Welcome to the course Sustainability Business Cases & Case Studies (WiSe2025/26)!
Your coursework and deliverable
Select one
real company competing in a certain industry, where you have been appointed Chief Sustainability Officer.
In your new role you aspire to build a Business Case für Sustainability
1. Describe the company selected and its purpose – max. 1 page
2. Provide a short overview on existing regulations for the respective industry (cf. lecture Sustainability Regulations) – max. 1 page
3.Give
background and motivation for your business to improve its sustainability. Work out a list of suggestions to increase the sustainability performance of the company (non-exemptive).
The proposed measures shall encompass economic, ecological and social aspects (triple bottom line).
Please offer reasoning for the proposed measure and the expected benefit (e.g. cost reductions, CO2-reduction, employee satisfaction) – max. 2 pages
The proposed measures shall encompass economic, ecological and social aspects (triple bottom line).
Please offer reasoning for the proposed measure and the expected benefit (e.g. cost reductions, CO2-reduction, employee satisfaction) – max. 2 pages
4.Illustrate
one of the proposed measures to increase sustainability performance and its
economic (and ecological) potential
along realistic data (available data or realistic assumptions) (e.g.
CO2-reduction with the help of green electricity).
Identify one meaningful ecological performance indicator and try to quantify its improvement.
What investment is necessary? Is it possible to estimate a Return on Investment (RoI) or payback period?
Please do research – to the degree possible - sources, to validate your findings/assumptions – max. 2 pages
Identify one meaningful ecological performance indicator and try to quantify its improvement.
What investment is necessary? Is it possible to estimate a Return on Investment (RoI) or payback period?
Please do research – to the degree possible - sources, to validate your findings/assumptions – max. 2 pages
5.What
obstacles can occur for the decision and its implementation? How can these obstacles be handled and
overcome?
Think about regulatory aspects (refer to the lecture on Sustainability Regulations) as well as the important role of the employees – max. 1 page
Think about regulatory aspects (refer to the lecture on Sustainability Regulations) as well as the important role of the employees – max. 1 page
Formal Aspects and Evaluation Criteria
To be handed in as pdf-document by mail to: stefan.hack@hs-kempten.de
Deadline: December 20, 2025
Formal Aspects
•Your
deliverable
is
a
type-written
text.
Hand-written text – with the exception of graphical visualization – is not accepted
Hand-written text – with the exception of graphical visualization – is not accepted
•Neutral
Fonds:
Times
New Roman, Arial, Garamond
•Fond
Size:
min.
10 pt.,
max. 12 pt.
•Line Spacing:
max.
1,5
•File format:
pdf
•Name your
file
along
this
template:
Mustermann_Max_BCCS
•Scope:
5
-
7 pages;
7
pages
not to be
exceeded.
Evaluation Criteria
•Presentation of the findings (description,
analysis
(depth,
width)
•Conclusions (justified,
clear,
sufficiently
specific)
•References
(scope,
adequate
selection,
adequate
use)
•Overall impression (formal
aspects,
presentation,
style)
- Dozent/in: Stefan Hack