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Resources to embed sustainability across decisions and operations

Target GroupMaster, PhDResource TypeWorkbookDomainManagementDuration2h to ≤ 4hAuthorEmbedding Project
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Summary

The Embedding Project helps companies integrate sustainability across their operations and decision-making processes. The organization provides resources, issue snapshots, and community support for businesses seeking to embed sustainable practices throughout their organizational structure. The project works with institutional partners to develop frameworks and tools that enable comprehensive sustainability integration rather than isolated initiatives, focusing on systemic transformation of business operations and strategic decision-making processes.

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Use in corporate sustainability, organizational change, or business strategy courses. Apply frameworks for sustainability integration projects. Use issue snapshots for case study development. Suitable for executive education on sustainability transformation. Apply in consulting projects or MBA capstone work. Use resources for corporate training on embedding sustainability practices across business functions and decision-making processes.

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Workbook

Guide systematic progression through structured learning materials. Students should work independently while connecting exercises to broader conceptual frameworks. Use workbooks to reinforce learning and provide individualized practice opportunities with consistent feedback mechanisms.

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  • Resources
    Subject area
    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
    Learning approach
    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
    • Behavioural learning
    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
    • Learning approach
      • Cognitive learning
      • Socio-emotional learning
      • Behavioural learning
  • Communities
  • Education for sustainability
  • About us
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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    Competence area
    • Problem-solving
    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
    • Systems thinking
    • Strategy
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    • Cognitive learning
    • Socio-emotional learning
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
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      • Cognitive learning
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