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AL302030

Sustainability management

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Ålesund
Examination arrangement Project task

About

About the course

Course content

The course explores capacity building concepts for organizational sustainability management. Central methods and tools are introduced at product, organizational and societal level to evaluate and improve organizational performance. Emphasis is put on how companies may map, monitor, improve, document and communicate their sustainability performance.

Central topics in the course includes

  • Frameworks, theories and concepts for sustainable development
  • Sustainability management systems and principles
  • Sustainability assessment and reporting frameworks and tools

Learning outcome

On satisfactory completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Describe key sustainability issues arising from anthropogenic activities
  2. Define and apply key concepts, frameworks and tools within sustainability management in organizations
  3. Evaluate approaches that organizations may apply to map, monitor, improve, document and communicate sustainability performance
  4. Recommend approaches for organizations to improve their sustainability performance
  5. Clearly communicate your ideas and findings with professionals from the public and private sector as well as academia

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and exercises. Some exercises or lectures may require compulsory attendance and/or deliverables. This will be announced at the start of the semester.

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory assignment

Further on evaluation

The final exam is a project report (100%) written in groups. Written and oral mandatory assignments (pass/fail) will act as a pre-requisite to access the final exam.

There will be no re-sit exam in this course. If students want to improve their grade on the next ordinary exam, they have to resubmit a new final project report. Previously passed mandatory assignments are valid for later examniations.

Course materials

To be announced.

Subject areas

  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

NTNU School of International Business

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Project task
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Project task
Weighting 100/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment