Course Important Details:
Title: Sustainability Literacy for Business Students and Professionals
Expected Start Date: August 04, 2025
Expected End Date: August 15, 2025
Schedule: Every day for 2.5 hours per session from August 04 to August 15 (Saturday will be off)
Session Time: 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Venue: The British College, Conference Hall
1. Background & Rationale
Across all disciplines—but especially in business—graduates are expected to make decisions that balance profit with people and planet. Nepal’s emerging economy and its vulnerability to climate risk make sustainability literacy an urgent national priority. This two‑week intensive course will give university students the knowledge, tools, and networks they need to become sustainability champions in their future organisations and communities.
2. Objectives
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Explain foundational concepts of sustainability and climate science.
- Critically analyse the crises and paradoxes created by conventional business models.
- Apply leading sustainability frameworks (ESG, TBL, Doughnut Economics, SDGs, etc.) to real‑world problems.
- Assess social and environmental impact using recognised tools and metrics
- Describe the principles of sustainable finance and supply‑chain management.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and craft a strategic roadmap for a sustainable enterprise or initiative.
3. Target Participants
- Primary
- Students (preferably business/management students, but any background can apply).
- Professionals from Industries
- Faculty members from business/management schools/colleges
- Open Seats: 20% of the seats are reserved for TBC students and faculty members
- Batch Size: 40-50 participants to ensure high interaction.
4. Pedagogical Approach
| Method |
Application in the Course |
|
Interactive lectures |
Core concepts and frameworks |
| Case‑study workshops |
Patagonia, The British College’s BBA: Innovate for Impact (IFI), local SMEs |
| Guest lectures & panels | Industry, finance, supply‑chain, academia |
| Hands‑on labs | Impact‑assessment calculations, ESG scoring, supply‑chain mapping |
|
Group project |
Teams design a sustainability solution and present on Day 10 |
| Reflection journals | Daily learning capture and self‑assessment |
5. Provisional Schedule
6. Monitoring & Evaluation
- Pre‑/post‑course survey on sustainability knowledge and attitudes.
- Rubric‑based assessment of group projects and individual manifestos.
- Follow‑up questionnaire was sent three months later to track the application of learning.
7. Contact
Course Lead: Sunita Basnet – Sr Faculty/Head of Sustainability, The British College
✉ s.basnet@thebritishcollege.edu.np
