7 - 11 September 2009
Achieving corporate sustainability is a challenge that will increasingly occupy the attention of CEOs, senior executive teams, change agents and key stakeholders of twenty-first century organisations. This leading edge course will enable managers to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist for business by engaging with and designing a strategic approach to sustainability.
Participants will explore key issues such as the impact climate change and emissions trading will have on corporate strategy and analysing the business case for corporate sustainability. It will provide a blueprint for senior managers wishing to transform their organisations' corporate culture to embrace a more proactive corporate sustainability approach to tackling the challenges of climate change.
Key Benefits
Through attending this course, participants will be able to:
- Gain exposure to leading edge knowledge, tools and practices in the area of corporate sustainability
- Develop and outline a business case for corporate sustainability
- Formulate practical responses and change strategies for acting on climate change
- Engage in practical exercises and gain exposure to management approaches to real sustainability issues
- Develop and implement tools for mapping corporate sustainability and change strategies
- Understand and evaluate their own organisation's current sustainability orientation
- Design a sustainable organisation, implementing incremental and transformational change strategies for sustainability
Course Outline
View the course outline
Presenters
Professor Andrew Griffiths
Andrew Griffiths is Professor in Business Sustainability at UQ Business School. His areas of research include: the impact of climate change on business strategy; management of corporate sustainability change and strategic issues relating to the pursuit of corporate sustainability. Andrew is a recipient of the UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award and the UQ Business School Research Excellence Award. He has published three books, The Sustainable Corporation (1998), Sustainability (2000) and Change for Sustainability (2007). Andrew has published in international journals, including The Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Management Studies. He has worked with a range of organisations in the public and private sectors in the areas of strategic approaches to climate change and the implementation of corporate sustainability.
Dr John Cole
John Cole is the Chief Officer and General Manager, Office of Clean Energy. John was previously Executive Director of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and head of its non-regulatory arm, the Sustainable Innovation Unit. For twenty years he has served in a variety of senior public and industry positions in areas as diverse as technology commercialisation and community development.
John was the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Environment Management Industry Association of Australia (now known as Environment Business Australia) between 1991 and 1998.
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Who should attend
This course is a resource for corporate change agents - executives, managers and members of the workforce, external consultants, community activists - who are interested in the process of reconstructing organisations.
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Venue
This course will be delivered at UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19, Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane.
This premier UQ Business School location is in the heart of the Brisbane CBD and is equipped with state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities.
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Credit towards UQBS postgraduate studies
Students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Executive Leadership may apply to undertake this course for credit towards their postgraduate studies. This course is equivalent to MGTS7709 - Sustaining Corporations. Students wishing to gain credit must undertake all items of assessment.
Please contact UQBS Student Administration via email to confirm your eligibility and to seek approval to obtain a credit prior to enrolling in the course. All other UQBS postgraduate students interested in enrolling in this course for credit, should contact UQBS Student Administration.
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Assessment
Please note all participants are required to complete a number of non-assessable items and are issued with a participation certificate upon completion of all non-assessable items.
Investment
$4,400 * Fee includes tuition, course materials, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea each day and a formal dinner on Thursday evening.
- * 10% Early Bird Discount applies on or before 3 August 2009.
- Please note, GST does not apply to Corporate Education courses.
How to register
Register online OR download the Registration form and return by fax to (07) 3346 7199 or return by mail to: Corporate Education (500), UQ Business School Downtown, Reply Paid 6469, St Lucia Qld 4067.
For further information, please contact UQ Business School Corporate Education, phone (07) 3346 7111 or email Corporate Education.
Course brochure
Download 2009 course brochure (Pdf)
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