Course detail
Environmental Management
FP-BezpPAcad. year: 2017/2018
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 according to ISO and EMAS, cleaner production, life cycle assessment and product) and environmental business economics (environmental management accounting, environmental costs, accounting of sustainable development, sustainability reporting).
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The written test consists of questions from theoretical and practical elements defined by lectures in the field of environmental management. The student must obtain at least 15 points from 30.
Skills of the student are tested on the basis of the team project on a given topic. The student must obtain at least 15 points from 30.
Course curriculum
2. Cleaner production.
3. Method of Life Cycle Assessment-LCA-practical example.
4. Eco-labeling.
6. Environmental reporting.
7. Presentation of projects.
8. Presentation of projects.
Seminars:
1. Case study standard ISO 14 000
2. Case study of the implementation of LCA in the company.
3. Case study of Eco-labeling.
4. Case study - Assessment of the impact on the environment EIA.
5. Case study - environmental accounting and reporsting.
6. Test
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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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