Sustainability Management 5021

Med forbehold om endringer fram til 1. mars

Forkunnskaper

Students should have passed Organisasjonsfag I or Investering og finansiering or courses in Natur-, helse- og miljøvern as Klima, energi og miljø or miljørett og forvaltning.

Læringsmål

The course aims to develop students understanding of the interplay between business and the natural and social environments in order to appreciate the concept of sustainable development. he course explores how business manage environmental and social issues. Existing envoronmental accounting, mangamend and reporting practices are studied.

Innhold

The course covers topics such as:
- Environmental Management practices and systems.
- The limitations of accounting and the strengths and weaknesses in experiments for environmental accounting.
- Appraising the initiatives of organisations such as the ACCA, the EU, and the United Nations with regard to improvements in environmental accounting, management and reporting.
- Evaluating best practice for sustainability reporting and reportin on community activities around the world.
- Criteria used by environmental and ethical investment funds.
- Different types of ethical investment.
- The purpose an role of environmental audit(s).

Organisering

Two hours of lectures per week and one hour of tutorial/small group work per week.

Vurderingsformer

Essay (30 %).
Written individual exam, 4 hours (70 %).

Pensum