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Qualification dates
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01 May 2027Oct 2027
Environmental pressures on organisations are increasing. For instance, global greenhouse gas emissions need to halve by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 to alleviate the worst impacts of climate change. Achieving these and the variety of ambitious environmental targets requires transformative thinking and actions at all levels of society. Organisations and businesses will play an essential role in delivering these targets, helping transition to sustainable green economies that are low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. This module provides the background knowledge and a practical skill-set to lead the way in transforming or creating sustainable organisations.
This module has three blocks:
Block 1: Introduction to sustainable organisations
This block provides the background, context and rationale for the module. It establishes the basics of sustainable thinking and practice and explores organisations’ role in reaching net zero by 2050. It introduces key sustainable development concepts; you’ll see how these approaches help develop innovative products and practices. The block finishes by outlining key legislation and policy and how they’re used to achieve sustainable change.
Block 2: Assessment tools for effective change
The second block explains technical concepts and empowers you to make informed and reliable sustainability assessments, such as financial appraisals and carbon audits, within organisations. It’ll introduce you to simple maths concepts that can help inform decision-making, and tools that enable you to analyse resource use and efficiency within organisations. It explores the change management theory and how to influence change, allowing you to communicate effectively and drive change in a workplace setting. Finally, you’ll explore how to evaluate change initiatives to avoid costly repetition of mistakes in future projects.
Block 3: Demonstrating compliance and communicating success
The final block introduces tools and concepts related to monitoring performance and key indicators to demonstrate and communicate success. You’ll learn about the importance of management systems and effective auditing in demonstrating sustainable practices. You’ll also explore tools such as environmental impact assessments, environmental policies and corporate social responsibility reporting.
There are no entry requirements for this module.
Although this module has no entry requirements, we recommend you have a bachelor's degree (or equivalent).
You don’t need expert knowledge or experience in environmental science, business or engineering. However, an appreciation and understanding of sustainability issues and basic numeracy skills would be advantageous. While you don’t need to be in paid employment, there will be an opportunity to draw on your prior knowledge or experience of organisations to personalise the assessment.
We recommend studying Making environmental decisions (T891) before this module.
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
The module is entirely online. You’ll have access to the module website, which includes:
Written transcripts of any audio components are available, as are printable versions of the online text-based material. Some online material may not be fully accessible using a screen reader, and mathematical and scientific materials may be particularly difficult to read in this way.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our disability support pages.
Sustainable organisations: theory and practice (T892) starts once a year – in May.
It will next start in May 2027.
We expect it to start for the last time in May 2030.
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