Assessment guidance: To achieve this unit, learners must achieve the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by the assessment criteria for the unit. Additional assessment guidance is provided on the ATHE sample assignment brief. This unit cannot be approached from a theoretical perspective with information gathered solely from public sources. In order to achieve the Learning Outcomes for the unit, the learner work must be produced for a specific organisation. This must be an organisation the learner knows well and ideally it should be an SME. Learners will require guidance in selecting a suitable
organisation.
Unit Aims:
To raise awareness of sustainable development issues and how they impact on the strategic development of the business.
Learning Outcomes
Understand the global sustainability agenda
Analyse the global sustainability agenda and how it translates into national practice
Analyse the forces for change in the sustainable business environment
Evaluate the impact of current sustainability issues on business Organisations
Understand the concept of the sustainable business organisation
Determine the extended boundaries of the sustainable business organisation
Evaluate the impact on business structure and objectives of becoming a sustainable business organization
Understand sustainable strategic planning
Determine change required within business organisations to meet the sustainability agenda
Analyse the concept of the triple bottom line and how it is implemented in business organisations
Review the process of sustainable strategic business planning