Sustainable Business and Circular Ecosystems

About the Program

In today’s rapidly evolving world, businesses are being called upon to rethink not only how they operate, but also how they create value for society and the planet. Traditional linear models—based on “take, make, and dispose”—are increasingly unsustainable in the face of resource depletion, climate change, and growing stakeholder expectations. This has given rise to a new paradigm: sustainable business practices and circular ecosystems. This course will look into various aspects of Sustainable business and Circular economy

· Corporate Sustainability & Business

· ESG for Sustainable Growth

· Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR)

· Principles, Essential and leading Indicators

· Jet blue case study

· ESG frameworks and Standards

· Global Reporting Initiative (GRI Reporting)

· Materiality Analysis, Industry Cases

· Circular Design and Innovation through LCA

· Eco-design and sustainable product development

· Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

· Introduction to Environmental, Safety and Social Compliances

· Mapping obligations and responsibilities of corporates for legal requirements

· Water and Air Acts, The Environment Protection Act with rules

· CSR regulations

· Cashify case study

· What and why of Circular Economy – Definitions, significance, principles

· Laws, policies and Extended Producer Responsibility

· Circularity Management System – chains, networks, management system

· Circularity performance assessment -indicators, assessment tools,

· reporting

· Circular business models

· Integrating Circularity in Supply Chains

Pedagogy:

Lectures and case studies, group exercises

Executives from various industries , Business Professionals