1. SUSTAINABILITY AS RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY
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1.1. Is there an environmental crisis? |
1.2. Environmental risk - BP case discussions - Nature is our mother but also our killer - Japan's earthquake and tsunami - Nuclear accident and consequences - Natural risk and consequences |
1.3. Why do we have a crisis? |
1.4. The ecological footprint - Biodiversity and planet balance - Why is there important biodiversity? Health, food, biotechnology - Ecosystems and business |
1.5. Are there any solutions for our environmental crisis? - The role of technology - The case Ford |
2. SAVING ENERGY
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2.1. What kind of energy do we need? - Renewable and not renewable sources of energy - Discussion in groups and short presentation - Worldwide cases - The case of China - Strategies in front energy challenges - The concept of - negawatts - Global Energy Trends report |
2.2. Climate Change - Six Degrees, a National Geographic Report - Climate vs. weather - The Greenhouse Effect - Reasons of our global warming and Climate Change - Consequences - Two key actions - Companies and Climate Change (discussion in groups and sharing results) - Carbon Footprint |
3. REDUCING IMPACTS |
3.1. Environmental Management Systems and certifications (EMAs, ISO 14001, LEED...) |
3.2. Cases, short presentation and discussion |
3.3. Process and product innovation - PROCESS INNOVATION - Cleaner production - Cleaner Production Germany - Eco-efficiency - Airbus, open to eco-efficiency - PRODUCT INNOVATION: Product improvement, Product re-design, function innovation and system innovation - LCA - Design for the environment: product re-use and material recycling (Sony) - Industrial Ecology - I.E. program in Leiden University (The Netherlands) - Towards a Circular Economy. |
4. CONSIDERING VALUES AND WORLDWIDE FACTORS |
4.1. The Story of Stuff - Discussion in groups and sharing results |
4.2. Creating Shared Value (M. Porter) - M. Porter in New York (short video) - SV at Nestlé |
4.3. Values - Good practices in sustainability - Responsible consumption - Deep roots of our environmental crisis - From a biological evolution to an ethical one - Towards a holistically sustainable development |