At the end of this class, the students are expected to

• Be aware of the natural drivers of the sustainability efforts,
• Be familiar with related standards (e.g. ISO 14000, ISO 26000), important concepts/keywords (e.g. tragedy of commons, 3BL, LCA, carbon equivalent, take-back legislation, regulatory compliance, greenwashing, and etc.)
• Be aware of the most recent modeling and research efforts in sustainable operations management,
• Learn tools and techniques required to analyze and design sustainable systems (mainly around supply chains)