Course detail
Environmental Management
FP-emPAcad. year: 2023/2024
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).
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Elaboration a defence of a team project max. 50 points
Presentation on news from envi. management max. 10 points
A 100 - 90
B 89 - 80
C 79 - 70
D 69 - 60
E 59 - 50
F 49 - 0
During the semester students work on their team project and defende it on the last lecture. Student must present news from environmental management.
Aims
Students will gain theoretical knowledge of sustainable development and voluntary environmental tools. Based on a gained knowledge, students will be able to solve environmental, social and economic tasks in a company.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
REMTOVÁ, Květoslava. Čistší produkce. 1. vyd. Praha:Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2003. 26 s. ISBN 80-7212-260-6. (CS)
REMTOVÁ, Květoslava. Posuzování životního cyklu – Metoda LCA. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2003. 15 s. ISBN 80-7212-232-0. (CS)
VEBER, Jaromír. Environmentální management. 1. vyd. Praha:VŠE, nakladatelství Oeconomica, 2002. 94 s. ISBN 80-245-0336-0. (CS)
Recommended reading
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. The concept of environmental management-EN ISO 14000 and EMAS I, II,III.
3. Sustainable development strategy within the EU and the Czech Republic.
4. Implementation of the enterprise EN ISO 14000-A practical example.
5. Cleaner production – practical example.
6. Method of Life Cycle Assessment-LCA-practical example.
7. Eco-labeling, environmental claims II, III type - a practical example.
8. Environmental management accounting (EMA).
9. Assessment of the impact on the environment EIA.
10. Volutary reporting.
11. Presentation of projects.
12. Presentation of projects.
13. Presentation of projects.
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