Assessment Task 3: Environmental, Social, and Economic Implications Assessment

Assessment Task 3: Environmental, Social, and Economic Implications Assessment

Objective:

The objective of this assessment is to evaluate and critically appraise the environmental, social, and economic implications of a selected ASX100 company's activities, as disclosed in its annual report/s. Additionally, this assessment aims to demonstrate the importance of critically appraising these perspectives in the context of management decision-making.

Instructions:

Part 1: Written Submission (15%)

Company Selection:

Choose an ASX100 company for your assessment. Ensure that you have access to its recent annual reports.

Environmental Assessment:

Evaluate the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets as presented in its annual reports.

Discuss the company's efforts to reduce its environmental footprint, including areas like carbon emissions, water usage, and waste reduction.

Analyse the impact of the company's environmental initiatives on sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Social Assessment:

Assess the company's engagement with local communities, including its community programs and partnerships.

Examine the company's approach to employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion.

Analyse the company's efforts to address social issues through its activities as revealed in the annual reports.

Economic Assessment:

Evaluate the company's financial performance as presented in the annual reports using performance evaluation methods that we have in this unit.

Discuss the economic implications of the company's activities, including its contributions to revenue, profitability, and the broader economy.

Examine the company's supply chain management and its impact on the economy.

Conclusion:

Summarize your findings and provide an overall assessment of the company's environmental, social, and economic performance.

Include any recommendations or suggestions for improvement based on your analysis, emphasizing their potential impact on management decision-making.

Part 2: Oral Submission (15%)

Create a 6-minute recorded presentation based on the content of your written submission.

Deliver your presentation, presenting your findings, analysis, and conclusions to your peers, instructors, or industry professionals. Emphasize the significance of critically appraising these perspectives in informing management decisions.

Submission Requirements:

Submit your written assessment as a Word document (1500 words).

Include proper citations and references for information obtained from the company's annual reports as well as other academic studies.

Follow the provided rubric for assessment grading criteria.

Submission Dates: On the 20th October at 23:59.

Additional Resources:

Economic, Social, and Environmental Performance (here)

Environmental Performance (here).

Social Performance (here)

Grading Criteria:

Your assessment will be graded based on the clarity, depth, and quality of your analysis, as well as the effectiveness of your presentation during the oral submission.

Written Report Grading Rubric (15%):

Criteria Excellent (5) Proficient (4) Competent (3) Needs Improvement (2) Unsatisfactory (1)

Company Selection 3 mark The chosen ASX100 company is highly relevant and well-justified, with access to recent annual reports clearly demonstrated. The chosen ASX100 company is relevant and well-justified, with access to recent annual reports demonstrated. The chosen ASX100 company is somewhat relevant and justified, with access to recent annual reports mentioned. The choice of the ASX100 company lacks clarity or relevance, and access to recent annual reports is unclear. The choice of the ASX100 company lacks relevance and justification, and there's no clarity on access to recent annual reports.

Environmental Assessment

5 marks Provides a comprehensive, insightful, and well-structured evaluation of the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets. Offers a deep analysis of environmental footprint reduction efforts. Clearly identifies the impact on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Offers a thorough and well-structured evaluation of the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets. Analyses environmental footprint reduction efforts. Identifies the impact on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Presents an evaluation of the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets, with some analysis of footprint reduction efforts. Addresses the impact on sustainability and environmental stewardship. Provides a basic evaluation of the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets, with limited analysis of footprint reduction efforts. Addresses sustainability and environmental stewardship minimally. Fails to provide a meaningful evaluation of the company's environmental practices, initiatives, and targets. Lacks analysis of footprint reduction efforts and impact on sustainability.

Social Assessment

5 marks Conducts a comprehensive, insightful, and well-structured assessment of the company's engagement with local communities, employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion. Offers a deep analysis of social issue handling. Conducts a thorough and well-structured assessment of the company's engagement with local communities, employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion. Analyses social issue handling. Conducts an assessment of the company's engagement with local communities, employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion, with some analysis of social issue handling. Provides a basic assessment of the company's engagement with local communities, employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion, with limited analysis of social issue handling. Fails to provide a meaningful assessment of the company's engagement with local communities, employee welfare, diversity, and inclusion, and lacks analysis of social issue handling.

Economic Assessment

5 marks Delivers a comprehensive, insightful, and well-structured evaluation of the company's financial performance using relevant performance evaluation methods. Analyses economic implications and supply chain management effectively. Delivers a thorough and well-structured evaluation of the company's financial performance using relevant performance evaluation methods. Analyses economic implications and supply chain management. Provides an evaluation of the company's financial performance using performance evaluation methods, with some analysis of economic implications and supply chain management. Presents a basic evaluation of the company's financial performance using performance evaluation methods, with limited analysis of economic implications and supply chain management. Fails to provide a meaningful evaluation of the company's financial performance and lacks analysis of economic implications and supply chain management.

