critical understanding of pressures on organisations to pursue ethical operations and environmental management practices

LO1: Analyse the drivers for sustainable business excellence from the perspective of different stakeholders in national and global environments;
LO4: Critically evaluate the role that quality and environmental management accreditation standards play in promoting business excellence in national and international contexts;
LO5: Reflect on current challenges and issues relating to managing sustainable business excellence in public, private and social enterprises;
LO6: Critically review the role of ethical leadership in striving for sustainable operations across a range of organisational/sectoral contexts
vidence of the extent to which organisations in the industry sector researched are pursuing sustainable and ethical business practice in response to regulatory/government policy and stakeholder pressures (LO1, LO6);
Evidence of good practice on how organisations are striving to manage emissions to air, land and water in line with the requirement of an Environmental Management Accreditation System or Standard (such as ISO 14000) (LO4);
Overall conclusions that reflect on the progress evidenced in the report, current challenges and issues faced in the sector, key lessons learned and recommendations emerging from discussions within the report (LO5).