Assignment: Course Project - Need for Sustainability Manager
• A Sustainability Manager provides a specific focus on the environmental and social concerns of the company. In this assignment you will explore the importance of this position and the incorporated responsibilities.
• Review what happens next at Top Shelf:
• Top Shelf has a fairly typical ratio of managers to employees. However, your team knows that having a dedicated staff to focus on sustainability has worked well at other companies.
• Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research sustainable management. Identify and research companies that have a sustainability manager (SM) or a similar position. Select three companies for use in this assignment.
At least one of the three selected companies should also be in the retail industry.
• Prepare a report making a case for Top Shelf to hire an SM. Cover the following in your report:
o Explain the role and importance of an SM within a company.
o Analyze the approach of your selected three companies toward sustainable management.
o Provide rationale for Top Shelf to have a management focus on sustainability.
o Explain the specific responsibilities the SM will take up at Top Shelf and the benefits and costs associated with the hire