Conclusion

5 marks The conclusion is clear, concise, and provides a comprehensive summary of findings. Offers insightful recommendations based on the analysis. The conclusion is clear and provides a good summary of findings. Offers relevant recommendations based on the analysis. The conclusion is somewhat clear and provides a basic summary of findings. Offers some recommendations based on the analysis. The conclusion lacks clarity and provides a limited summary of findings. Recommendations are vague or missing. The conclusion lacks clarity and fails to summarize findings effectively. Recommendations are absent.

Citations and References

3 marks Properly cites and references information from annual reports and academic studies following a consistent and accurate style guide. Properly cites and references information from annual reports and academic studies following a consistent style guide with few errors. Cites and references information from annual reports and academic studies, with minor inconsistencies or errors in style. Attempts to cite and reference information but with frequent inconsistencies or errors in style. Lacks proper citations and references, or they are significantly inconsistent and erroneous.

Quality of Writing and Presentation

5 marks Exceptionally well-written, with impeccable grammar, spelling, and organization. Highly engaging and easy to follow. Well-written, with minor grammatical and spelling errors. Organized and generally engaging. Adequately written, with noticeable grammatical and spelling errors. Some organizational issues and engagement could be improved. Writing lacks clarity and contains numerous grammatical and spelling errors. Difficult to follow. Poorly written with severe grammatical and spelling errors. Extremely challenging to follow.

Oral presentation rubric (15%):

Criteria Excellent (5) Proficient (4) Competent (3) Needs Improvement (2) Unsatisfactory (1)

Content 5 Exceptionally well-structured, clear, and engaging presentation. All key points are covered thoroughly, and additional insights or perspectives are provided. Well-structured, clear, and engaging presentation. Most key points are covered thoroughly, with relevant insights or perspectives included. Adequately structured and clear presentation. Most key points are covered, but some lack depth or clarity. Insights or perspectives are limited. Poorly structured and somewhat unclear presentation. Key points are mentioned but lack depth, clarity, or relevance. Insights or perspectives are missing. Chaotic, poorly structured, and unclear presentation. Key points are omitted or poorly explained, lacking depth, clarity, and relevance. Insights or perspectives are absent.

Delivery 5 Delivery is exceptionally polished and confident. Speaker maintains excellent eye contact, gestures effectively, and uses vocal variety to engage the audience. Delivery is polished and confident. Speaker maintains good eye contact, gestures effectively, and uses vocal variety to engage the audience. Delivery is mostly confident. Speaker maintains adequate eye contact, gestures appropriately, and uses vocal variety to engage the audience. Delivery lacks confidence. Speaker struggles with eye contact, gestures inconsistently, and lacks vocal variety in engaging the audience. Delivery is timid and lacks confidence. Speaker avoids eye contact, gestures rarely, and uses a monotonous tone, failing to engage the audience.

Clarity and Organization 5 Presentation is exceptionally well-organized and easy to follow. Transitions between points are seamless. Presentation is well-organized and generally easy to follow. Transitions between points are smooth. Presentation is adequately organized, with some minor disruptions in flow. Transitions between points are generally clear. Presentation lacks organization, making it somewhat challenging to follow. Transitions between points are unclear. Presentation is disorganized and difficult to follow. Transitions between points are abrupt or missing.

Time Management 5 Stays within the allotted 6-minute time frame effectively. Concludes the presentation without rushing or exceeding the time limit. Mostly stays within the allotted 6-minute time frame. Concludes the presentation without significant rushing or exceeding the time limit. Occasionally goes slightly over or under the allotted 6-minute time frame. Concludes the presentation without major disruptions. Frequently goes significantly over or under the allotted 6-minute time frame. Concludes the presentation with noticeable disruptions. Consistently goes well over or under the allotted 6-minute time frame. Concludes the presentation with major disruptions.

Visual Aids 5 Exceptionally well-designed and effectively enhance understanding. Graphics are clear, relevant, and add value to the presentation. Well-designed and enhance understanding. Graphics are mostly clear, relevant, and add value to the presentation. Adequately designed and provide some enhancement to understanding. Graphics are somewhat clear and relevant. Limited design and moderate enhancement to understanding. Graphics lack clarity or relevance. Poorly designed or misused visual aids that do not enhance understanding. Graphics are unclear and irrelevant.