Sustainability Management
Asignatura del Bachelor's Degree in International Business and Marketing
Información académica
Code:
40311
Créditos:
4 ECTS
Language:
English
Type of subject: Elective
Description
The new paradigm of the Circular Economy. Introduction to the lifecycle perspective as a mechanism for assessing the environmental impact of production systems. Ecodesign and green marketing. Integrated waste management. Analysis of integrated social value.
Learning Outcomes
Ability to distinguish, select and apply the main methodologies for assessing and improving the nature and the environmental communication of goods and services. Judging and assessing the internalisation of sustainability in the business world.
This subject forms part of the Bachelor's Degree in International Business and Marketing, Follow the link for further information..
Silvia Ayuso
Researcher on the MANGO Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility
PhD in Environmental Sciences (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Environmental Technology Engineer (TU Berlin)
Silvia Ayuso Siart is academic director and chief researcher at the MANGO Chair in CSR. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Business in Society and the ”la Caixa” Chair in Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance at IESE Business School and an academic collaborator at the UOC. She has also worked as an environmental consultant and environmental management systems auditor (ISO 14001).
Alba Bala
Executive Director of the UNESCO Chair of Life Cycle and Climate Change | Director of the Master’s Degree in Sustainability Management ESCI-UPF
PhD in Environmental Sciences (UAB)
Currently, she is the Executive Director of the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change at ESCI-UPF and the Director of the Master of Science in Sustainability Management, jointly offered by UPF-BSM and ESCI-UPF.
She teaches in the MSc in Sustainability Management and in the Postgraduate Programme in Management of Sustainable Transition and Climate Emergency offered by ESCI-UPF.
Previously, she was a lecturer and researcher in EcoDesign and Environmental Analysis of Products at the ELISAVA School of Design, the School of Industrial Design (ESDI), and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at UAB. She has also worked as an environmental consultant.
Her research areas include Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), EcoDesign, Environmentally Correct Purchasing, and the development of methodologies for comprehensive sustainability analysis and assessment.
She is a member of the Spanish Network of Life Cycle Analysis.
She was a finalist for the 2008 European Innova Award, given by the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. She won the Design for Recycling Award in the project category, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2000.