Corporate Sustainability and Integrated Management Systems

Among others, the course comprises the following topics:

• Origins of the sustainability concept and relevance for current businesses
• Legal requirements and current standards of CSR and ESG reporting
• ISO high level structure integrated management systems and their relevance for sustainability reporting:

• Environmental Management (ISO 14001)
• Energy Management (ISO 50001)
• Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (ISO 45001)
• Quality Management (ISO 9001)
• Risk Management (ISO 31000)
• Guidance on Social Responsibility (ISO 26000).

The following course/module was developed at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Learning outcomes / Competencies:

The students are able to identify and solve fundamental problems of sustainability management, accounting and reporting. Building upon major high-level-structure management systems of the International Standard Organization (ISO),the students are capable to describe relevant procedures and processes for the implementation and integration of respective management approaches. The students know about current requirements of corporate sustainability reporting (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis. The students are capable to identify and extract key performance indicators of corporate sustainability from respective management systems and apply them to meet current reporting standards.