1 Nature, humans, and the environment

1.1 Nature and the environment (definitions of nature, environment; ecosphere vs. technosphere)

1.2 Humans’ impacts on our natural environment (global state of the environment; global warming, biodiversity, and further environmental impacts)

1.3 Nature’s impact on humans (ecosystem services; human health)

2 Business and the environment

2.1 Environmental issues as moral obligation – Corporate Social Responsibility and further approaches

2.2 Environmental issues as a duty – Environmental Management Systems and further approaches (EMS, environmental risk management, environmental regulation)

2.3 Environmental issues as an opportunity – Resource Efficiency and further approaches (material and energy flow analysis, material flow cost accounting, resource scarcity)

3 Widening the perspective: Sustainable development

3.1 A global perspective (definition of sustainable development, sustainable development goals)

3.2 Corporate sustainable development (corporate sustainability; business case for/of sustainability, sustainability reporting)

4 Conclusion and motivation

5 Seminar work – substantiation and deepening of above topics (see also section H)

• initial lectures to provide essentials
• coached elaboration of seminar papers including obligatory web-based meeting with the lecturer
• presentation of seminar papers (group work)
• peer review and feedback on presentations.