ABSTRACT
While discussions and debates on climate change and sustainability tend to reference the United Nations Global Compact, the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there does not exist one comprehensive reference point where all these concepts are defined and linked. This chapter provides a one-stop-shop reference point, offering an overview of these concepts, their interlinkages, and how they place the role of business at the centre of tackling sustainability issues facing the world today. It singles out business students (in their capacity as global citizens and future players in the business domain) as a key cog capable of driving forward the sustainability agenda in general and responsible business management practices in particular. Business students are an integral part of future business decision-making. To this end, universities in general and business schools in particular play a unique role in equipping business graduates with skills to tackle the ethical and sustainability challenges facing the world today and in years to come. The chapter contextualises possible solutions to issues facing the world at a personal level, requiring each person to start in their local contexts. The chapter ends with typical session activities that can be used in classroom environments to get participants to apply and reflect on the concepts in simulated scenarios.
