The Social Footprint Masterclass
If you're a manager in an organization responsible for measuring and reporting on corporate social impacts, this is the program for you. Researchers, students, or analysts interested in this topic will also find the class rewarding. Over a short 2-and-a-half day period, this class will cover the subject from start to finish, including: 1) conceptual foundations for non-financial reporting, 2) a survey of mainstream practices, and 3) a detailed introduction and tutorial on how to perform and calculate organizational Social Footprints. In-depth case-study illustrations and student exercises are included.
The program's syllabus is as follows:
DAY 1
Corporate Sustainability Management (CSM): What Is It?
- Non-financial Reporting
- CSM vs. CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Mainstream Concepts, Tools, and Methods in CSM
- Conceptual Foundations as the Basis of Practice
- The Triple Bottom Line
- GRI and Other Standards: The Lay of the Land
The Quotients Approach to CSM
- The Importance of Denominators
- The Ecological Footprint Method
- The Social Footprint Method: An Introduction
- The Social Footprint Ontology (what organizations can have impact on)
DAY 2
Steps in the Social Footprint Method
Illustrations of the Social Footprint
Exercise #1: Calculating a Social Footprint
Key Issues in Calculating a Social Footprint
DAY 3 (half day)
Re-cap of the Social Footprint Method
Exercise #2: Calculating a Social Footprint
Summary and Wrap-Up
Discussion and Class Evaluations
Next Class: May 28-30, 2008 in Burlington, VT ($895 per student)
