Promoting sustainability in business
This short course will give you a thorough introduction to a new values-based approach that can help you to overcome some common challenges when working with SMEs, promote deeper engagement with environmental issues and deliver more cost-effective and
lasting outcomes. It sets out the key research evidence, provides a variety of realistic, case-based illustrations and incorporates a practical toolkit that you can adapt for your own purposes. It has been used successfully by individuals and organisations in the UK and internationally.
The course has been developed by a multidisciplinary project team, including specialists in energy, environmental management, small business, innovation and communication. It was co-created with a group of business advisors, owners and managers, some of whom are featured in the learning activities.
This Open Educational Resource (OER) provides approximately 300 minutes (5 hours) of core study time. It includes a mixture of assimilative learning activities (e.g. viewing videos, reading online text and offline materials) and more active learning activities (e.g. completing written exercises and simple online quizzes designed to review knowledge).
Engaging with SMEs during the Covid-19 crisis? - though SMEs have been facing unprecedented pressures as a result of the global epidemic, the principles developed in this course, based on values-based engagement, remain relevant. See this report by our partners, Climate Outreach, which responds to the challenge of communicating in a radically changed context.
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