Reference no: EM133039303

MGMT8425 Sustainable Development - Conestoga College

Project - Business Sustainability through SDGs

Topic and business area - Food, beverages and consumer goods

Project Purpose & Learning Outcomes

The purpose of this project is to enable you to design an organization with sustainability at its core,guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated frameworks. The Sustainable Development Goals define global sustainable development priorities and aspirations for 2030 and seek to mobilize global efforts around a common set of goals and targets. The SDGs call for worldwide action among governments, business and civil society to end poverty and create a life of dignity and opportunity for all, within the boundaries of the planet. While governments worldwide have agreed to these goals, its now time for business to act.

Learning Outcome 1: Understand the complexity of sustainable development and the different aspects of the SDGs

Learning Outcome 2: Assess the impact your organization can have on the SDGs

Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate how the SDGs can help integrate economic, social and environmental accountability in the way of doing business

Learning Outcome 4: Apply tools (such as GAPFRAME and the SDG Impact Assessment) and knowledge to embed sustainability at the core of your business strategy using the SDG framework

Learning Outcome 5: Broaden SDG impacts across business activities

Project Methodology - Business and Sustainable Development Goals

Project Structure & Requirements

1) Project Proposal- Use the steps provided below to create a business proposal that acts as a guideline for your project.
a) Select a business idea (that you consider to be a business opportunity and has scope for integrating sustainability as well) from one of the following six business sectors-
- Financial services
- Food, beverage and consumer goods
- Healthcare & life sciences
- Industrial manufacturing
- Transportation and
- Energy, natural resources & chemicals

b) Identify the geographic area (country, province/state, city)where your business will operate

c) Identify 4-5 impact areas of your business (for a business operating in the Food & Beverage sector the impact areas are agriculture, water, products, packaging, people, climate)

d) Identify the relevant SDGsfor each of the impact areasof your business idea.

2) Project Report
Consider the SDGs that are relevant for your business area and identify the actions that you will need to take for the mutual benefit of business and the planet. For this purpose, think ofopportunities to create ‘shared value' and the ‘outside in' approach,which in the context of the SDGs represent the coming together of market potential, societal demands and policy action to create a more sustainable and inclusive path to economic growth, prosperity and well-being. As an example take a look at this link to see how a business can use the SDGs as a guiding framework for progress and partnership on a global scale.

A. Environmental Scan-Conduct and environmental scan (GAPFRAME) of the geographic area you have selected

B. SDG Impact Assessment - Use the SDG Impact Assessment tool to understand the SDGs relevant for your business

C. SDG Integration Plan- Broaden SDG impactacross business activities-

Report Format

1) Project Proposal

2) Project Presentation

3) Final Report -The final submissions should be in the form of a Business Report that follows the format below-
Title Page
Table of Contents
Executive Summary

1.0 Business & Sustainable Development Goals
(sub-topics should be labelled as 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; follow this pattern in each topic)

2.0 Business Opportunity & Sector (Use good infographics for visual impact)

3.0 Environmental Scan (Use the GAPFRAME tool)

4.0 Map the businessimpacts and relevant SDGs (Use the SDG Impact Assessment tool)

5.0 SDG Integration Plan- Broaden the SDG impactacross business activities by considering the triple bottom line approach

Conclusion

References

Appendices

Attachment:- Sustainable Development.rar