Entry requirements

120 credits including 30 credits within Industrial Engineering and Management or within Sustainable Development and Environmental Sciences. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe how sustainability (economic, social, environmental) is manifested and portrayed in global industrial companies,
• describe how sustainability work is managed in global industrial companies,
• describe how core technologies in the company relate to sustainability,
• describe in detail the management of sustainability work in companies in one particular technology-intensive industry over the past ten years,
• discuss and reflect upon sustainability issues, and how they are managed, in a range of technology-intensive industries,
• plan and execute a project aimed at collecting, systematizing and analysing information about how sustainability work is managed in global industrial companies, by means of annual reports, sustainability reports, and other sources,
• apply relevant theories from industrial engineering and management, as well as sustainability and environmental sciences to analyse the companies as above.

Content

Introduction to the management of economic, social, and environmental sustainability issues in global industrial companies. Economic sustainability, for example strategy, technological innovation, current and future economic prospects, resource base, and market position. Social sustainability, for example safety, health, community involvement, tax issues, and corruption. Environmental sustainability, for example global warming, pollution, local impact, biodiversity, energy use, water use, and waste. Study of core technologies in the companies, relating these to sustainability. Comprehensive analysis of the three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social, and environmental).

Instruction

Projects. Classes.

Assessment

Evaluation of continuous written and oral assignments regarding the studied companies, as well as a final written report and oral presentation of a comprehensive analysis of the companies.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.