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Course Name:
Sustainable Development for Businesses
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| Overview : |
How do we satisfy present needs without
limiting the ability of future generations in responding to their needs
down the track? Sustainable development implies having a vision for the
future which values the well-being of the workforce, concern for long-term
consequences caused by current activities and a sense of global co-operation
in attempting to find viable solutions. |
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| Aims : |
- Understanding what’s at stake with respect to sustainable development
within both macroeconomic and microeconomic contexts. (on a business
level)
- Clearly outline the concept of sustainable development, its scope
and its principles.
- Recognize the potential benefits of sustainable development for the
business itself, and the consequences to be expected, particularly in
relation to business performance and increasing value.
- Identify opportune moments to launch a movement towards sustainable
development, going through certain players and approaches. Considering
the set up within the business environment.
- Clarify the key elements in healthy management of a sustainable development
plan.
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| Target Audience : |
Directors and Upper Management who have
been chosen to lead a business through a sustainable development plan. |
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| Content : |
- Sustainable Development: outlining the concept and potential benefits
- Concept, magnitude and principles of sustainable development
- The Corporate Consequences : sustainable development and its effect
on performance, durability and integration
- The players to get involved
- Designing an integration plan for sustainable development
- Existing tools, " recommendations ", demarcation tools
(ONU, OCDE) : ISO indicators, outlining general direction (SD 21000,
GRI...) , norms , recognition tools (SA 8000, ISO 14001 ...)
- Unification : Commitment by sector : AA 1000S, Total Quality Management...,
converging principles in business assessment
- Possible sustainable development plans: approaches (integrated or
otherwise), pre-project questions, suggested steps to take
- Key factors in a successful integration process
- Managing Sustainable Development
- Setbacks and organizational changes to expect
- Internal Management : cultural evolution and handing out responsibilities
- External Management: relations with relevant environmental parties
- Setting up systems to measure sustainable development : moving towards
global performance measurement
- Heeding impact of business activities upon society
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| Approaches : |
- Conceptual and method-based contributions
- Study and analysis of Best Practices among European and North American
businesses (source : sustainable development reports, case studies,
examples)
- Discussions and debates
- Personal reflection upon ways of adapting sustainable development
plans to suit individual needs of a given company
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or for further information, please contact Maryse Morin
at 450-226-2238 or 1-800-861-6618 |
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