商业｜Assessment 3: Sustainable Business Plan

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Assessment 3: Sustainable Business Plan
Due 31 May by 23:59

Points 100

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Assessment 3: Sustainable Business Plan
Type: Business Plan | Group
Length: Report: 3000 words (+/- 10%)
Weighting: 40%
Due Date: Week 12 – Sunday, 31 May, 23:59 AEST

Assessment Brief
Overview
For this assessment, you work in a group (max 4 members) to collaboratively develop a sustainable business plan for your chosen business with the aim of guiding the transition to a sustainable business model (SBM).
The purpose of this assessment is to prepare you to navigate the challenges and opportunities businesses face in adopting sustainable practices by applying your learnings from the course, as well as developing your written communication and leadership skills, which are crucial to gaining buy-in from key stakeholders and driving businesses towards a more sustainable future.

Learning Outcomes
The targeted Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this assessment are:
CLO1: Evaluate contemporary theories and practices of sustainable business models and their implications for the global economy, society, and the environment, drawing on evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports.
CLO2: Analyse the challenges and opportunities facing businesses when it comes to adopting sustainable business models, and critically evaluate potential strategies and solutions.
CLO3: Apply relevant tools and frameworks to design a sustainable business model that integrates global standards of sustainable practice.
CLO4: Demonstrate effective communication and leadership skills to gain buy-in from stakeholders for sustainable business models and strategies.
CLO5: Critically evaluate the role of innovation and emerging technologies in promoting sustainable business practices, and identify potential barriers and opportunities in their adoption, taking into account relevant ethical, legal, and regulatory considerations.

Marking Criteria
This assessment will measure your:
Critical thinking and analysis: demonstrated by your ability to assess an organisation’s current state and analyse the challenges, opportunities and implications of adopting a sustainable business model (20%)
Problem-solving and innovation: demonstrated by your ability to propose a sustainable business model that is suitable and relevant to the business, utilises innovations, and integrates state of the art of sustainable practice (30%)
Application of relevant tools and frameworks: demonstrated by your ability to align your strategy with established sustainability principles, guidelines and standards (15%)
Written communication: demonstrated by your ability to present a logical and coherent sustainable business plan (15%)
Integration of research and evidence: Demonstrated by your ability to support your sustainable business plan with evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports (10%)
Collaboration, teamwork, and effective communication within the team, including individual participation, attitude, cooperation with others, team role fulfilment and accuracy (10%)

Assessment Details
For this assessment, you will develop a sustainable business plan for your chosen business, which will guide the transition to a SBM.
The SBM should integrate sustainability practices into the businesses’ core functions and incorporate the use of innovations to align with the state of the art of sustainable development.
Your sustainable business plan should include the following:
Executive summary
The executive summary should give a concise overview of your entire business plan clearly outlining the purpose of your plan, the introductory information pertaining to your chosen business, your proposed SBM in response to that information, and the ethical, legal and compliance considerations of your proposed SBM. The executive summary should be written at last.
Table of contents
Introduction and context setting
Introduce the company and set the context for your sustainable business plan/SBM.
Purpose, aim and objectives of the business plan
Briefly outline the purpose, aims and objectives of your sustainable business plan.
NB. This section can be integrated into the Introduction.
Business assessment
Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the business’s current business model inclusive of its high-level objectives. You may like to follow the nine building blocks of the business model canvas you explored in Weeks 2-4. Be sure to include an overview of the business’s current triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability performance. This will help you identify/clarify the problem(s) that your proposed SBM will address.
Stakeholder analysis
Identify and analyse all the stakeholders of your proposed SBM:
oInternal stakeholders
oExternal stakeholders – inclusive of industry and supply chain.
While a key component of your report is to persuade and gain buy-in from key stakeholders from your business, you must also consider the wide range of stakeholders for whom your proposed SBM will have an impact.
NB. This stakeholder analysis might be integrated into the proposed sustainable business model.
Your proposed sustainable business model
Drawing on the tools and frameworks (e.g., the sustainable business model canvas) you have explored throughout this course, outline the proposed SBM you have developed for your business. Your proposed SBM should cover important aspects, such as:
oYour suggested vision, mission and guiding principles for sustainable practice within the business, taking into account state-of-the-art sustainable practice, as well as alignment with the business’s objectives and needs.
oYour TBL targets for the business, with a focus on aligning to sustainability assessment frameworks.
oKey focus areas and core business functions where the strategy can be implemented based on where it will have the most positive impact on the business.
oKey innovations that will support your proposed SBM, taking into account relevant ethical, legal and compliance considerations. You are encouraged to utilise the innovations you focused on in Assessment 2.
oCommunication plan for stakeholder engagement
A SWOT analysis of your SBM
Conduct a SWOT analysis involves identifying and analysing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your proposed SBM.
References
Appendices (if applicable)

Notes and Suggestions
The following Assessment 3’s notes and suggestions should be helpful: Assessment 3 Notes.pdf
Download Assessment 1 Notes_2025.pdf
Please note that the use of AI is not allowed in this assessment.

