Spring 2025 Sustainability Management PS5170 section 001

SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS

Call Number 12244
Day & Time
Location
M 6:10pm-8:00pm
703 Hamilton Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Catarina Carvalho
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Leading and advancing sustainability within an organization’s operations requires a strategic and balanced approach. Focusing on the integration of a wide range of today’s sustainability drivers, in a manner consistent with the organization’s culture and business objectives, optimizes the chances for long term success and impact. To that end, this course takes a broad high level approach at systematically analyzing both risks & opportunities to integrate sustainability at each step along a complex value chain. Specifically, students will be asked to assume the role of a sustainability professional within a private sector company, tasked with integrating various sustainability strategies, initiatives and tools into the fabric of the business.

Throughout the semester, the entire end-to-end value chain will be examined, however it is not the intent to conduct full in-depth technical analyses of each value chain area, rather we will look at sustainable operations from a high-level strategic management viewpoint, discussing integration opportunities and intersections related to: product design, procurement, logistics, physical operations, stakeholder engagement, product/service use and end-of-life disposition.

By considering the organization holistically, we will discuss analytical concepts and industry tools related to life cycle thinking, cost/benefit analyses, corporate sustainability strategies, and risk assessments. In addition to technical sustainability considerations such as climate change, energy, water and waste, students will learn to implement practical sustainability initiatives within operating organizations by carefully considering key stakeholder expectations and overall materiality. Finally, the intersection of sustainability and brand purpose will be explored, helping to find the sweet spot between sustainability science and creative/marketing communication.

Web Site Vergil
Department Sustainability Management
Enrollment 27 students (30 max) as of 3:06PM Thursday, April 3, 2025
Subject Sustainability Management
Number PS5170
Section 001
Division School of Professional Studies
Note Graduate Students Only. Instructor: Catarina Carvalho
Section key 20251SUMA5170K001