Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
6558SLIBM-JAN-PAR
Aims
Climate change presents one of the most significant challenges to businesses today. However by taking action businesses can also reap significant rewards through redesigning products, processes and their business models. This module aims to enable students to understand environmental issues facing businesses; what actions businesses can take to identify, measure and reduce their negative impacts on the environment and how a low carbon society can create new opportunities to businesses.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify and understand the environmental issues and laws facing businesses today
2.
Critically evaluate and understand how to use a range of tools and techniques to measure a business' environmental impacts and performance
3.
Identify and critically evaluate how a business can improve its environmental performance
4.
Critically evaluate how new business opportunities can be created for a low carbon society
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Understanding environmental issues facing businesses
Identify environmental laws that impact various businesses
Evaluating the environmental impacts of a business
Environmental management systems
Improving environmental performance
Creating new business opportunities through environmental improvements to products, processes and business models
Measuring environmental performance
Reporting and communicating environmental performance
Additional Information:This module introduces students to the issues businesses face in identifying, measuring and reducing their negative impacts on the environment. It also focuses on how businesses can create new opportunities through resigning their produces, processes and business models for a low carbon society.