Sustainable Development Goals and Guidelines
Course code
IFI7414.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Jätkusuutliku arengu eesmärgid ja suunised
Course title in English
Sustainable Development Goals and Guidelines
ECTS credits
4.0
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lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The course aims to provide an understanding of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, their subcategories and key performance indicators and methods to plan strategies, monitor priorities and report the progress towards the key performance indicators.
Brief description of the course
The course presents a set of examples of how different companies have been using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The course explores how to analyse the companies' use of sustainable development goals. Furthermore, the course explains the difference between sustainable development goals and the environmental, social and governance guidelines, allowing the students to design strategies for the companies to evaluate and monitor their use.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has the ability to design strategies for implementing sustainable development goals and environmental, social, and governance guidelines for companies, municipalities, and non-governmental organisations;
- understands and can implement and monitor the achievements of sustainable development goals;
- has skills and knowledge to advise companies on how to report the progress in sustainability;
- understands the ethical aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in a broader context of society.
- has the ability to design strategies for implementing sustainable development goals and environmental, social, and governance guidelines for companies, municipalities, and non-governmental organisations;
- understands and can implement and monitor the achievements of sustainable development goals;
- has skills and knowledge to advise companies on how to report the progress in sustainability;
- understands the ethical aspects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in a broader context of society.
Teacher
Merja Lina M. Bauters
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