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GY444: Environmental Assessment
Class programme
Course manager
Dr Simon DietzE-mail: [email protected] hours in
Michaelmas Term: Wednesdays 1100-1230 in Room S414
Outline
The class programme will focus on environmental auditing and
environmental managementsystems, increasingly used by individual
organisations from a variety of sectors to measureand manage their
environmental and sustainability performance. In particular, you
will gainpractical experience in implementing an environmental
management system at LSE you will
actively take part in an assessment of the LSEs environmental
impacts and sustainability,working with the LSEs Environmental and
Sustainability Manager. At the end of term, we willreport back to
the LSE with our findings.
You will assist the LSE in its ongoing implementation of
Ecocampus(http://www.ecocampus.co.uk/), an environmental management
system (EMS) specificallydesigned for, and being piloted across a
number of, UK universities. Ecocampus is designedto take
participating universities step-by-step towards implementation of a
fully fledged,internationally recognised EMS, like ISO 14001.
The LSE has already achieved Ecocampus bronze award, which means
roughly that it has
secured senior management commitment, conducted a baseline
environmental review andproduced a draft environmental policy. Your
job is to take the LSE to a silver award,culminating in the
adoption of a full environmental policy. The core task at this
stage ofimplementing an EMS is to identify the organisations
significant environmental aspects andimpacts, with special (but not
exclusive) reference to legal requirements and compliance.
Unlike other courses, the timetabled meetings are only part of
the class programme. Theyprovide a forum for the explanation of
tasks, discussion and feedback, but you will beexpected to carry
out several tasks in your own time. Homework will be distributed at
the endof each class.
Detailed programme
2. Introduction, and legal compliance issues
Introduction to class exercise and to Ecocampus;
Introduction to legal compliance issues and task of preparing
compliance register;
Homework: prepare compliance register
4. Establishing aspects and impacts
Introduction to identifying aspects and impacts;
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Presentation of existing LSE aspects and impacts list;
Introduction to significance calculator tool
Homework: create management priorities using significance
calculator
6. Prioritising aspects and impacts: calculating
significance
Discussion of homework
8. Setting objectives and targets
Introduction to task of setting objectives and targets
Homework: set objectives and targets
10. Presentation and feedback
Presentation of work to clients
Reading
For background on environmental auditing and environmental
management systems, youcould browse Schaltegger, S., R. Burritt and
H. Petersen (2003). An Introduction to CorporateEnvironmental
Management: Striving for Sustainability. Sheffield, Greenleaf
(especiallychapters 17 and 18)
The websites for EMAS, ISO 14001 and Ecocampus also contain
useful information.
Two useful journals are Environmental Quality Management and
Corporate SocialResponsibility and Environmental
Management(formerly Eco-Management and Auditing).
