Assignment #1
Assignment Description
Background
This course assignment is all about giving you a chance to deepen and apply your skills on how circularity is implemented and upscaled. The aim is to train you in becoming a more proactive person in the transition to a circular economy. The assignment in this course is divided into three shorter parts spread over Weeks 2-4.
General requirements;
Once we have gained a more detailed understanding of a company’s circular business model, it is also important to think critically about the effect of the business model. There might be drawbacks, trade-offs, or other ways in which the positive effects of circularity could be undermined.
In this assignment, you should reflect on which assessment methods could be used to measure a business model’s environmental performance and on whether Caterpillar’s circular business model is likely to bring about environmental benefits. This consists of two tasks:
1) Your first task is to identify an assessment method (life cycle assessment or risk assessment) that could be used to measure environmental performance and to briefly explain what it can measure.
2) Your second task is to identify two ways the environmental benefits from Caterpillar’s remanufacturing activities might be undermined. The skill-builder lecture at the end of Week 3 will help you to think critically about environmental impacts and discusses some examples.
You have a minimum of 300 words for each question in the assignment.
Assignment Details
Make sure you have read attached Case company description, as your submission will be reviewed and graded based on these criteria:
Have you provided a method to assess the environmental performance and briefly explained what it can measure?
Have you named two ways that the environmental performance of the case company’s circular business model might be undermined?
Second Task (minimum 300 words)
Second Task (minimum 300 words)
First Task (minimum 300 words)
First Task (minimum 300 words)