SolutionSim enables students to apply Business and Management concepts in a Sustainability context.
Working for a professional services consultancy, their challenge is to develop ESG solutions for clients in the agri-food and technology sectors.
In this simulated working environment, students take on the roles of ESG Analyst, Client Manager, Communications Strategist and Solutions Lead.
The team works through four phases – Opportunity, Mobilisation, Solution Building and Business Development – using a range of sustainability tools and management techniques.
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Understand a company’s environmental, social and governance responsibilities. Meet the challenge of compliance with international standards and regulations, e.g. ISO 14001, 14044 and 14064, CSRD, EMAS and GRI 13.
Formulate and implement ESG strategies that involve and benefit all stakeholders: customers, investors, suppliers and employees.
Put socially responsible business practices and ethical decision-making at the centre of corporate ESG strategies.
Devise a communications strategy to support a new ESG solution. Critically evaluate a company’s reputation and develop a PR strategy that protects and enhances its brand.
Develop strategies to improve supply chain sustainability through lower Scope 3 emissions and enhanced traceability and transparency. Use Life Cycle Assessments to increase resource-use efficiency and reduce waste.
Work with Scope 1-3 emissions calculators, Life Cycle Assessments and Double Materiality Assessments.
Use SWOTs, RACI charts, budgets and forecasts to quantify and assess a client’s ESG challenges.
Create an ESG solution presentation and communications strategy. Deliver a video pitch to a prospective client.
Deploy different workstreams – People, Data, Technology and Operations – to support effective project management, deliver cost savings and add value.
Seek out and convert new client opportunities using acquired ESG knowledge.
We offer individual student licences and Department/Faculty/School site licences to suit your budget and requirements.
The site licence allows unlimited use by enrolled students, on campus and remotely, for all courses, WBL/employability workshops and Sixth Form open days. Technical support and delivery guidance is included.
We offer a single-user demo for lecturer assessment. You can road test the resource with up to 20 colleagues and students for free.
We also offer a pilot licence for only £500, which gives you 2 months’ use for up to 50 students.
An e-meeting includes a detailed run-through of the simulation's features, applications, and the lecturer's admin area. We also offer in-person demos for groups of colleagues and/or students.
We can support you with planning, delivery and assessment. (See the Our Support page for more information.)
Both the Knowledge and Skills requirements of the course are supported: Organisational Performance, Interpersonal Excellence, Personal Effectiveness and Professional Behaviours.
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