Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy
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Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 4 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy at FutureLearn Highlights
- Earn a certificate upon completion
Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy at FutureLearn Course details
- On this four-week course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of the circular economy and how businesses can transform how they operate and contribute to sustainability
- You’ll investigate the benefits and challenges of going circular using the mindset of systems to collaborate to face the climate crisis
- With this knowledge, you’ll understand how circularity can help reduce our impact on the planet
- Next, you’ll explore the core principles of a business model and how organisations can adopt a circular approach
- You’ll delve into examples of different companies that have implemented circular strategies, learn how to identify opportunities for sustainable operations, and how to shift the mindset of consumers
- Finally, you’ll explore the benefits, limitations, and criticisms of the circular economy as well as the wider dynamics, including greenwashing and its impact on consumers
- With this knowledge, you’ll be able to navigate the challenges of going circular to help deliver a successful business model that reduces an organisation’s environmental impact
- By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to communicate and implement circular strategies for a sustainable future
Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy at FutureLearn Curriculum
Sustainability and the circular economy
Course welcome
Week 1 overview
Climate change: Understanding the imperative for sustainability
Sustainability and the circular economy: Realising the societal goal to reduce the human impact on the planet and its environment
Introducing Anne Veck, our case study for this programme
Week 1 final thoughts
How business models can create and contribute to a circular economy
Week 2 overview
What do we mean by a business model?
Circular strategies for business models
Identifying opportunities for more sustainable operations...
Deep dive: Carbon footprints
Circular solutions: Tackling salon waste
Week 2 final thoughts
Driving circularity and developing circular solutions
Week 3 overview
Product innovation to drive circularity
Market innovation for circularity
The role of consumers in driving circularity
Leading the circular transformation
Week 3 review
Going circular - enablers, barriers, tensions, and debates
Week 4 overview
Exploring the consumer shift
Barriers and enablers facing influencing organisations
Circular business models and the circular economy: A critical perspective
Engaging in the debate
Week 4 final thoughts
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Student Forum
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Tackling Climate Change: Sustainable Business Models for a Circular Economy