Corporate Environmental Protection
Umweltschutz im Unternehmen
6 CPSummerEN
Contents
• Concepts of sustainability as guidelines for corporations • The history of sustainability and implications for corporations • Laws and regulations for environmental protection and sustainability and their implications for corporations • Integrated sustainability management in corporations • Evaluation and measuring tools (e.g., life cycle assessment), indicators for ecological performance, and environmental accounting • Management tools and standardisation of management tools: EMAS, DIN ISO 14000 • Sustainability and environmental protection communications, reports, labels, terms
Learning outcomes
After attending the module, students will have a basic understanding of environmental and sustainability management. Especially, they: • Understand the relevance of environmental protection and sustainability for corporations; • Contextualize the historical development of sustainability and the implications for corporations; • Understand critical terms and concepts in sustainability within the corporate context; • Have developed an understanding of how to build up a sustainability management in a corporation; • Understand the use of tools and management systems for environmental and sustainability management; • Understand the most important legal frameworks influencing environmental and sustainability management in corporations
Assessment
• Written examination, 60 min. (50 %) • Group examination, 30 min. (50 %)
Literature (1)
- The lecture is based on presentations, which can be used for lecture notes. Additional reading may be referenced during the lectures.
Source: BTU's module description · retrieved 29 Sep 2026Original