Corporate sustainability from the perspective of large, multinational corporations. The use of management tools to drive sustainability at all levels of the company. Environmental stewardship, social well-being, and economic prosperity. Case studies of corporate sustainability, stakeholder engagement, sustainability reporting and perspective of investment community.
Major environmental statutes and regulatory framework relevant to environmental protection in Turkey and EU. Envoirenmantal law and its effects on healthy and sustainable human societies, the inherent value of nature and of people. Environmental law and economic stability.
Global environmentalism. Societal expectations and business responses. Corporate, social, and environmental responsibility. The global challenges as a planet and society and the role of the business. Business sustainability, including systems thinking, complexity and resilience.
Corporate responsibility, materials and energy flows and transformations. Economic and market mechanisms.
The energy market and policy, its strengths and weaknesses, the opportunities present in the Turkish Market. Traditional and emerging alternative sources of energy; energy efficiency as a major strategy policy of the Turkish government. GHG emissions; how to calculate them and publicly reporting them to identify sources of emission and to reduce them.
Contemporary topics and issues in sustainability and business.
Structures for directing and controlling organizations. Rules and procedures for decision-making. Distribution of rights and responsibilities among stakeholders, including the board, managers, shareholders. Maximization of the long-term financial value of a corporation. Fair and rational management of stakeholder interests. Legal, moral and ethical issues in organizations.
Reasons of demand and supply uncertainties and fluctuations in supply chains. Supply chain strategies to cope with uncertainties. The bullwhip effect and methods for coping with the bullwhip. Demand aggregation across locations and risk pooling. Value of information across the supply chain. Centralized vs. decentralized supply chain management.
Examining financial and economic aspects of real estate industry. Project evaluation, land development, feasibility studies, cost estimation, regulation, financing strategies, investment decision making and real estate capital markets. Sustainable real estate development and its social, environmental and economic ramifications. Financial appeal of developing sustainable real estate projects for investors and insurers in a rapidly changing world; ethical and legal obligations in real estate markets. Case studies from around the world and Turkey.
Costs, benefits and risks associated with sustainable operations strategies. Environmental and social challenges. Real world examples and cases illustrating sustainable business strategies. Quantitative operations models and techniques to analyze and evaluate the viability of sustainable opportunities.
