This page contains additional materials, including games, simulations and videos that you may want to include in your class. We organize these materials by session, following the course outline on the Teaching Materials page.
PART I: INTRODUCTION
Session 1:
Course Introduction and Overview
Session 2:
Defining Sustainability
How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 | Michael Green | TED Talks
Session 3:
Defining Materiality
Statement-of-Intent-to-Work-Together-Towards-Comprehensive-Corporate-Reporting
Session 4: Thursday, September 1
Overview of Business Sustainability Reporting
Session 5:
Sustainability Disclosure Frameworks and Standards
Page to Download SASB Standards
Page to Download GRI Standards
Session 6:
Sustainability Disclosure Frameworks and Standards (continued)
Session 7:
Sustainability Disclosure Frameworks and Standards (continued)
Sessions 8:
Sustainability Disclosure Regulations
Session 9:
Economics of the Environment
Understanding the Tragedy of the Commons Through a Prisoner's Dilemma Game
MIT Tragedy of the Commons Simulation
Johan Rockström TED Talk on Tipping Points of Climate Change
Session 10:
Reporting on Climate Impact
UN Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator
Session 11:
Net Zero Targets
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
Session 12:
Overview of Global Inequality and Human Rights
Sessions 13:
Impacts on Society
Session 14:
Governance
ESG, Stakeholder Governance, and the Duty of the Corporation
Session 15:
External Assurance
CAQ on Auditors and ESG Information
Session 16:
Midterm Exam
Session 17:
ESG Ratings
Session 18:
Deep Dive on S&P’s ESG Scores
Session 19:
ESG Indices
Session 20:
Sustainability Investment Strategies and Products
Session 21:
Guest Speaker: Preparer (Corporate ESG Officer)
Session 22:
ESG Activism
What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management
Session 23:
ESG Activism (continued)
Session 24:
NGOs
Session 25:
NGOs (continued)
Net Zero Tracker: What it is, and why it matters
Session 26:
Session 27:
Integrating Sustainability Analysis with Financial Analysis and Valuation
Session 28:
Comprehensive Case Question 25 Presentations