Questions
If you have any questions, check the discussion board or course materials to see if they have already been answered. If not post your question or alternatively ask your teacher in your workshops.

Assessment Policies
Referencing Guidelines
Use RMIT HarvardLinks to an external site. referencing style for this assessment.
You must acknowledge all the courses of information you have used in your assessments.
Refer to the RMIT Easy CiteLinks to an external site. referencing tool to see examples and tips on how to reference in the appropriated style. You can also refer to the library referencing page for more tools such as EndNote, referencing tutorials and referencing guides for printing.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
Academic integrityLinks to an external site. is about honest presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas.
You should take extreme care that you have:
Acknowledged words, data, diagrams, models, frameworks and/or ideas of others you have quoted (i.e. directly copied), summarised, paraphrased, discussed or mentioned in your assessment through the appropriate referencing methods
Provided a reference list of the publication details so your reader can locate the source if necessary. This includes material taken from Internet sites
If you do not acknowledge the sources of your material, you may be accused of plagiarism because you have passed off the work and ideas of another person without appropriate referencing, as if they were your own.
RMIT University treats plagiarism as a very serious offence constituting misconduct.
Plagiarism covers a variety of inappropriate behaviours, including:
Failure to properly document a source
Copyright material from the internet or databases
Collusion between students
For further information on our policies and procedures, please refer to the RMIT University websiteLinks to an external site..

