Environmental assessment and reporting

MGT-504 / 4 credits

Teacher: Friot Damien Antoine

Language: English

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.

Summary

Learn how to assess, analyse, report and communicate the environmental impacts of companies, projects and products considering whole value chains, i.e. applying Life Cycle Impact Assessment. State-of-the-art standards, methodologies, databases and indicators will be considered.

Content

  • Understand the interest and challenges of assessing products and services, companies, and value chains over their life cycle.
  • Learn about the existing reporting standards, tools, databases and indicators. And which ones to use.
  • Quantify the impacts and generate meaningful Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for a product/service or a company considering its supply chain.
  • Develop a critical perspective on published environmental assessments.

The class will be a combination of:

  • Theory lectures
  • Case studies
  • Practical exercises to train critical thinking and computation skills

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Assess / Evaluate the environmental impacts of companies, projects and products considering whole value chains
  • Plan environmental studies including data collection and reporting
  • Analyze existing studies from a critical perspective

Transversal skills

  • Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
  • Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.
  • Take responsibility for environmental impacts of her/ his actions and decisions.

Assessment methods

Grading will be based on 3 components:

  • Individual quantitative assignment: 20%
  • Class participation: 20%
  • Group assignment (report and presentation): 60%

 

Resources

Bibliography

Documentation is distributed on the Moodle platform during the semester.

Notes/Handbook

Documentation is distributed on the Moodle platform during the semester.

Moodle Link

In the programs

  • Semester: Spring
  • Number of places: 40
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Environmental assessment and reporting
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Project: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
  • Type: mandatory

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