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Sustainability Management & Reporting (SMR)
2018-2019	EnIESEG School of Management ( IÉSEG )
Class code :	1819-IÉSEG-M1S2-ENT-MA-EI14UE	ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Level	Year	Period	Language of instruction
Master	1	S2	EnEnglish

Academic responsibility	S.de COLLE
Lecturer(s)	Simone DE COLLE

IÉSEG > IESEG Degree - Programme Grande École > Semester 1 > 2,00 ECTS

Prerequisites

none

Learning outcomes

• Understand how the concept of sustainability can be integrated into strategic management;
• Understand the methodology of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting and of sustainability reporting and assurance;
• Critically analyse the quality of corporate sustainability reports with reference to international standards (e.g. AA1000 and GRI)

Course description

The core dimensions of sustainability (economic-social-environmental) will be discussed in relation to strategic managagement of the corporation, showing how a stakeholder oriented approach can help managers to create value in a sustainable way. students will then analyse the logic, methodology and international standards for the practice of social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting (AA1000) and of sustainability management and reporting (GRI). Finally, students will critically analyze real examples of corporate sustainability reporting, assessing their quality in light of the concepts and methodologies discussed in the course.

Class type

Class structure

Type of course	Numbers of hours	Comments
Independent work
Reference manual 's readings	4,00
Research	4,00
Independent study
Individual Project	8,00
Face to face
lecture	16,00
Total student workload	32,00

Teaching methods

Case study
Seminar

Assessment

There will be two assessment components:
1 - Class participation (Contribution to class discussions on the required readings and class exercises);
2- Individual project (writing an essay analyzing a case-study of sustainability management & reporting)