Introduction to Sustainability Management (5op)

Osaamistavoitteet

The course is an introduction to Sustainability management in a modern business environment. The course will focus on Sustainable Business, ESG and Sustainability frameworks and Sustainability regulations (e.g. CSRD, CSDDD, EU Taxonomy). The global megatrends and how they affect decision making is also assessed. The students will learn to search for and apply professionally significant sustainability information.

After completing the course, the participants will be able to:
- have a good insight into functions of sustainability management
- adopt the principles of sustainability frameworks and management
- utilize various sources to find research-based information
- describe the material requirements of sustainability regulations
- understand how global megatrends affect sustainable business

Sisältö

What is sustainable management?
What is sustainable business?
How the sustainability frameworks can be utilized?
What are the key requirements of the sustainability regulations?
How global megatrends affect sustainable business?