Internal Sustainability Communication and Change Management.

Description of the course content: After completing the course, the student shall have knowledge of: 1. Understanding basic theories and principles of change management for sustainable development. 2. Knowing current trends, environmental scanning and legal requirements in the sustainability field. 3. Understanding the life cycle perspective and the circular economy and their importance for sustainable business development. 4. Having insight into double materiality assessment for prioritising sustainability issues. 5. Understanding how sustainability can be integrated into business models to strengthen the business. 6. Having knowledge of the role of different functions in sustainability work, such as the finance department, product managers and the management team. 7. Having insight into practical tools and communication methods for internal communication, such as stakeholder analysis and message adaptation. 8. Understanding the connection between internal sustainability communication and anchoring sustainability strategies. 9. Understanding how sustainability communication can create engagement and long-term organisational support. After completing the course, the student shall have the skills to: 1. Use change models to plan and carry out sustainability-driven change processes. 2. Carry out a double materiality assessment to prioritise sustainability issues with business and societal benefit. 3. Identify and engage key stakeholders in sustainability work. 4. Apply methods and strategies in sustainability communication and change management to integrate sustainability into business development and business processes. 5. Use relevant theories, strategies, methods and practical tools to communicate sustainability issues in an engaging way adapted to different target groups in the organisation. 6. Identify and apply relevant methods to measure and follow up the results of sustainability communication. 7. Carry out environmental scanning to identify relevant trends and changes in the sustainability field. After completing the course, the student shall have the competence to: 1. Independently process content in the field so that it leads to further learning and professional development. 2. Contribute to sustainable business development and lead change work in the sustainability field. 3. Independently create engagement and long-term internal support for sustainability work through sustainability communication. Description of the goals the student has achieved: Change Management for Sustainable Business Development, 20 YH credits In the course, the student learns about the sustainability field with its trends, current legislation and environmental scanning, as well as the double materiality assessment. The student learns principles and theories of change management, methods for integrating sustainability into the organisation and strategies for anchoring sustainability initiatives at management level in order to create sustainable development and business value. After completing the course, the student shall, in their professional role, be able to plan and lead sustainability-driven change processes.