Course detail
Environmental Management
FP-BezpPAcad. year: 2016/2017
The course deals with macroeconomic and microeconomic aspects of the environment - sustainable development indicators, strategies for sustainable development in the EU and the Czech Republic. The main emphasis is on voluntary environmental tools and their applications in business conditions (environmental management systems EN ISO 14000), cleaner production, life cycle assessment and product LCA and environmental Business economics (environmental management accounting, environmental costs, accounting for sustainable development) reporting.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
A 100 – 90
B 89 - 80
C 79 – 70
D 69 – 60
E 59 – 50
Course curriculum
The concept of environmental management-EN ISO 14000 and EMAS I, II, III.
Implementation of the enterprise EN ISO 14000-A practical example.
2. Cleaner production – practical example.
3. Method of Life Cycle Assessment-LCA-practical example.
4. Eco-labeling, environmental claims II, III type - a practical example.
6. Environmental reporting.
7. Presentation of projects.
8. Presentation of projects.
Seminars:
1. Requirements of the credit. Case study standard ISO 14 000
2. Case study of the implementation of LCA in the company.
3. Case Study of Eco-label.
4. Case Study - Assessment of the impact on the environment EIA.
5. Test. Presentation of team projects.
6. Presentation of team projects.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KOCMANOVÁ, Alena. Management životního prostředí. (Studijní texty) Brno: VUT v Brně, Fakulta podnikatelská, 2014. 58 s. (CS)
REMTOVÁ,K.ISO normy.Praha:Ministerstvo životního prostředí,2003.1.vyd. 15 s.ISBN 80-7212-232-0. (CS)
VEBER,J.Environmentální management.Praha:VŠE, nakladatelství Oeconomica, 2002.1.vyd.94s.80-245-0336-0. (CS)
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