Sustainability Workshop

The University of Auckland Business School
Auckland, New Zealand

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Company value is increased or decreased, reputations are built or lost, by a firm’s success in fulfilling the expectations of multiple stakeholders. Corporate value is increasingly dependent upon intangibles—which are enhanced through an active programme of corporate responsibility. Intangible assets include the following:

� Loyal and profitable customer relationships
� Supportive community relationships
� Productive and secure supplier relationships
� Motivated, honest and committed employee relationships
� Competitive position with prospective employees
� Innovative products and services
� High-quality processes
� Continuing license to operate in the community
� Competitiveness and market positioning
� Positive brand recognition, reputation, and respect

Corporate responsibility, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and social impact management, are all names used to describe the processes and systems that corporations and other institutions use to manage and protect their intangible assets. This course is designed to help corporate, government and educational leaders better understand, manage, and optimise their organisation’s intangible assets.

Topics Covered

� The relationship between organisational value creation and
corporate responsibility.
� The art and science of sustainability, sustainable development,
corporate responsibility, corporate social responsibility, and social
impact management.
� Global metatrends driving the movement toward sustainability.
� Frameworks and mental models for understanding sustainability and
corporate responsibility including The Natural Step, Natural
Capitalism, Cradle-to-Cradle, and Sustainability Management
Systems.
� Being an effective change agent for greater corporate responsibility
and principles of organisational culture change.
� Enhanced risk management through corporate responsibility.
� Measuring progress toward greater corporate responsibility and the
creation of corporate responsibility and sustainability metrics.
� Corporate responsibility reporting and communication.

This course will be interactive and workshop oriented with a high degree of practical real world examples including case studies.

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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:0800 800 875

School Address/Venue(s):

The University of Auckland - Business School,
Graduate School of Enterprise.
Private Bag 92019, Auckland
New Zealand

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