Sustainability, Governance & Risk Controlling

Advanced study

The participants:
• identify, interpret and integrate compliance requirements in the environmental and sustainability context into management and reporting processes in order to ensure regulatory and ethical standards.
• capture, assess and interpret sustainability metrics as well as environmental and social indicators using methods of sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment (LCA) and ESG analyzes.
• develop integrated strategies for sustainability and risk management that make ecological, social and economic aspects manageable and assessable.
• formulate integrative management approaches that purposefully combine governance, sustainability, controlling and risk management in order to foster resilient organizational processes.
• design reporting systems and decision-making foundations based on qualitative and quantitative indicators that enable transparent sustainability communication.

Fundamentals of sustainability, corporate management, risk

- Compliance requirements and regulatory framework conditions in the sustainability context
- Sustainability metrics, environmental and social indicators as well as ESG analysis approaches
- Methods of sustainability assessment and life cycle assessment (LCA)
- Design of integrated sustainability and risk management strategies
- Governance and accountability systems for sustainable corporate management
- Linking sustainability, controlling and risk management
- Design of sustainability and risk reporting systems

- Çalıyurt, K. T. (Ed.). (2022). New Approaches to CSR, Sustainability and Accountability, Volume III. Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9364-9
- Dathe, T., Dathe, R., Dathe, I., & Helmold, M. (2022). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainability and Environmental Social Governance (ESG): Approaches to Ethical Management. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92357-0
- Ibidapo, T. A. (2022). From Industry 4.0 to Quality 4.0: An Innovative TQM Guide for Sustainable Digital Age Businesses. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04192-1
- Kandpal, V., Jaswal, A., Santibanez Gonzalez, E. D. R., & Agarwal, N. (2024). Sustainable Energy Transition: Circular Economy and Sustainable Financing for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices. Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52943-6
- Klos, Z. S., Kalkowska, J., & Kasprzak, J. (Eds). (2022). Towards a Sustainable Future - Life Cycle Management: Challenges and Prospects. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77127-0
- Sonnemann, G., & Margni, M. (Eds). (2015). Life Cycle Management. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7221-1
- Touriki, F. E., Belhadi, A., Kamble, S., & Benkhati, I. (2022). Sustainable Excellence in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Continuous Improvement Approaches that Matter. Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0371-7
- Zipse, O., Hornegger, J., Becker, T., Beckmann, M., Bengsch, M., Feige, I., & Schober, M. (Eds). (2023). Road to Net Zero: Strategic Pathways for Sustainability-Driven Business Transformation. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42224-9

Portfolio examination

German

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Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, group work

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