Code
MGSE ESG 4401
Level
M1
Field
Environnement, Social et Gouvernance
Language
Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
2
Class hours
27
Total student load
40
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Technologies, Information et Management
Educational team
Introduction to the module
This course explores the intersection of digital technologies and environmental sustainability. The main aim of the course is to examine the environmental impact of digital technologies, as well as how digital technologies can help organizations achieve their environmental sustainability goals. The module provides both a critical theoretical framework and practical case studies on how digital transformation can contribute to or compromise environmental sustainability outcomes and human well-being.
In particular, after the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Become familiar with the key concepts around digital sustainability
2. Assess the environmental impact of IT in organizations and understand the role of digital transformation in countering the environmental planetary crisis
3. Understand the key enablers and obstacles towards the successful implementation of digital sustainability projects
4. Understand the role of information systems in helping organizations become compliant with contemporary environmental reporting requirements (e.g. ESRS, CSRD)
5. Critically evaluate the challenges associated with implementing a dual (digital & environmental) transformation
6. Develop and propose digitally enabled sustainable business models
Learning objectives/Intended learning outcomes
- 4.4 - Raise awareness and promote the application of ethical principles, professional conduct and environmental responsibility, in a context of organisational and societal transformation, and for the common good.
Sustainable Development Goals
4, 12, 13
The course contributes to SDG 4 by ensuring that students acquire the knowledge and skills around how to leverage digital technologies to promote sustainable development.
The course contributes to SDG 12 by enhancing knowledge on how to leverage digital technologies to reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse, as well as on how organizations can adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle using IT and IS.
The course contributes to SDG 13 by raising awareness on how environmentally friendly IS/IT can lead to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and impact reduction.
Number of SDG's addressed among the 17
5
Pedagogical methods
Combination of lectures, case studies, and in-class exercises.
Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams
Group assignment (60%), individual assignment (30%), in-class participation (10%)
Module Policies
Professor-Student Communication
● The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
● Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.
Students with accommodation needs
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.
Class behavior
● Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
● Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
● The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
● Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.
Honor code
IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.
Textbook Required and Suggested Readings
Recommended Textbook: Lynn, T., Rosati, P., Kreps, D., & Conboy, K. (2024). Digital Sustainability: Leveraging Digital Technology to Combat Climate Change.
Keywords
Digital Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Twin Transformation; Green Information Systems