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University Deakin University
Course MPP710 - Environmental Sustainability for Business
Year 2026
Author Shalini
Subject Environmental Sustainability
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MPP710 - Environmental Sustainability for Business – Trimester 1 2025
Assessment Task 1 – Assessing Environmental change on Business.
DUE DATE: March 28, 2025, by 8:00pm (Melbourne time)
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE: 20%
WORD COUNT: 5-minute (Max) video presentation
Description
Purpose
Environmental forces are continually changing especially in regards to the natural environment and its
impact on businesses and their strategies. Businesses continually are faced with responding to changes that
they face and as such need to continually scan the broader business environment to identify potential
opportunities, but also minimise the risk of potential threats.
Thus assignment 1 asks you to identify a news item discussing some environmental related issue and explain
how it impacts on a business’ activities, as well as discuss how that business might respond to the
environmental issues. This last part does not focus on how the firm may fix the environmental issue, but
rather how they need to adapt or change actions and strategies to ensure they can continue to operate into
the future. The goal is NOT for the firms to ‘fix’ the overall environmental issue.
Context/Scenario
For this task assume that you are explaining these ideas to peers and colleagues, demonstrating the
connections between the environment and how this impacts business and how we can address these
environmental changes.
Specific Requirements
In assignment 1 you must prepare a recorded video presentation that explains a current (last 3 months)
environmental news story liked to business. The presentation should be a power point presentation with
voice recording, that covers the three main points:
1. Explain the environmental issue.
2. Explain how this event will impact on a specific firm or industry.
3. Explain how the firm, industry will have to adapt or change its actions and strategies to ensure they can
continue to operate into the future given the environmental issue.
The last slide should contain the refences that you have used. This must include a reference to the news
story that you have based the assignment on. There should be at least 3 other appropriate references-
academic and/or business, news or literature. We are not concerned with what reference format you use,
but it does need to be consistent for all materials.
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Learning Outcomes
This task allows you to demonstrate your achievement towards the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) which
have been aligned to the Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs). Deakin GLOs describe the knowledge
and capabilities graduates acquire and can demonstrate on completion of their course. This assessment task
is an important tool in determining your achievement of the ULOs. If you do not demonstrate achievement
of the ULOs you will not be successful in this unit. You are advised to familiarise yourself with these ULOs
and GLOs as they will inform you on what you are expected to demonstrate for successful completion of this
unit.
The learning outcomes that are aligned to this assessment task are:
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
ULO 1
ULO 2
Students need to understand the
connection between environmental issues
and business practice
Students will identify the environmental
issues within the selected story
GLO1: Discipline knowledge and capabilities: Use
concepts and theory discussed in class to analyse
and present a response to the task.
GLO4: Critical thinking: Understand the
connection between environmental issues and
business practice.
GLO8: Global citizenship: Identify the
environmental issues within the selected story
Referencing and Academic Integrity
Deakin takes academic integrity very seriously. It is important that you (and if a group task, your group)
complete your own work in every assessment task Any material used in this assignment that is not your
original work must be acknowledged as such and appropriately referenced. You can find information
about referencing (and avoiding breaching academic integrity) and other study support resources at the
following website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support
Submission
You must submit your assignment in the Assignment Dropbox in the unit CloudDeakin site on or before the
due date. When uploading your assignment, name your document using the following syntax: <your
surname_your first name_your Deakin student ID number_[unitcode].doc (or ‘.docx’). For example,
‘Jones_Barry_123456789_ABC123.doc’.
Submitting a hard copy of this assignment is not required. You must keep a backup copy of every assignment
you submit until the marked assignment has been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your
assignments is misplaced you will need to submit your backup copy.
Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion
and/or plagiarism and for authenticating work.
When you submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will receive an email to your
Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your
assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment Dropbox folder after upload and check for, and keep,
the email receipt for the submission.
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Marking and feedback
The marking rubric indicates the assessment criteria for this task. It is available in the CloudDeakin unit
site in the Assessment folder, under Assessment Resources. Criteria act as a boundary around the task
and help specify what assessors are looking for in your submission. The criteria are drawn from the
ULOs and align with the GLOs. You should familiarise yourself with the assessment criteria before
completing and submitting this task.
Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakin
15 working days after the submission date.
Extensions
Extensions can only be granted for exceptional and/or unavoidable circumstances outside of your control.
Requests for extensions must be made by 12 noon on the submission date using the online Extension
Request form under the Assessment tab on the unit CloudDeakin site. All requests for extensions should be
supported by appropriate evidence (e.g., a medical certificate in the case of ill health).
Applications for extensions after 12 noon on the submission date require University level special
consideration and these applications must be must be submitted via StudentConnect in your DeakinSync
site.
Late submission penalties
If you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension or special consideration,
5% will be deducted from the available marks for each day after the due date up to seven days*. Work
submitted more than seven days after the due date will not be marked and will receive 0% for the task. The
Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the
task after the due date. *'Day' means calendar day for electronic submissions and working day for paper
submissions.
An example of how the calculation of the late penalty based on an assignment being due on a Thursday at
8:00pm is as follows:
• 1 day late: submitted after Thursday 11:59pm and before Friday 11:59pm– 5% penalty.
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• 2 days late: submitted after Friday 11:59pm and before Saturday 11:59pm – 10% penalty.
• 3 days late: submitted after Saturday 11:59pm and before Sunday 11:59pm – 15% penalty.
• 4 days late: submitted after Sunday 11:59pm and before Monday 11:59pm – 20% penalty.
• 5 days late: submitted after Monday 11:59pm and before Tuesday 11:59pm – 25% penalty.
• 6 days late: submitted after Tuesday 11:59pm and before Wednesday 11:59pm – 30% penalty.
• 7 days late: submitted after Wednesday 11:59pm and before Thursday 11:59pm – 35% penalty.
The Dropbox closes the Thursday after 11:59pm AEST/AEDT time.
Support
The Division of Student Life provides a range of Study Support resources and services, available throughout
the academic year, including Writing Mentor and Maths Mentor online drop ins and the SmartThinking 24
hour writing feedback service at this link. If you would prefer some more in depth and tailored support,
make an appointment online with a Language and Learning Adviser.
Your rights and responsibilities as a student
As a student you have both rights and responsibilities. Please refer to the document Your rights and
responsibilities as a student in the Unit Guide & Information section in the Content area in the CloudDeakin
unit site.

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