Sustainable Business Management

This Seneca program has been validated by the Credential Validation Service as an Ontario College Credential as required by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

As a graduate, students will be prepared to reliably demonstrate the ability to:

• Design a corporate ecological vision and mission statement that demonstrates corporate social responsibility for a future or existing business and draws on the historical development of the sustainable movement.
• Develop sustainable business practices for a future or existing business based on research of current sustainable business examples and best practices.
• Develop criteria for a 'Sustainable Business Report Card' for local businesses that includes recommendations and implementation strategies to reduce a company's ecological footprint.
• Utilize sustainability theories and strategies to improve supply chain sustainability.
• Create, analyze, and implement a personal and corporate energy audit that demonstrates a reduction in operational costs and a sustainable personal and corporate image.
• Create sustainable business ideas capitalizing on current sustainable business opportunities discovered through environmental scans, research and analysis of local and global marketplace trends.
• Design a business model for a business opportunity that is purposeful and environmentally, socially and financially sustainable.
• Construct a marketing plan for a local company that highlights its market and differential advantage through corporate social responsibility strategies.
• Justify decisions, plans and concepts using ethical principles, appeals to corporate social responsibility.
• Create recommendations for additional sustainable business practice strategies based on an evaluation of a multi-national corporation's green business practices.
• Identify and manage key sustainability data.

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