Phrases such as ‘the circular economy’, ‘creating shared value’, ‘social responsibility’ and ‘negative externalities’ reflect growing company/organisational concerns around socio-environmental issues. On June 18th, 2014, the UoM Sustainability in the Curriculum Community of Practice (CoP) focussed on this theme discussing:

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  the understandings and skills graduates need to help develop the sustainability initiatives of companies/organisations;

• how the academic community can help students develop these understandings and skills;
• How the importance of such understandings and skills can be conveyed to students;
• how the importance of such understandings and skills can be conveyed by students to staff

A summary of points made during the meeting can be found here:

Sustainability skills and the workplace