Assessment Declaration
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Rubric
SBM_A3
SBM_A3
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcomeCritical Thinking and Analysis
Demonstrated by your ability to assess a businesses’ current state and analyse the challenges, opportunities and implications of adopting a sustainable business model 20 to >16.0 PtsHigh Distinction: 100-80%Provides a comprehensive assessment of the organisation’s current state and a detailed and insightful analysis of the challenges, opportunities and implications they will face in adopting a sustainable business model, demonstrating a deep understanding of the industry-specific complexities and nuances involved.
16 to >14.0 PtsDistinction: 79%-70%Provides a thorough assessment of the organisation’s current state and a well-developed analysis of the challenges, opportunities and implications they will face in adopting a sustainable business model, demonstrating a reasonable understanding of the industry-specific complexities and nuances involved.
14 to >12.0 PtsCredit: 69%-60%Provides an adequate assessment of the organisation’s current state and a sufficient analysis of the challenges, opportunities and implications they will face in adopting a sustainable business model, demonstrating a generic understanding of the industry-specific complexities and nuances involved.
12 to >10.0 PtsPass: 59%-50%Provides a basic assessment of the organisation’s current state and a limited analysis of the challenges, opportunities and implications they will face in adopting a sustainable business model, demonstrating a minimal understanding of the industry-specific complexities and nuances involved.
10 to >0.0 PtsNot satisfactory: Less than 50%Provides an inadequate or insufficient assessment of the organisation’s current state and fails to analyse the challenges, opportunities and implications they will face in adopting a sustainable business model, demonstrating a lack of understanding of the industry-specific complexities and nuances involved.
0 PtsDid not submit 20 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcomeProblem-solving and innovation
Demonstrated by your ability to propose a sustainable business model that is suitable and relevant to the business, considers key stakeholders, utilises innovations, and integrates state of the art of sustainable practice 30 to >24.0 PtsHigh DistinctionProposes a highly suitable and relevant SBM for the business, effectively considering key stakeholders and incorporating innovations to address sustainability goals. The SBM shows thorough integration of state of the art of sustainable practice, demonstrating clear and well-justified alignment to the businesses’ objectives and needs.
24 to >21.0 PtsDistinctionProposes a suitable and relevant sustainability strategy for the organisation, considering key stakeholders and incorporating innovations to address sustainability goals. The strategy shows good integration of global standards of sustainable practice, demonstrating reasonable alignment to the organisation’s objectives and needs.
21 to >18.0 PtsCreditProposes an adequate SBM for the business, somewhat considering key stakeholders and incorporating innovations to address sustainability goals. The SBM shows some integration of state of the art of sustainable practice, demonstrating partial alignment to the businesses’ objectives and needs.
18 to >15.0 PtsPassProposes a basic SBM for the business, minimally considering key stakeholders and incorporating innovations to address sustainability goals. The SBM shows limited integration of state of the art of sustainable practice, demonstrating basic alignment to the businesses’ objectives and needs.
15 to >0.0 PtsNot satisfactoryProposes an inadequate SBM for the business, that does not incorporate innovations to address sustainability goals. The SBM shows a lack of integration of state of the art of sustainable practice, where the basic alignment to the businesses’ objectives and needs are not evident.
0 PtsDid not submit 30 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcomeApplication of relevant tools and frameworks
Demonstrated by your ability to align your sustainable business plan with established sustainability principles, guidelines and standards 15 to >12.0 PtsHigh DistinctionDemonstrates advanced application of relevant tools and frameworks that effectively integrate and align with the suggested SBM, showcasing a deep understanding of their application and relevance to the businesses’ context.
12 to >10.5 PtsDistinctionDemonstrates solid application of relevant tools and frameworks that integrate and align with the suggested SBM, showcasing a good understanding of their application and relevance to the businesses’ context.
10.5 to >9.0 PtsCreditDemonstrates sufficient application of relevant tools and frameworks that integrate and align with the suggested SBM, showcasing an adequate understanding of their application and relevance to the businesses’ context.
9 to >7.5 PtsPassDemonstrates basic application of relevant tools and frameworks that integrate and align with the suggested SBM, showcasing a limited understanding of their application and relevance to the businesses’ context.
7.5 to >0.0 PtsNot SatisfactoryDemonstrates insufficient application of relevant tools and frameworks that integrate and align with the suggested SBM, showcasing a lack of understanding of their application and relevance to the businesses’ context.
0 PtsDid not submit 15 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcomeWritten communication
Demonstrated by your ability to present a logical and coherent sustainable business plan 15 to >12.0 PtsHigh DistinctionProduces a well-crafted sustainable business plan that demonstrates a high level of professionalism, clarity and coherence. The sustainable business plan is logically structured, with a clear flow of information. Exhibits an expert command of business language and style, excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation and a high attention to detail.
12 to >10.5 PtsDistinctionProduces a suitable sustainable business plan that demonstrates a good level of professionalism, clarity and coherence. The sustainable business plan is well-structured and exhibits a solid command of business language and style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and a good attention to detail.
10.5 to >9.0 PtsCreditProduces an adequate sustainable business plan that demonstrates some level of professionalism, clarity and coherence. The sustainable business plan is reasonably structured and exhibits a sufficient command of business language and style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and a satisfactory attention to detail.
9 to >7.5 PtsPassProduces a basic sustainable business plan that demonstrates a minimal level of professionalism, clarity and coherence. The sustainable business plan is somewhat unclear in structure and exhibits a basic command of business language and style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and a limited attention to detail.
7.5 to >0.0 PtsNot satisfactoryProduces an insufficient sustainable business plan that demonstrates a poor level of professionalism, clarity and coherence. The sustainable business plan is unclear in structure and exhibits a lack of command of business language and style, grammar, spelling, and punctuation and poor attention to detail.
0 PtsDid not submit 15 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcomeIntegration of research and evidence
Demonstrated by your ability to support your sustainable business plan with evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports 10 to >8.0 PtsHigh DistinctionExtensively integrates evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports to support the sustainable business plan. Demonstrates a high level of research and uses diverse, credible, and relevant sources. Effectively incorporates evidence to strengthen proposed sustainable business model.
8 to >7.0 PtsDistinctionIntegrates evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports to support the sustainable business plan. Demonstrates good research skills and uses credible and relevant sources. Uses evidence to support proposed sustainable business model.
7 to >6.0 PtsCreditPartially integrates evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports to support the sustainable business plan. Uses some relevant sources but may lack diversity or credibility. Attempts to use evidence to support proposed sustainable business model.
6 to >5.0 PtsPassProvides limited integration of evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports to support the sustainable business plan. Uses few or inappropriate sources that lack credibility. Struggles to use evidence effectively to support proposed sustainable business model.
5 to >0.0 PtsNot satisfactoryDoes not integrate evidence from scholarly literature and industry reports to support the sustainable business plan. Uses no or irrelevant sources. Fails to use evidence to support proposed sustainable business model.
0 PtsDid not submit 10 pts
This criterion is linked to a learning outcome#AoL2b
Participate in and analyse Participation, Respectful Listening & Collaboration in Teams 10 to >8.0 PtsHigh DistinctionCreates a collaborative environment and applies ideas to the assigned team goal.
8 to >7.0 PtsDistinctionDescribes the common purpose and goals of the team endeavour and applies ideas in a collaborative environment.
7 to >6.0 PtsCreditCombines ideas with the plan of action to achieve a collaborative environment.
6 to >5.0 PtsPassIdentifies useful ideas and receptive to developing a collaborative environment.
5 to >0.0 PtsNot SatisfactoryUnsuccessfully contributes ideas, neglects assigned tasks and fails to listen in a team.
0 PtsDid not participate in group work 10 pts
Total points: 100

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