Week 07 Workshop

Sustainability in Practice at University

of Bedfordshire

Objectives: Understand what is required in the

assessment 2 brief

2050 net zero target impact on UK

businesses (you need to start thinking
about what UK industry we should
research for Assignment 2)
 Due date:
Assessment 2 Brief 14 May 2021 10:00
Aim of the ANALYSE ISSUES FACING
INDUSTRIES/COMPANIES
FLIPPED CLASSROOM
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

unit:
Experiential
learning
GROUP COORDINATION COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP HIGH LEVEL
AND ACTIVITY CRITICALLY ANALYSE AND COMMUNICATION &
DEVELOP SOLUTIONS INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
 Written Report

2500 words
What is
required? 60% weighting

Due: 14 May 2021

 • Produce a business report of a quality
appropriate to a senior management team
• Which is an individual & distinct
assessment with shared appendices
• The report will be a critical evaluation of
the UK’s 2050 net zero greenhouse gas

What is required? emissions goal focusing on the adaption

needs required by UK businesses to
support the implementation of this goal.
Focus should be directed towards,
industry/sector, the business(es) and the
wider social context.
 Work in Work in groups of 3 or 5

Evaluate Evaluate the assigned industry/sector

How will Create Create a detailed project plan which defines roles, responsibilities
and tasks by group member, identifying goals and due dates

you do it?
Develop Develop a detailed description of the chosen energy uses/sources

Use academic theories to assist the development and evaluation of

Use the key issues in context of the UK’s 2050 net zero greenhouse
emission goal
 • Use academic theory to assist the
identification and evaluation of the key
issues involved
• Develop future scenarios for the UK
business(es) involved

How will • Produce a critical evaluation of the

sources of information you have used,
bearing in mind the vested interests of
you do it? the originators
• Summarise findings in detailed, richly
supported conclusion which clearly
identifies the associated interests
UK Industry
Activity: Can you name UK
industries that have
high carbon footprints?
The industries with the highest
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
intensity in 2018 were the agriculture,
energy supply and mining and quarrying
industries (Figure 2). ONS, 2019

• https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environ
mentalaccounts/bulletins/greenhousegasint
ensityprovisionalestimatesuk/2018provisio
nalestimates
UK Industry
Carbon
https://infogram.com/1py10p2x9jddqdb3l1ewvvpne
2tyxmeepy3

Footprint
Watch these videos
• https://youtu.be/MtFjfTBFPOk
• https://youtu.be/0CGCvuy6YkQ
• https://youtu.be/z-1X-5Akvt0

• What are your key takeaways?

How will Meeting the 2050 goal will push UK businesses to
make fundamental changes starting with energy
UK efficiency (KPMG, 2019)
Carbon emissions need to be cut from farms, homes,
business be transport and industry (Energy Savings Trust, 2020)
Potential for new industries and supply chains
impacted by https://assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/uk/pdf/201
9/06/achieving-net-zero.pdf
the 2050 net Technological advances/innovation

zero goal?
Groups Reflection
Activity
 This unit requires group work

From Groups
Form groups of 3 – 5 people

Remember to follow the social

distancing rules
 Objectives: Did you achieve your goal of
completing the shared Portfolio by agreed
Activity: 30 upon date? If not, why not?

minutes
Group Objectives: Did you achieve the milestones
identified in your Team Planning
Evaluation Document? If not, why not?
Exercise
Systems: Describe the systems you
planned to use in your groups for
communication, collaboration and
monitoring the progress of the project.
 Systems: Did you use these systems
consistently throughout the project?
Activity:
Activity:30
30 If not, why not?
minutes
minutes
Group
Group Reflection: How would you build-in
reviews of progress and monitoring if
Evaluation
Evaluation you could rerun your project?
Exercise
Exercise Reflection: How would you approach
team-work and group
communication if you could rerun
your project?
 Self-Evaluation Exercise (Assessment 1)

I contributed ideas      

I listened to and respected the ideas of others      

 
I positively encouraged others in my group      

I compromised and co-operated      

 
I was flexible and willing to follow others      
 
I took initiative when needed      
 
I helped to solve problems      

I took risks by exploring something new to me      

I did my share of the workload/tasks      

 

Seldon, Sometimes, Often

 My two greatest strengths from the list on
the last slide are:

The two skills I need to work on from the

list above are:
Activity
Based on your honest self-reflection
above:

If this project had been a real live project

for a client, what annual salary would be
appropriate for your performance?
Action Points:
Due next week

1 2
Complete Week 07 Watch all videos and
Activities complete reading for
Week 07
3
Think about what UK
industry we should choose
to research for Assignment
2. We will vote and finalise
next week. 16/03/2021