102-0327-01L Implementation of Environmental and Other Sustainability Goals
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Lecturers | A. E. Braunschweig |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Master students in Environmental Engineering choosing module Ecological Systems Design are not allowed to enrol 102-0327-01 Advanced Environmental Assessments (2KP) as already included in 102-0307-01 Advanced Environmental, Social and Economic Assessments (5KP). |
| Abstract | This course teaches approaches and methods to identify, assess and manage environmental (mainly) and societal (to some extent) aspects in organisations. The course contains an introduction to the global ISO 14001 standard on environmental management, into the concept of ecobalance of organisations, and supply chain management, and a general view on how such approaches fit into a management system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Students will learn to - describe key sustainability problems of the current economic system and measuring units. - describe the management system of an organisation and how to develop a sustainability orientation - discuss approaches to measure environmental performance of an organisation, including 'organisational LCA' (Ecobalance) - explain the pros and cons of single score environmental assessment methods - apply life cycle costing - interpret stakeholder relations of an organisation - (if time allows) describe sustainable supply chain management and stakeholder management | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | - Sustainability problems of the current economic system and its measuring units; - The structure of a management system, and elements to integrate environmental management (ISO 14001) and social management (SA8000), especially into strategy development, planning, controlling and communication; - Sustainability Opportunities and Innovation for companies - The concept of 'continuous Improvement', and its application to environmental management - Life Cycle Costing, as part of Life Cycle Management - environmental performance measurement of an organisation, including 'organisational LCA' (Ecobalance), incl. practical examples of companies - single score environmental assessment methods, with a focus on the 'ecopoints' method - stakeholder management and sustainability oriented communication - an intro into sustainability issues of supply chain management Students will get small homework excercises to apply the course topics and methods issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Documents will be available on Ilias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Will be made available. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | This course is meant for any interested student. (Students of ESD Ecological Systems Design should choose the combined "AESEA" course (102-0307-01), which is specifically offered and mandatory for their module and includes this course. Basic knowledge of environmental assessment tools is a prerequisite for this class. Students who have not yet had classwork in this topic will profit more from this course after reading an appropriate textbook before or at the beginning of this course, e.g. Jolliet, O et al. (2016). Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. CRC Press, Boca Raton - London - New York. ISBN 978-1-4398-8766-0 (Chapters 2-5.2). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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