Aims

The course is part of the package "Environment" of the 3rd year program of Management Engineer. It is therefore conceived as a close complement to the other two courses in the package, namely, "Business and the environment" (FSA 2245) and the seminar "Management of environmental issues" (ESPO 2104). The teaching objective of the courses and the seminar as a whole is to enable students to understand and properly manage contemporary environmental matters inside companies. More specifically, the object of the course Environmental Management is to explain and help students to properly exploit the tools of environmental management. Its purpose is also to sensitize company managers to the essential issues of natural resources management and sustainable development, and to stimulate them to incorporate such dimensions into management policies and strategies.

Content and teaching methods

The course alternates ex cathedra presentations and discussions with students. Representatives from sectors concerned by the topic (companies, federations, administration) are invited to share their experience. The materials taught during the course are largely exploited in the scope of the seminar "Management of environmental issues".

General introduction
Historical perspective
Sustainable growth and development
Interactions between companies and the environment

Elements of environmental legislation applicable to companies

Environmental management
Environmental technologies
Curative vs. preventive measures - Clean technologies
Industrial ecology
Innovation, communication
Strategic options of companies
Risk management and environmental strategy

Environmental management tools
Environmental diagnostic and audit
Environmental management systems
Certification (ISO, EMAS), environmental reporting
Management control
Environmental accounting
Life cycle assessment
Environmental performance indicators
Global Reporting Initiative

Application of EMAS in the Walloon Region - Incentives from the Region to companies

Other credits in programs