The Sustainable Business Challenge Tutors: Liz Walley (Unit leader) Website: Karen Greig Website:

Outline Summary of the unit and topics taught Unit delivery Assessment and resources (core text) Employability

3 Pillars Three Pillars

Topics covered in the unit Concepts of corporate sustainability Corporate environmental strategy Sustainable business models: natural capitalism; triple bottom line, the natural step, industrial ecology, cradle-to-cradle Sustainable products & production Sustainable consumption & marketing Environmentalism & sceptical approaches Green managers and green entrepreneurs

Unit Delivery Taught/delivered over 10 weeks, 4 hours per week Unit is delivered jointly by Liz Walley & Karen Greig, roughly 50/50. In 2010/11 the unit was delivered in term 2 on Wednesdays, 11am -1pm & 2pm – 4pm Each week is a mixture of lectures, tutorials, case studies, etc

Assessment & Resources One individual assignment report, approximately 5000 words. There is a choice of assignment topics and focus Core textbook: DesJardins J.R. (2007) ‘Business Ethics and the Environment: imagining a sustainable future’ Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Employability The unit is intended to be relevant for students: – wishing to pursue a specialist environmental sustainability career path – And to a range of other general business roles Student quote, (now working in the environmental industry): “ I have realised how relevant and well-rounded the material was. I really believe the concepts I learned and the breadth of material made available to us has given me a sound foundation to begin my career in the industry…” (Alice Boswell BREEM Consultant, Reegen)