Summer Programme – Sustainable Business

This holistic programme will provide students with conceptual frameworks and practical ideas to understand how organisations and managers can optimise economic, social, and environmental performance to deliver a sustainable business strategy. By discovering international and local ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ (CSR) practices, students will examine how responsible managers and their companies’ stakeholders can work together to create a more sustainable world.

Mission

Level:

Undergraduate and postgraduate
Successful completion of at least two years of undergraduate-level studies.

Assessment methods:

Students will complete and be graded on in-class team projects, a team presentation, and a final exam.

Credits:

Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded 6 ECTS/3 US credits.

Faculty:

A multicultural team of professors from Rennes School of Business with expertise in CSR.

Admission

Prerequisites

Successful completion of at least two years of undergraduate level studies.
Strong command of spoken and written English.

Credits

6 ECTS (3 US Credits)

Included in the programme

Learning material
27 contact hours
Company visits
A tour of Rennes
Welcome breakfast and farewell lunch

Programme

Next programme: 20 to 30 June 2023

This two-week Summer Programme includes 27 contact hours, personal study time, a presentation by a guest speaker (a local manager who is implementing a CSR policy), and company visits. Students will develop their environmental and social awareness and sharpen their problem-solving, presentation, and cross-cultural communication skills during team projects in a multicultural learning environment.

The learning content provides an integrated view of how responsible managers can address key environmental and social concerns. Students will examine the issues affecting key stakeholders in addition to two specific problems facing the planet – the proliferation of plastic and fast fashion.

Specific topics include:

Climate Fresk – making links between climate and CSR
The purpose of business
CSR culture – changing over time and in different locations
Sustainable production and consumption
Sustainability strategy
Zoom on industries – fast fashion and packaging
Sustainability reporting
The sustainable / socially responsible workplace
Group presentations

Learning objectives :

Make a case for sustainability and how to integrate it into a company’s strategy, culture, and operations.
Identify a company’s stakeholders’ issues and make relevant recommendations.
Understand the key challenges and opportunities in the global sustainability sector
Identify sustainable business practices in France and Brittany while experiencing history and culture.
Sharpen problem-solving, presentation, and cross-cultural communication skills and apply them to sustainable business