability issues as regular businesses activities and strategic decisions; - Identify the challenges of companies: Understand the set of areas and activities that are object of chief sustainability officer.
Programa
- Global concepts of sustainability and environment useful for businesses; - National and international reference policies and regulations; - Introduction to environmental sustainability tools; - Case studies of environmental and sustainable intervention areas in companies. Concepts such as strong and weak sustainability, natural capital, introduction to the circular economy and dematerialization, and environmental and social externalities of businesses are addressed. International and normative policies on natural resources, waste prevention and control, energy efficiency, climate change and green procurement for businesses will be lectured. An overview will be made to the different sustainability and environmental tools related to energy efficiency, carbon inventory, greenhouse gas reduction, green value chain management, supplier engagement, and environmental life cycle assessment. The main areas of intervention in the companies that will be addressed in case study mode include: materiality assessment and stakeholder involvement; environmental management; sustainable and green marketing; incentives and workers environmental education; ecosystem services and biodiversity; sustainability reporting; assessment and sustainable investments. Knowledge will be obtained through presentations, small group discussions, practical exercises and case studies.
Método de Avaliação
The assessment is based on: - An essay developed at classes (80%). - The participation of the students during the sessions (20%). Class attendance is recommended, and absences will affect the participation grade.
Carga Horária
Carga Horária de Contacto -
Trabalho Autónomo - 68.0
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Bibliografia
Principal
- An Introduction to Corporate Environmental Management: Striving for Sustainability: Stefan Schaltegger, Roger Burritt, Holger Petersen 2003 Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 14 Iss: 4, pp.541 - 54
- Environmental Sustainability: Universal and Non-Negotiable: Robert Goodland and Herman Daly 1996 Ecological Applications, Vol. 6, No. 4 Nov., 1996, pp. 1002-1017.
- The Role of Corporations in Achieving Ecological Sustainability: Paul Shrivastava 1995 The Academy of Management Review Vol. 20, No. 4, Oct., 1995, pp. 936-960.
- Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts: Marc J. Epstein, Adriana Rejc Buhovac 2014 Berrett-Koehler Publishers, pp. 288.
- Towards the Sustainable Corporation: Win-Win-Win Business Strategies for Sustainable Development: John Elkington 1994 California Management Review, Vol. 36 No. 2, Winter 1994; pp. 90-100
- Evaluating environmental and social performance of large Portuguese companies: a balanced scorecard approach. Business Strategy and the Environment: Idalina Dias Sardinha, Lucas Reijnders 2005 John Wiley & Sons Inc, Vol. 14, p. 73-91.