| Course ID: | POZ-SE>3843.3.E |
| Course title: | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS |
| Semester: | 3 / Winter |
| ECTS: | 2 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 15 / 30 hours |
| Field of study: | Renewable Energy Sources and Waste Management |
| Study cycle: | 1st cycle |
| Type of course: | compulsory |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Contact person: | dr Magdalena Dębicka; 71 320 5640; magdalena.debicka@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | Students work out a simplified project of an environmental management system in a chosen exemplary company based on the current requirements of international standards. |
| Full description: | The concept of an environmental management system. Types of environmental problems. Determination of significant environmental aspects. Setting up the objectives and targets of the environmental management system. Environmental indicators and evaluation of effectiveness. Environmental procedures. Information and its role in the environmental management system. |
| Bibliography: | 1. Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use. ISO 14001:2015. International Standardisation Organisation 2015. 2. Will, M., Brauweiler, J., Zenker-Hoffmann, A. (2021). Environmental Management Systems According to ISO 14001. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_132-1. 3. Caekelbergh Aime F., Matthias Kramer, Andrzej Kryński (eds.), Integrated Environmental Management. Systemic relationships between policy, law, management and technology, Wolters Kluwer Publishers, Warsaw, 2013, (electronic version also available at: http://libra.ibuk.pl/book/66529). 4. Ruth Hillary. Environmental management systems and the smaller enterprise. Journal of Cleaner Production 12 (2004) 561–569. 5. José Tarí, J. and Molina‐Azorín, J.F. (2010), Integration of quality management and environmental role of the EFQM model. The TQM Journal, Vol. 22 No. 6, pp. 687-701. 6. Walker, D., Pitt, M. and Jha Thakur, U. (2007), Environmental management systems: Information management and corporate responsibility, Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 49-61. 7. Sven Erik Jorgensen (ed.). Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, Four Volume Set, Published 2012 by CRC Press, ISBN 9781439829271, 3512 Pages. |
| Learning outcomes: | A student knows and understands the theoretical and practical aspects of environmental management and the basic principles of its functioning; the effects of economic/industrial/other activity on the environment. A student is able to analyze economic/industrial/other activity from the point of view of its harmful influence on the human environment and acquire information on the manner, and quality of this influence on the environment; interpret basic data concerning particular elements of the environment. The student is prepared to make decisions in the field of environmental management guided by care for the state of the environment and taking into account economic considerations; to carry out a project of the environmental management system in an enterprise. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | Grade obtained at classes (that involves projects and presentations): 50%; Grade obtained at the exam: 50%. |