BTF5910 · Corporate sustainability regulation

Overview

This unit explores legal and regulatory approaches to current sustainability challenges such as climate change mitigation and clean energy transition, air and water pollution, waste management, biodiversity conservation and the allocation of natural resources. The focus is on the impacts of these sustainability challenges and associated regulatory regimes for business enterprises: What are current compliance expectations? Are existing regulatory frameworks effective in minimising environmental impacts and improving the environmental performance of business? What regulatory risks and trends are emerging? How will these impact business strategy and models?

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify and explain current sustainability challenges facing business enterprises
2. critically analyse the impact and effectiveness of regulatory approaches to these sustainability challenges
3. use real-life business scenarios to critically appraise compliance expectations and evaluate emerging regulatory risks and trends.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.