ECO0137 - SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS LAB

insegnamento
Tipo Insegnamento:
Ins. uff. con erogazioni e cop.
Durata (ore):
20
CFU:
2
SSD:
GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICO-POLITICA
Sede:
BRESCIA
Url:
MANAGEMENT/GREEN ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABILITY Anno: 2
Anno:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://permalink.unibs.it/suacds/afcc/2025?corso=...

Dati Generali

Periodo di attività

Primo Quadrimestre (01/10/2025 - 23/01/2026)

Syllabus

Obiettivi Formativi

The Laboratory intends to promote the familiarisation with the fundamental concepts and frameworks developed around the theme of sustainability, as well as an overview on the major sustainability certifications, reporting schemes, guidelines and assessment methodologies currently in use. The teaching approach aims at promoting an active engagement of the students, by means of activities, discussions and exercises aimed at fostering a critical vision and proposing practical tools to manage sustainability assessments.

Under this premise, at the end of the course, the students are expected to achieve a series of formative goals.
- Knowledge and understanding, Learning skills:
a. understand the concept of sustainability, in its broader sense;
b. understand the overall regulatory and assessment framework on sustaianbility certifications and reporting schemes, being able to detect and understand further updates;

- Applying knowledge and understanding, Making judgements, Communication skills:
c. develop a critical approach towards sustainability, especially being able to detect misleading activities;
d. apply the basic techniques and tools discussed in class to deliver sustainability assessments/reports;
e. demostrate advanced abilities to present, discuss and promote sustainability-related subjects and projects.

Prerequisiti

No prerequisites are necessary other than those inherently requested for the study course

Metodi didattici

The course will promote an active role of the students, proposing a series of integrated teaching methods:
- Lectures
- Exercises/activities, analysis of case studies
- Discussion in class

Verifica Apprendimento

The final assessment intends to verify the comprehensive understanding and assimilation of the topics included in the latest version of the programme of the course, for all the students.

The assessment will consist of:
- a written examination with open questions
The available time is 1 hour.
The exam consists of 3 questions, two related to the data, concepts, notions and information discussed during the lessons, and one presenting a scenario to be addressed and critically discussed. Each question will equally contribute to the overall score.

- a project work
Students are strongly encouraged to propose a subject and prepare a project work. The project work shall be individually developed and presented to the class before the written exam. The project work will allow to increase the score of the written exam up to 3 points, depending on the quality of the work. The assessment criteria of the project work are: relevance of the subject, clarity of oral presentation, clarity of visual presentation, critical analysis of the subject. Each criterion will equally contribute to the overall score.


Testi

No specific textbooks are recommended; students are suggested to refer to:
- Lecture slides
- Reference regulations/handbooks/guidelines
- Material suggested in the lecture slides

Contenuti

The Laboratory intends to promote the discussion and in-depth analysis of the concept of sustainability (in its three dimensions: environmental, social and economic) and its application in the context of reporting and assessment. In particular, a key tenet of the Laboratory is that sustainability should not be an objective, but rather a path to be pursued within a broader development vision. In this sense, it is deemed relevant not only to address the fundamental notions, regulations and assessment schemes concerning sustainability, but also to critically explore case studies, related issues and misleading practices.
In fact, as the inherent nature of a laboratory requires, the overall approach aims at favouring the active participation of students, proposing activities and discussions, as well as providing tools related to sustainability accounting and assessment.

Under this premise, the Laboratory builds upon some main areas:
- Conceptualisation of sustainability
- Sustainability certifications
- Sustainability reporting
- Specific focus: carbon reporting, life cycle assessments, sustainability communication

Lingua Insegnamento

English

Altre informazioni

Students are suggested to bring their personal laptops and/or other devices to perform the exercises proposed during the lessons

Corsi

Corsi

MANAGEMENT 
Laurea Magistrale
Corso ad esaurimento
2 anni
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