| (*)The following structure summarizes the seminar content, key words and major concepts are given in brackets.
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)
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