ASSESSMENT ITEM 3: DESCRIPTION
This assessment continues the analysis of sustainability at an enterprise of students’ choice.
Students are required to address the feedback provided for Assessment item 2, provide additional information specified below and design a sustainability monitoring system and improvement plan.
Assessment item 3 is individual. Each student from the group must select specific aspects of sustainability, and focus the sustainability monitoring system and improvement plan on that particular dimension. Sections of the report that were written for the Assessment item 2 do not need to be rewritten, except for addressing lecturer feedback.
The report’s structure should be as follows:
INTRODUCTION: Introduce the enterprise you have selected. Explain what it does, in which industry (-ies) it operates, where it is located, what size the business is and any particular (sustainability) characteristics you find relevant (500 words).
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: Describe what information has been gathered for this report, how and how it has been used (e.g. Sustainability/CSR reports, annual reports, interviews, site visits, corporate website, review websites, industry publications, news articles, academic literature) (200 words).
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE INDUSTRY: Describe sustainability issues in the industry in which the enterprise operates. Most important issues for different aspects of triple-bottom line sustainability and SDGs should be provided. What are the greatest sustainability concerns in this industry, how does the industry address these concerns. Provide information related to the industry internationally as well as in the location where the selected enterprise operates (500 words).
SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ENTERPRISE: Critically analyse current sustainability initiatives in the selected enterprise. What does this enterprise do well, and which areas require improvement (700 words).
SPECIFIC SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS: Select sustainability aspects and/or SDGs to focus the rest of the assignment on. Explain why these aspects are selected. Is it very important for this enterprise or industry? Is it a dimension that is most of need for improvement for this enterprise? (200 words).
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ENTERPRISE’S SUSTAINABILITY: Provide recommendations for the enterprise on how to improve their sustainability in the chosen aspects. Recommendations must be based on academic or industry literature and relevant examples (700 words).
LIST AND ASSESSMENT OF INDICATORS FOR MONITORING. Develop and present a list of sustainability indicators to monitor the chosen aspects. The description of each indicator must include what the indicator is, how it will be measured and reported and any limitations or challenges associated with managing these indicators. References to established sustainability reported frameworks must be made. The indicators can be summarised in a table followed by several paragraphs of explanations (700 words).
CONCLUSION: Conclude the report by one-two paragraphs that summarise it. Include Include a reflection on writing the report. What went well, what changes had to be made to the original methods of gathering and analysing information, what could be done more if there was more time and resources to undertake this assignment(200 words).
REFERENCES (use a consistent academic style of referencing, e.g. APA style. Use a combination of industry/company references and academic references)
The report should be 3,700 words in length (10% allowance). The format is A4, 1.5 spacing, 12 point Times New Roman. The length specified does not include references and appendices. All contents of the report need to be referenced unless the information comes from personal observations or interviews. Any primary information (i.e. gather through onsite visit or personal communication) needs to be clearly identified.
