MGES-850 Environmental Sustainability Management
The increasing demand for natural resources such as water, soil, and air, and the growing risks associated with climate change, have left companies facing a complex array of tradeoffs and threats across their value chains. This course examines the basic concepts and challenges associated with measuring, managing, improving, and reporting an organization's relationship to the environment. Students will learn about the triple-bottom line, b corporations, biomimicry, greenwashing, and the circular economy. Students will also be introduced to the leading tools and performance frameworks used to improve an organization's environmental sustainability including: stakeholder mapping, environment management systems, environmental footprint analysis, and life-cycle analysis.