Reference no: EM132286162

Environmental Sustainability Management for Sustainable Human Development: Report

Part 1:
• Executive summary (200 words) + introduction (300 words) - whilst executive summary is usually written at the end after a report is completed, you are required to write a draft of executive summary based on assignment description and research you conduct for the first part of the report + an introduction.

• Conduct preliminary background research (using available and reliable information sources such as ProQuest, eBrary, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis research journals, and other journals dedicated to environmental management and sustainable development, government websites, etc.) and identify a number (5 to 10) of major environmental issues. Briefly discuss the environmental issues you had identified, and select one that requires attention (supported by literature review). (500 words)

• Conduct comprehensive research and analysis of the selected environmental issue and argue why it requires attention - support your arguments by extant literature review and historic data. Explain and discuss the issue (e.g. indoor/outdoor air pollution, deforestation, water pollution, noise pollution, etc.) in details and provide a number of examples illustrated and supported with up-to-date data. (500 words)

• Conduct comprehensive research and analysis in regards to the state of environmental planning in Australia in relation to the issue identified (e.g. indoor/outdoor air pollution, deforestation, etc.). (500 words)

• Conduct comprehensive research and analysis in regards to the state of environmental planning overseas in general (or in a selected overseas country) in relation to the issue identified (e.g. indoor/outdoor air pollution, etc.). (500 words)

Please note this is a literature-review-based report; it is not a lecture that explains the environmental issue. Hence, your research should focus on data: past >> present >> future.

Part 2:

• Compare and contrast the state of environmental management and planning in Australia and globally (or a specific overseas country), and provide a number of examples illustrated and supported with up-to-date data. (400 words)

• Conduct comprehensive research and analyse trends between urban form, community attitudes to natural processes and the issue identified, resource management, and policy development in Australia related to the issue identified (e.g. air pollution). In other words, what are the trends - is the e.g. air pollution increasing/decreasing/stable; how urban development affect air pollution; what are the community attitudes towards air pollution, do ordinary people know about it/ignore it/try to reduce it?; can air be considered as a resource that requires effective management?; what are the recent policies when it comes to air pollution management? (500 words)

• Conduct comprehensive research and analyse trends between urban form, community attitudes to natural processes, resource management, and policy development in a global environment (or in a selected overseas country) related to the issue identified. This section is similar to the above section. However, it focusses on (e.g. air pollution) globally, or in a specific country / selected countries. (500 words

• Develop and argue a business case for environmental sustainability management related to the issue identified. Support your business case by solid arguments and real-life examples of businesses that are doing it or have done it in past. In other words, why businesses should care about (e.g. air pollution); what are the benefits and disadvantages if they do/ do not (e.g. air pollution management could be perceived as a cost, however, it could be perceived also as a business opportunity). Provide 1 or 2 (good or bad) examples of businesses to illustrate your arguments, supported by conducted literature review. (500 words)

• Apply innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and practice to environmental sustainability management and propose, and discuss in details, a number of strategies for future sustainable environmental development related to the issue identified (e.g. air pollution), illustrated and supported by real-life examples. Whilst you are encouraged to provide a few of your own suggestions, most of the suggestions should be informed by extant literature review. (400 words)

• Provide summary highlighting key points of your literature-review-based business report dedicated to one of the most important environmental issue (e.g. air pollution). Your summary should summarise the whole business report (Part 1 + Part 2) and it should be written in a paragraph form, rather than bullet-point form. (300 words)

• Provide a short conclusion of your business report. (100 words)

You will be required to present your assignment in class at an allocated time.
• the presentation to be 7 to 10 minutes (4 to 5 minutes each student)
• the presentation to have around 10 slides (12 slides maximum)
• copyright information and graphical images used within the slides to be referenced
• cited in-text information used within the slides to be referenced

Note: This is a third year unit and requires a professional presentation, hence your will be marked also on:
• verbal communication (terminology, clarity of the language used, flow of information, effective communication skills, cultural sensitivity, etc.)
• nonverbal communication (effective body, facial, eye, paralanguage communication)
• readiness to present at the allocated time (attendance and participation during presentation of others)
• timing and organisational skills of the group (time management of each member)
• interactivity with audience and professionalism (overall quality of presentation slides, impression of the presentation, answers provided after the presentation)

Overall, your Business Report should include:
• Executive summary
• Specific table of contents
• Introduction
• Environmental issues you have identified from the conducted literature review
• One of the most important environmental issue is identified, analysed and discussed
• State of environmental planning in Australia in regards to the issue analysed
• State of environmental planning overseas in regards to the issue analysed
• Environmental management and planning in Australia compared to overseas country
• Trends between urban form, community attitudes to natural processes, resource management, and policy development in Australia in regards to the issue selected
• Trends between urban form, community attitudes to natural processes, resource management, and policy development overseas in regards to the issue selected
• Business case for environmental sustainability management in regards to the issue
• Strategies for future sustainable environmental development in regards to the issue
• Summary
• Conclusion
• References

Note: This is a third year unit and requires professionalism, hence your will be marked also on:
• overall presentation of the report (e.g. formatting, cover page, table of content, etc.)
• structure of the report (e.g. headings used, logical flow of information, etc.)
• quality of the report (e.g. language used, arguments presented and discussed, etc.)
• summary and conclusion of the report (e.g. succinct summary of the presented information, brief conclusion, recommendations for the future, etc.)
• referencing (use of external information sources, quality, validity of the data presented, relevance of information, consistency of a reference style, etc.)

Attachment:- Corporate Sustainability Management.rar