IBM’s Environmental Sustainability

1. An introduction that summarises key information about IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) and its environmental impacts from your first assignment (no more than 200 words).

2. A critical evaluation of the environmental sustainability strategy and performance of IBM . Your evaluation should include at least the following:

  • A summary of your understanding of the sustainability strategy of IBM.
  • An evaluation of the company’s approach to their sustainability strategy using a variety of theoretical and policy (e.g. COP26) frameworks
  • An explanation of your company’s approach to Environmental Management Systems, and what this says about their commitment to their strategy
  • An evaluation of the company’s environmental performance i.e. the implementation of their strategy over the last 3-5 years, in two or more of the following areas: marketing; operations and supply chain management
  • The incorporation of relevant concepts, frameworks and theories (including but not restricted to the principles of resource savings (the 5Rs) into the performance evaluation
  • An explanation and evaluation of how comprehensive and transparent their sustainability reporting is, using relevant frameworks to support this evaluation.

3. A conclusions section that sums up your evaluation and makes relevant recommendations for future improvements to their strategy and performance.