Environmental Cost Benefit Analysis in Business
Issued by
Deakin University
This short course equips learners with an understanding of the conceptual and practical skills required for Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis (ECBA), a new tool to facilitate business and policy relevant decision making. Learners have explored how to choose and implement strategies on mitigating the impacts of climate change using the issue of carbon emissions. Learners have investigated accelerating the adoption of different carbon abatement mechanisms using sensitivity simulations.
- Type Validation
- Level Advanced
- Time Hours
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Strategic Decision Making
- Understand environmental valuation
- Understand environmental valuEnvironment Sustainability and Governance (ESG) reportingation
Earning Criteria
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This earner’s identification was verified using Jumio, automated online ID verification. During the course, the earner was an enrolled Deakin University student with the rights, responsibilities, access to resources and scrutiny of academic integrity required by this educational institution.
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Learners who successfully completed this course were required to create a hypothetical ECBA (spreadsheet plus analysis report) and develop a proposal for an ECBA study to assist a business or government decision.
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Successfully completed this online course with learning activities and formal assessment typically requiring 50-75 hours.
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This microcredential provides the earner with bankable credit (0.5 credit points) towards one or more specified post graduate degrees (award course) at Deakin University. The credit is redeemed on successful application to study the degree.
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Learning outcomes:
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Explain cost-benefit analysis and its sensitivity to time and uncertainty
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Incorporate non-market valuation and climate policy into cost-benefit analysis
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Reflect on cost benefit analysis findings including their complexity and subjectivity
Standards
This microcredential aligns with AQF9 (Masters level) standard
ECTS 3.75 credits