Climate change is a contested and significant contemporary issue contributing to and arising from business relationships and interactions with the natural, social and financial worlds. This unit provides students with an understanding of climate change and the development of sustainable futures for business in Australia and globally. The Unit examines recent policy, planning and management responses to climate change, including individual enterprise initiatives and forms of government intervention designed to achieve sustainable businesses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Analyse the contemporary issues and debates about climate change and sustainability for the future of business;
2. Analyse the implications of climate change for business in Australia and globally;
3. Evaluate planning and management strategies, policies and industry practices designed to mitigate and / or adapt to climate change and to address sustainability and the future of business; and
4. Develop advice for policy or business practice that synthesies current knowledge on climate change, sustainability and the future of business.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

Completion of 30 credit points.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

11318 Climate Change and Sustainable Business Futures

Equivalent units

9469 Climate Change and Sustainable Business Futures

Assumed knowledge

None.