UNIT AIM: This unit will enable the learner to understand key legal aspects of benefit companies. The unit will cover the differences between formal legal structures for Benefit Companies and other approaches (e.g. B-Corp), as well as exploring approaches to Benefit Companies in different EU member states. The learner will also gain knowledge of the steps required to establish/accredit a Benefit Company.
UNIT AIM: This unit will enable the learner to understand the various business aspects of being a BC and scope of associated business activities. They will learn the characteristics of being a BC in terms of organisation, fiscal and social management and economic/financial benefits. They will understand the new opportunities for companies and how to develop the internationalisation process and how it constrains/limits the activity of companies. They also will learn about the direct and indirect costs of complying with BC requirements.
UNIT AIM: In this unit, the learner will deepen their knowledge regarding the necessary changes to be implemented in each BC candidate company. They will learn about and critically analyse case studies of companies from different business areas. They will gain an understanding of the types of Impact Assessment available to BCs (such as B-Impact Assessment and other voluntary standards) and the differences between the approaches. They will also learn about why and how reporting is conducted as a part of BCs.
UNIT AIM: Unit 4 will be mostly concentrated to explain the Strategic aspects of the Benefit Company through the lens of the ESG model. You will learn about the elements that ESG model contains, gain knowledge about the existing and upcoming EU regulations regarding ESG, understand how to adapt your business model, get to know key steps of building a Sustainability Strategy and how to perform a self-audit, also how to communicate your Company’s ESG efforts to the Customers.
UNIT AIM: This Unit will enable the learners to understand the consistency of the BC situation vs. other approaches (certified B-Corps) across the EU and internationally and the links with the EU policies related to the Benefit Business. Students will understand the evolution, promotion, encouragement, and impulse of this specific Benefit Companies development in the different countries of the European Union and at an international level.
