{"ModuleCode":"BX5101","ModuleTitle":"Business And The Environment","Department":"Dean's Office (School Of Design & Env)","ModuleDescription":"Objective - The module is premised on a vision of \"sustainable business\", taking the starting point that the relationship between business and the environment will move beyond the legal one of assuring compliance to a fuller integration with business practice. The course explores the interface of environment and business by examining existing and future-oriented programs, structures, and tools of environmental management, drawing from knowledge of environmental management systems and industrial ecology; by applying tools from financial analysis and accounting to environmental decision-making. by investigating ways in which environmental management can create competitive advantage and by analyzing under what circumstances different competitive approaches are likely to be successful. Targeted Students - For students on the M.Sc. (Environmental Management) program. Research students and students from other graduate program in NUS may apply subject to suitability of candidate and availability of places.","ModuleCredit":"4","Workload":"2-1-0-4-3","Lecturers":["Kua Harn Wei","Rick Reidinger","Richard Cleon Reidinger"],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"73ac49c9-ddbe-4d38-b463-d4a87920574a","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"BX5101","CourseName":"BUSINESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 2","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1420646400000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2015-01-08T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1431187140000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2015-05-09T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Kua Harn Wei","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"7fd14bbb-ae5e-4601-b30c-f15d49645c46","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":false,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":false,"hasClassRosterItems":true,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":false,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":false,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"e39f4cc3-b51e-442c-ba02-223bdb4df5dc","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Kua Harn Wei","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"7fd14bbb-ae5e-4601-b30c-f15d49645c46","AccountType":null},"Role":"Co-Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null},{"ID":"5cc65519-41e6-441a-bc51-98b2c554983b","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Rick Reidinger","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"78d197e9-7a20-4067-8fbd-6dee95c27538","AccountType":null},"Role":"Co-Lecturer ","Order":2,"ConsultHrs":null},{"ID":"891cc6f1-d506-4042-8fb2-bf80387fef63","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Richard Cleon Reidinger","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"a68e5697-605b-46a8-85f6-65979ca4bed5","AccountType":null},"Role":"Co-Lecturer ","Order":4,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":"Although business has been an enormous source of environmental pollution, it has been the source of much environmental progress as well. In many instances, the relationship between business and environment has moved beyond the legal one of assuring compliance toward becoming a necessary and important part of overall corporate strategy. Today, we see the uptake of many environmental practices as well as attention being paid, more broadly, to overall corporate social responsibility. How has environment garnered a place on today’s corporate agenda? What processes and practices are firms adopting to “green” both small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as large multinationals companies (MNCs)? How do environmental decisions relate to companies pursuing competitive advantages?
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\nDuring this course, students study the interface of environment and business by:
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\n\tThe class will meet for weekly two hours of lectures and class discussions. There will also be class projects and field trips.
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\n\n\t\t\t\t22 January (Thursday): \n\t\t\t\tCourse introduction and overview; business risks of environment and social issues and how leading companies are dealing with them and "operationalizing sustainability". | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t29 January: \n\t\t\t\tBusiness opportunities presented by environmental, clean energy, sustainable development, and CSR and how companies are building these businesses | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t5 February: \n\t\t\t\tRunning an environmental business in Asia-products, customers, hiring, operations, compliance, finance and accounting, and more. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t12 February: \n\t\t\t\tInteractive environmental business and corporate sustainability case studies (20 minutes each). Private sector development and operation of public environmental infrastructure. \n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t19 February: \n\t\t\t\tChinese New Year holiday. No class. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t5 March (7.30am to 10.30am; teleconferencing): \n\t\t\t\tIndustrial ecology: industrial symbiosis. \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t6.30pm to 9.30pm: \n\t\t\t\tIndustrial ecology: introduction; urban metabolism and life cycle analysis | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProf. Chertow \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tA/P Kua | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t12 March: \n\t\t\t\tPresentation of CEO projects by students and feedback from lecturer \n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t19 March: \n\t\t\t\tThere will be NO class today! | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tNIL | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t26 March (7.30am to 10.30am; teleconferencing): \n\t\t\t\tReinhardt and other business strategies toward the environment \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t6.30pm to 9.30pm: \n\t\t\t\tPresentation of CEO projects by students and feedback from lecturer \n\t\t\t\t | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProf. Chertow \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tMr. Reidinger | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t2 April (7.30am to 10.30am; teleconferencing): \n\t\t\t\tSupply chain management and greening of the supply chain | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tProf. Chertow | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t9 April: \n\t\t\t\tRelationship between businesses and government policymaking for sustainability, integrated assessment, stakeholder analysis (the RICCOW model), etc.); Role-playing exercise on promoting wind farm in a local community. | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA/P Kua | \n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t30 April: \n\t\t\t\tFinal test | \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tA/P Kua | \n\t\t
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\n\n\tClass participation 20%
\n\tFinal test (30 April) 20%
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\n\n\t Project as CEO of environmental/ cleantech company 30%
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\n\tAssignment on lifecycle assessment 30%
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\n\tClass participation 20%
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\n\tFinal test (28 April) 20%
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\n\t Project as CEO of environmental/ cleantech company 30%
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\n\tAssignment on lifecycle assessment 30%
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\n\tFinal test (28 April) 20%
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