Part A: Sustainability analysis of FMCG company Glaxosmithkline PLC (GSK)  (2500 words)

Part A: Sustainability analysis of FMCG company Glaxosmithkline PLC (GSK)  (2500 words)

 

Identify a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company of your own choice laxosmithkline PLC (GSK)

Collect information about the positive and negative impact of this company from publicly available documents (e.g.: sustainability reports, company reports, ASX or ABS reports, media coverage, and any other credible source). Identify the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are relevant to this company. You may consider using the following as a resource: SDG Compass.

Your report should address the following:

 

1. The major challenges, relating to the implementation of SDGs, facing the company. You are expected to focus briefly on the following issues: a. What are the current sustainability foci of the company?
2. Explain what factors are driving the company to manage sustainable development more effectively.
3. Are SDGs currently being used by the company (implicitly or explicitly) in planning and reporting?

2. What three (3) SDGs are most relevant to the company and why?

3. Propose and justify innovative, viable strategies for this company in order to meaningfully contribute toward the three (3) SDGs. What would be appropriate targets and/or indicators to evaluate these strategies?

 

Part B: SDG Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Placement Application (500 words )

 

You have decided to apply for a role as an SDG consultant as part of your Work Integrated Learning (WIL) placement. You are to prepare an application letter, outlining your knowledge of and capacity to manage in a sustainable, socially responsible and ethical manner.

Use the FMCG company you researched in Part A of this assessment, as your potential employer. In your application letter, you will need to explicitly articulate your knowledge and capacity to manage in a sustainable, socially responsible, and ethical manner, as the key selection criteria for the WIL Placement.

Explain how you believe a WIL opportunity as an SDG consultant in the company will further develop your capacity to manage ethically.

For example: Include examples of the work and analysis you have performed in Part A of this assessment. This will allow you to provide evidence that you have the relevant knowledge, experience and aptitude to work within the company as an SDG consultant.

Your examples can be taken from any experiences you have had, to date. This could include paid work experiences, community-based opportunities, volunteer opportunities or study related experiences.

 

Assignment 2 Part A (and B) Template

Cover Page

Ensure a cover page is attached to the front of your report, showing unit

name, your name, date of submission, and your student ID number.

Abstract (approx. 200 words; not included in word count)

Type a short abstract that briefly describes the purpose of the project, and

what the main findings are.

(You may want to do the abstract once the assignment is done.)

Introduction (approx. 100 words)

This section must cover two main things:

(a) a brief introduction and background to the study

For the introduction and background, you must provide a brief introduction

to the reader about the assignment, its relevance and importance etc.

(b) the objectives of the study

You need to clearly state the key objectives of the assignment.

Body of the report (approx. 2300 words)

Address the key areas identified in the assignment task and discuss from the perspective of business ethics (i.e.: you are expected to integrate your understanding of the content of the course). You should allocate approximately equal weight to each of the areas specified (i.e.: 1(a, b & c), 2 and 3 = 750 – 850 words per question).

Conclusion (approx. 100 words)

Write a short concluding comment which reminds the reader what the main

purpose of the research was, how you went about addressing the

objectives of the study, what data you used and the main findings were.

Also write a short paragraph on the main limitations of your report…i.e. what

is/are the main weaknesses of the study which you would like to bring to the

attention of the readers.