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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2012/2013

Environmental Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0512/01
Abbreviation EM
Course title Environmental Management
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator RNDr. Alena Labodová, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Definitions – environment, environmental protection, ecology, environmental pollution and degradation. Changes in the environment according to demographic, social and technical development, resources use, renewable and non-renewable sources. Local, regional and global environmental pollution, assimilation capacity of nature. Global ecosystem, ecosystem services. Biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, genetic banks.
2. History of environmental protection. Basic strategies, development in timeline, main features. Economical comparison of different environmental strategies.
3. Sustainable development – definition, principles, documents. Agenda 21. Scenarios of sustainable development (WBCSD)
4. EU strategy for sustainable development. Czech strategy for sustainable development. Czech State Environmental Policy.
5. EIA – principle, Czech legislation, time requirements, participants in EIA process, role of state administration, local administration and public. EIA experts – qualification requirements, formation of team for EIA process, methods for assessment.
6. Environmental audits – definition, legislation. Various types of environmental audit, differences and common signs, description of audit program and plan, participants. Auditors – qualification requirements, formation of team for audit.
7. Waste minimization, cleaner production. Definition, description of CP assessment project. Implementation in companies. Benefits of CP project for environment and economics of company. IPPC – principle, Czech legislation, BAT, BREF.
8. Environmental management systems – definition, basic features, specifications. EMS certification – rules, possibilities, costs and benefits. Accreditation of certification bodies. EMAS and ISO 14001 - differences. Connection to other management systems (QMS, SMS, OHSAS etc.). EPI’s, ISO 14031.CSR.
9. Sustainable consumption and production, material flows, relation to GDP.
10. Product management tools (ecodesign, LCA, environmental labels and declarations), implementation to EMS
11. Environmental management of area (city, region) – legislation/strategies, Local Agenda 21, SD indicators – meaning, choice, use.
12. Environmental health, NEHAP. Access to the information about environment, Aarhus convention, public participation.
13. Voluntary agreements - reason, methodology, relation to the legislation, benefits.
14. Environmental economy – basic terms, economical tools for environmental protection, environmental accounting

Povinná literatura

Rydén, L., Migula, P., Anderson, M: Environmental Science: Understanding, Protecting and Managing the Environment in the Baltic Sea Region, Baltic University Press, 2003, 824p., ISBN 91-970017-0-8
Ecosystems and Human Well-being: General Synthesis (http://www.maweb.org/en/Synthesis.aspx)
ISO 14001, ISO 19011, ISO 14031, EMAS

Doporučená literatura

Kotovicová,J. a kol.: Čistší produkce, ISBN 80-7057-675-1 , MZLU Brno 2003
Remtová, K.: Strategie podniku v péči o životní prostředí,ISBN 80-245-1086-3 , VŠE Praha 2006