Building a Green & Sustainable Business

ENT-352
Closed
Main contact
Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Professor
2
Timeline
  • March 18, 2020
    Experience start
  • March 28, 2020
    Confirm and communicate with company
  • March 31, 2020
    Scope Statement
  • April 3, 2020
    30-Minute Professor check-in
  • April 24, 2020
    Final Presentation
  • April 25, 2020
    Final report
  • April 25, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
2 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Any
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Market research Operations Project management Product or service launch Hospitality, tourism & culinary arts
Skills
consulting report writing presentation skills research
Learner goals and capabilities

Is your organization interested in improving your sustainable business practices?

For this project, student-consultants will evaluate your organization's current sustainable practices and make recommendations on how to improve your current standing.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
30 learners
Project
20 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final deliverables include:

  • A 1-page scope statement
  • A 10+ page research report with analysis and recommendations
  • A 15-minute final presentation
Project timeline
  • March 18, 2020
    Experience start
  • March 28, 2020
    Confirm and communicate with company
  • March 31, 2020
    Scope Statement
  • April 3, 2020
    30-Minute Professor check-in
  • April 24, 2020
    Final Presentation
  • April 25, 2020
    Final report
  • April 25, 2020
    Experience end

Project examples

Has your organization been looking for ways to improve it's sustainability practices?

Beginning this February, student-consultants in teams of 4 to 5 will spend 80-100 hours per team working for your organization around a topic of your choice, related to sustainability (some areas of focus include: waste & recycling, energy, transportation, food, and waste).

Based on the information your organization provides and industry research, the group will go through the entrepreneurial process of opportunity recognition, feasibility analysis, and obtaining stakeholder's buy-in to provide your organization with recommendations to improve current sustainability practices.

Some examples include, but is not limited to:

  • Identify and analyze sustainability-related certifications relevant to a product, process or business function.
  • Analysis and recommendations regarding a firm's sustainability report.
  • Identification and analysis of optional reporting avenues such as the carbon disclosure project.
  • Reducing waste and increasing recycling
  • Recommendations for enhancing Energy Efficiency

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

  • Q1 - Checkbox
  • Q2 - Checkbox
  • Q3 - Checkbox
  • Q4 - Checkbox
  • Q5 - Checkbox