Description
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Today, companies are faced with the challenge of taking environmental and social aspects into account in addition to economic goals when making decisions – both increasing stakeholder requirements and corresponding regulations, including those from the European Union, play a central role in this. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), for example, leads to extensive requirements for sustainability reporting at many companies. The Supply Chain Duty of Care Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz) also means that companies are faced with the task of ensuring compliance with human rights not only at their own sites, but also in the supply chain. The fact that numerous European regulations are currently subject to extensive changes, including the “omnibus procedure”, poses a particular challenge. The opportunities and challenges in this context are examined in the lecture and implementation options are clarified.
In order to systematically consider sustainability issues in companies, corresponding management systems are implemented. The lecture first deals with quality management systems that primarily pursue economic goals. Environmental and social management systems are then explained. In most companies, these approaches are not implemented independently of each other, but are at least partially integrated; approaches to this are discussed in the lecture. The course combines lectures with exercises and case studies, which students work on independently. In addition, several guest lectures allow the content to be discussed with company representatives from the field.
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