MAE233 - Business and Climate Change
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Shuddha Rafiq |
| Previously: | Business and the Environment |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture each week (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour recoded lecture each week and 1 x 1 hour online seminar each week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Our world is facing several existential challenges. There is little doubt climate change is one of, if not the biggest looming threat to our current way of life. Consequently, businesses have increasingly started to prioritise sustainability initiatives and adapting their practices to a new climate-normal. Companies are often confronted with new climate policies and events like emissions reduction targets, carbon prices, increased uncertainty due to elevated magnitude and frequency of extreme disaster events giving birth to a paradigm shift in business decision making. To enable students to navigate these challenging times, this unit will explore key business decision making tools and concepts including:
- A new business paradigm to address climate change
- Methods of valuing environmental intangibles
- Key concepts of environmental cost-benefit analysis (eCBA)
- Government interventions like emissions reduction target and carbon pricing
- Internal organisational Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) strategies
- National and international climate negotiations
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically analyse major climate change related issues that can affect businesses. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Critically evaluate the roles of businesses both locally and internationally in addressing climate change for greater sustainability. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Evaluate the effectiveness of policy interventions towards addressing environmental challenges. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Research) | 1500 words | 30% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2: (Group of 3) Report (Analytical) | 3000 words | 40% | Week 10 |
| Assessment 3: (Individual) Problem based written assignment | 1500 words | 30% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for MAE233 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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