Environment, Social, and Governance

3 ch (3C) (LE) (W) · Undergraduate

Examines the development of environment, social, and governance (ESG), business sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR ) and stakeholder capitalism frameworks and how these shape investment and business management practices. Students explore how investment managers, entrepreneurial, small and medium sized firms (SMEs), large private and publicly traded corporations implement and communicate these respective strategies. Students also learn about the process of creating and realizing these strategies and apply this process in a series of workshops to prepare an organization operational plan and reporting strategy. Students become familiar with the research literature on sustainability and ESG, including concepts, theories and industry best practices and policies.