Environmental Management and Policies

The Environmental Management and Policy course covers topics such as the environmental impact of industrial and business activities, the social, economic and legal framework of environmental protection, environmental management systems and methods and instruments of cleaner production.         

Students are able to identify and explain environmental issues accruing in companies. They explain the origin of environmental impacts, the framework which has to be considered and are able to apply selected methods and tools to solve (simplified) problems accruing in practice. They discuss the status of these methods and tools with regard to real problem instances and the current scientific literature and political discussion.

The following course/module was developed at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Learning outcomes / Competencies:

• identifying and explaining environmental issues accruing in companies
• selection of methods and tools to solve (simplified) problems accruing in practice
• discussion of methods and tools