MBA 580 Environmental Accounting
This course provides a framework for incorporating consideration of social and environmental impacts (sustainability) into a company’s business operating model and reporting on those impacts. Students will begin with the Global Reporting Initiative reporting guidelines, which are the current de facto standards for assessing a company’s environmental and social impacts, formulating goals for improvement with respect to those impacts, and reporting on the company’s impacts and progress towards goals. Students will cover governance and sustainability, stakeholder engagement, disclosure, and performance in the areas of operations, supply chain, transportation and logistics, products and services, and employees. The course will also incorporate consideration of how to perform accounting analysis specifically to support decision-making with respect to sustainability.Course Entry Requirements: Students must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in
MBA 535 or have completed
AC 215 or the equivalent.