Sustainability Reporting 4030-SR
The presenters will discuss the basic legal acts that indicate the need to build sustainability reports, but also to make changes in assessment parameters in business organizations in the coming years. These changes, according to the philosophy of sustainable development, should not shake the stability of the organization. Therefore, determinants and methods of structured modification of strategies of companies and other organizations will be discussed as well.
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Prerequisites (description)
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Learning outcomes
K_W03 Graduate will understand, to a deeper degree, environmental and
sustainable development problems and challenges, as well as methods, tools
and procedures leading to the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals at various spatial (global, regional, local) and industry scales such as
business, administration and other. The student will become familiar with the
basic regulations on sustainable reporting issues (the Sustainable Finance
Disclosure Regulation, the EU Taxonomy Regulation, the Directive on Corporate
Sustainability Reporting, the European Sustainability Reporting Standards and
other supporting acts).
K_W05 Graduate will be convinced, to a deeper degree, about social, legal and
technological (as well as planning and economic) tools for implementing
sustainable development in various areas of activity. Will understand the need
to build awareness of the reported parameters in the organization and
integrate them into the strategic plans of the enterprise (present them as
strategic goals of the organization).
K_W07 Student will comprehend, to a deeper degree, interdisciplinary
approach to the environment and sustainable development and the
contribution of various disciplines to solving problems and challenges related to
the environment and sustainable development.
K_W09 Participant of the course will be familiar, to a deeper degree, with
reliable sources of information and databases needed to verify the information.
K_U02 Graduate will be able to work interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral based
on knowledge from various subject disciplines and institutional sectors in order
to synthesize new ideas and concepts serving the environment and sustainable
development. The will include the strategic approach to sustainability in terms
of finance and from the point of view of management sciences.
K_U03 Student will be able to evaluate the actions taken to achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals and write and present reports in this regard.
K_U04 Graduate will master the skill to ask critical questions and find
appropriate solutions in the the domaine of sustainability, especially
greenwashing identification.
K_U09 Student will be able to use modern information techniques.
K_U10 Participant will have to use English at B2+ CEFR level and specialist
terminology.
K_K01 Graduate will be prepared to active participation in resolving conflicts
and conducting negotiations related to the implementation of sustainable
development principles and goals inside the organization.
K_K02 Participant will communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with the
community and professionals in various fields, including the interface between
SDGs, finance and strategy creation.
K_K04 Student will be prepared in the field of verifying and respecting the
opinion of other team members, especially subordinates in the process of
management and business supervision.
K_K08 Graduate will be able to coordinate the work of the team, in particular in
terms of the division of duties and time management.
Assessment criteria
Class participation (30%). Project (70%).
Practical placement
not required
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