This course consists of a few lectures, guest lectures with sustainability reporting professionals (mandatory attendance) and tutorials (either traditional tutorials or presentations).

The main objective of the course is to familiarise students with both the theory of measuring and reporting sustainability performance, and with sustainability reporting as a professional field. As SSPS graduates with a business focus tend to gravitate towards this field, it is important that you get acquainted with its main characteristics.

The tutorials provide a good overview of how the course is organised, and what it intends to cover:
* What does it mean to measure and report sustainability
* The huge role and influence of finance on this measuring and reporting
* EU norms on reporting (CSRD)
* Focus on measuring and reporting carbon
* Measuring and reporting at the product level
* Measuring and reporting at the company level
* Measuring and reporting at the production-consumption system level

Students who want to know more about the course can have a look at Dumas, C., & Louche, C. (2016). Collective Beliefs on Responsible Investment. Business & Society, 55(3), 427–457; and Gray, R. (2010). Is accounting for sustainability actually accounting for sustainability...and how would we know? An exploration of narratives of organisations and the planet. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 35(1), Article 1.

Exchange students should refer to the International Relations Office via email in case they would like to register for this course: iro-incoming-sbe@maastrichtuniversity.nl. Only limited spots available, first-come first-serve principle.