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Sharing Information on Progress Report 20012/13 Sharing Information on Progress Report 20012/13 1 Contents Statement of Renewed Commitment to PRME ...................................................................................... 5 The Principles for Responsible Management Education ........................................................................ 6 Principle 1 - Purpose ........................................................................................................................... 6 Principle 2 - Values .............................................................................................................................. 6 Principle 3 - Method ........................................................................................................................... 6 Principle 4 - Research .......................................................................................................................... 6 Principle 5 - Partnership ...................................................................................................................... 6 Principle 6 - Dialogue .......................................................................................................................... 6 Principles One and Two – Purpose and Values ....................................................................................... 8 About the University of Exeter Business School ................................................................................. 8 Making excellence and aspiration our business ............................................................................. 8 Selected Major Achievements in relation to PRME during the last 18 months ............................... 12 One Planet MBA enters global rankings ....................................................................................... 12 Low carbon project scoops national award .................................................................................. 13 One Planet MBA scoops first Green Gown for University ............................................................ 14 One Planet MBA graduate awarded first ever Hutton Prize at Exeter ......................................... 15 University of Exeter to join Russell Group .................................................................................... 16 University of Exeter Business School goes carbon neutral ........................................................... 17 Principle Three: Method ....................................................................................................................... 18 The One Planet MBA ......................................................................................................................... 18 One Planet MBA Programme Structure ............................................................................................ 19 Phase One ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Phase Two ..................................................................................................................................... 19 Phase Three ................................................................................................................................... 20 An emphasis on sustainability throughout the curriculum .......................................................... 20 An emphasis on leadership ........................................................................................................... 20 An emphasis on ‘application’ and experiential learning ............................................................... 21 An emphasis on collaboration ...................................................................................................... 21 A global perspective ...................................................................................................................... 21 Our collaboration with WWF ........................................................................................................ 21 2 The One Planet MBA Curriculum ...................................................................................................... 22 Core Modules ................................................................................................................................ 22 Elective Modules ........................................................................................................................... 27 The One Planet Groups ..................................................................................................................... 31 The One Planet MBA Speaker Series ............................................................................................ 31 One Planet MBA Resource ............................................................................................................ 32 One Planet Action Network .......................................................................................................... 32 Community Action ........................................................................................................................ 32 Campus as Living Laboratory ........................................................................................................ 32 Principle 4 – Research ........................................................................................................................... 33 Outstanding Research Centres...................................................................................................... 33 Current research funded portfolio .................................................................................................... 35 The One Planet Research Cafe .......................................................................................................... 39 Principle 5 and 6 – Partnership and Dialogue ....................................................................................... 40 Innovation and Consultancy on the One Planet MBA ...................................................................... 40 Our partners ...................................................................................................................................... 41 International partner universities ................................................................................................. 41 RoundTables for Practising Managers partners ............................................................................ 42 Board of Advisors .......................................................................................................................... 42 The Centre for Leadership Studies (CLS) Professional Network ................................................... 42 Business Leaders Forum ................................................................................................................ 43 Business School Alumni Association ............................................................................................. 44 Our partnership with WWF ............................................................................................................... 45 Key Objectives for the next 18 months ................................................................................................. 46 Rio+20 ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Aim 1 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Aim 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Aim 3 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Aim 4 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Aim 5 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 Aim 6 ............................................................................................................................................. 46 3 Aim 7 ............................................................................................................................................. 47 The University, WWF and PRME ....................................................................................................... 47 The University of Exeter and Sustainability .......................................................................................... 48 Green Impact .................................................................................................................................... 50 Waste Reduction and Recycling ........................................................................................................ 51 2011/12 ......................................................................................................................................... 52 2010/11 ......................................................................................................................................... 52 Sustainability Annual Report 2010-2011 ...................................................................................... 53 Carbon Management
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