Module manager: Claudia Pollen
Email: C.M.Pollen@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
To provide students with a detailed understanding of a range of tools and initiatives developed for and by businesses to help them and the societies where they operate become more sustainable (including the environmental, social, and time dimensions). This module provides an overview of theoretical principles of the tools, followed by group discussions and practical case studies of their application.
This module builds on the foundation provided in the Level 1 module SOEE1390 Introduction to Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility.
- Ability to understand and correctly apply tools for addressing sustainability problems in real-life case studies in businesses and organisations
- Team work
- Project management
- Data collection & analysis
- Communication with clients
- Group presentations
- Strategic planning
- Writing reports
- Systems thinking
- Life cycle thinking
- Sustainable development
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
- Corporate sustainability
- Organisational change
- Assessment and reporting
- Environmental management systems (EMS)
- Eco-efficiency, cleaner production
- Stakeholder engagement
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorials | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Private study hours | 160 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 40 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
20 x 1 hour reading per lecture
20 x 1 hour preparation for workshops (semester 1)
60 hours group project work and report preparation (Assignment 2)
- Formative exercises in the workshops throughout the module.
- A group consultancy project presented as a workshop in Semester 2.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Essay | Essay on Semester 1 topics | 50 |
| Group Project | Group consultancy project based on Semester 1 and 2 topics | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Resit will be an essay (in the case of the essay being missed due to mitigating circumstances/the cause for failure) and/or an individual presentation (in the case of the group consultancy project being missed due to mitigating circumstances/the cause for failure).
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 7/16/2024
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