Official Course Description: This course covers why businesses should be concerned about sustainability, which risks are most material to firms and their stakeholders, and how sustainability risks have been addressed in the past and opportunities for improvement. We will examine existing frameworks and
standards that sustainability leaders utilize to bring to value to their risk reduction programs and examine how an organization you are (or hope to be) involved with may become more sustainable through its ongoing or future operations.
Personal Course Description: This course focused on how businesses can move toward the triple top line – achieving social, environmental, and economic value. We looked at the biggest sustainability risks companies face and how they can deal with them using tools and strategies from real-world examples. A major focus was climbing “Mount Sustainability,” a concept that helped us map out the journey organizations must take to become truly sustainable. We also got to apply what we learned to a real organization and explore how it could improve its future operations.
