Programme Content
Our program employs a multi-faceted pedagogical approach to maximize learning and practical application. The instructors will strive to provide foundational knowledge, while interactive discussions encourage critical thinking and knowledge sharing among participants. Case discussions bring real-world scenarios into the classroom, allowing for the application of learned concepts. Hands-on assignments and presentations develop practical skills and promote deeper engagement with the material. Field visits to organizations and villages implementing circular economy principles offer invaluable firsthand experience. Our diverse and blended approach ensures that participants not only gain theoretical knowledge but also develop the practical skills necessary to implement sustainable practices in their own professional contexts.
The programme will be delivered in collaboration with experts from IRMA - Dr. Kishan PKV (Asst. Professor, IRMA; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business, Kazakhstan; Fellow, IIM Ahmedabad), Prof. Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan (Professor, IRMA; Subir Chowdhury Fellow, London School of Economics; Ph.D, IGIDR Mumbai) and Dr. Dhanshyam V S Mahavadi (Asst. Professor, IRMA; Ph.D, IIM Lucknow).
Day
Session
Topics
1
Session1:
Sustainable Development and its Frameworks
Introduction to sustainability; Capital Account Framework; Causal Framework; Thematic Framework; Systems Framework; Central Framework
Session2:
Sustainability analysis through indicators
Introduction to Sustainable Development Indicators (SDIs) ; Selection criteria framework for optimal list of indicators; Applying the frameworks to a particular sector/domain
Session3:
Ecological footprint and Carbon footprint
What is an ecological footprint? Components; Estimation techniques; Case-studies
Session 4:
Discussions
2
Session1:
Environmental Accounting & Green GDP
Introduction to Environmental Accounting;
Environmental Accounting Approaches; Willingness to pay and willingness to accept; Green GDP
Session 2:
Environmental valuation and social valuation
Environmental valuation and social valuation; Estimation techniques; Case studies on valuation
Session3:
Circular economy
Why the circular economy matters; Assessment techniques; Ecological footprint and its links to circular economy; Valuation and its links to circular economy; Case-studies
Session4:
Field Trip
3
Session 1:
Economics of Biodiversity, Missing Markets and Carbon Credits
Economics of Biodiversity: The Partha Dasgupta Review; Missing Markets and Carbon Credits
Session2:
Emerging business models around sustainability
Principles of Business Models; Business Model Innovation; Sustainable Business Model Innovation types; Sustainable Business Model types; Strategies for Sustainable Business Models; Case Studies and Discussion
Session 3:
Life Cycle Assessment
Introduction and characteristics of LCA; IPAT framework for LCA; Life Cycle Assessment Methodology; Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA); Applications through Case Studies
Session4:
Discussions
4
Session1:
Incentive Alignment for Sustainable Practices
Contracts for Sustainable Business Models; Roles and objectives of various agents; Incentive Compatibility and Individual Rationality of Agents; Benchmark solutions and comparison of contract performance; Social vs Environmental Sustainability: Who should do what? Applications through Case Study
Session2:
Transitioning from CSR to ESG
Evolution of corporate responsibility; ESG frameworks; ESG Integrated Reporting Framework; Case studies
Session3:
Transitioning from efficiency to sufficiency
Limitations of conventional economic measures like GDP; Growth to de-growth; Silent S in Sustainability – the social; Limits to growth and social limits to growth; Positional goods; Operationalizing sufficiency
Session4:
Integration
