A critical evaluation of the environmental sustainability strategy and performance of your chosen company.

Your second assignment is a 2000-word business report consisting of:

  1. An introduction that summarises key information about the company and its environmental impacts from your first assignment (no more than 200 words).
  2. A critical evaluation of the environmental sustainability strategy and performance of your chosen company. Your evaluation should include at least the following:
  • A summary of your understanding of the sustainability strategy of your company.
  • An evaluation of the company’s approach to their sustainability strategy using a variety of theoretical and policy (e.g. COP26) frameworks
  • An explanation of your company’s approach to Environmental Management Systems, and what this says about their commitment to their strategy
  • An evaluation of the company’s environmental performance i.e. the implementation of their strategy over the last 3-5 years, in two or more of the following areas: marketing; operations and supply chain management
  • The incorporation of relevant concepts, frameworks and theories (including but not restricted to the principles of resource savings (the 5Rs) into the performance evaluation
  • An explanation and evaluation of how comprehensive and transparent their sustainability reporting is, using relevant frameworks to support this evaluation.
  1. A conclusions section that sums up your evaluation and makes relevant recommendations for future improvements to their strategy and performance.

Your work will be judged on its overall coherence and hence only one mark will be given.

Coursework Format Requirements

  1. This assignment should be presented in the form of a business report i.e. using subheadings and saved as a word document not a pdf.
  2. Maximum wordcount of 2000 words. There is no 10% allowance.
  3. Title page, contents and reference list are excluded from the word limit. Tables, models and diagrams count towards the word limit.
  4. An abstract or executive summary is not required.
  5. Title page should include: Student Number (not name); Company Name; URL link to the company environmental report you are reviewing; Wordcount.
  6. Lines should be double-spaced and please use Arial 12 Font.
  7. Please write in black on a white or ivory background.
  8. All pages must be numbered.
  9. Use your Student Number and not your name in the name of your Word file so that your document can be identified if necessary within the Anonymous Marking system e.g. Student 12345 ESB Assignment 2

A link to guidance on the required Harvard standard of referencing (via the Cite Them Right website) can be found on the Moodle site for this module.