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Environmental Responsibility and Communications (5 cr)

Code: IE10039-3001

General information

Enrollment

01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024

Timing

13.01.2025 - 28.04.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

Finnish

Seats

30 - 50

Degree programmes

Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering

Teachers

Kaija Saramäki

Teacher in charge

Kaija Saramäki

Groups

IENS22
Engineer, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Full-Time Studies, Fall, 2022

Objective

You will understand environmental and social responsibility reporting and web communication as a means to improve and strengthen a positive corporate image and influence stakeholder attitudes. You will be able to create news articles and convincing online texts about environmental and social responsibility and use negotiating skills to influence. You will learn to critically evaluate communication on sustainability in different media.

Content

The main contents of the course include:

- Corporate environmental and social responsibility reporting and it's guiding standards
- Stakeholder collaboration practices and examples
- Negotiation skills and advocacy
- Critical evaluation and interpretation of environmental and social responsibility communications
- Creating a news / online article as a course assignment

Evaluation scale

H-5

Study Guide