Course detail

Environmental Management

FP-RemPAcad. year: 2014/2015

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

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Alena Kocmanová, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Economics (ÚE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students profit by theoretic knowledge from areas environmental management.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have general economic knowledge.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures consist of an explanation of basic principles, methodology of the discipline, problems and their solutions.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Knowledge is verified by a written examination. For the written exam the student receives two questions based on theoretical lectures. There is classification according to the grading scale ECTS max score: 60 points.
There is team project, max. Score: 30 points
Active participation at seminars: 10 points

A 100 – 90
B 89 - 80
C 79 – 70
D 69 – 60
E 59 – 50
F 49 - 0

Course curriculum

1. Introduction. Voluntary instruments environment.
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

Not applicable.

Aims

Goal object is give to students basic knowledge about ecological aspects.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

There is during presentations from the field of environmental management and the defense of the team project at the seminars. In the case of excused absence from seminars, teacher in justified cases set a alternative task.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

REMTOVÁ,K.Čistší produkce.Praha:Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2003.1.vyd. 26 s.ISBN 80-7212-260-6. (CS)
REMTOVÁ,K.Ekodesign .Praha:Ministerstvo životního prostředí,2003.1.vyd. 15 s.ISBN 80-7212-232-0. (CS)
REMTOVÁ,K.ISO normy.Praha:Ministerstvo životního prostředí,2003.1.vyd. 15 s.ISBN 80-7212-232-0. (CS)
REMTOVÁ,K.Posuzování životního cyklu – Metoda LCA.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)
WELFORD,R.-GOULDSON,A. Environmentální řízení a strategie podnikání. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR Master's

    branch MGR-ŘEP , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Alena Kocmanová, Ph.D.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Marie Pavláková Dočekalová, Ph.D.