"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the

only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Managing green business & cleaner Technologies Part A

PGDIM-19, Module-7, SE 15

To learn, you must want to be taught. -Proverbs 12:1 1. COURSE CONTENT Ecology, Climate change and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Waste management: waste water, solid and hazardous waste management, Environmental law and policy, Cleaner production techniques and strategies: Good housekeeping, Process modification, New technologies, change in raw material, Recycle, reuse and recover, Environmental audit, Eco-efficiency, setting benchmarks, Industrial ecology. EMS Implementation, Overview on ISO 14001, Initial Environmental Review and Identification of Environmental Aspects, Environmental Policy, Objectives, Targets and Management Programme, Legal Implementation and Operation and EMS Documentation, Checking and Corrective Actions. EMS Audit, Introduction to EMS software Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Philosophy, Framework for LCA, ISO and SETAC, Goal and Scope definition, Inventory Analysis, Impact assessment, Classification, Characterization, Valuation, Improvement Analysis, LCA software, Examining LCA case studies. Design for environment: Significance, Business perspective, Strategies for design for environment, Roadmap for implementing ecodesign, examining ecodesign case studies, Ecolabelling, Extended Producer responsibility (EPR), International trade, European Union and other directives arising from EPR, Impact on Indian industry. Green marketing, innovation and new product development Environmentally conscious supply chains: concept, eco-procurement, reverse logistics, transport, packaging, etc. Energy management. Sustainable development: social, environmental and economic dimensions, corporate social responsibility, sustainability assessment of an industry, environmental indicators, measurement and success stories. 2. METHODOLOGY Teachers open the door. You enter yourself. Chinese proverb The course will be covered in 18 hours (1 sessions of 120 mins. each). Each class will have a presentation cum discussion of 60-75 minutes followed by group/individual exercises, discussions, case studies etc. for the next 45 mins. S. no. 1. 2. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Topic of the session Introduction to Environmental Management Sustainability frameworks GRI Environmental laws & Waste Management Cleaner production Environmental management System Water management & Energy management Midterm Design for environment and green marketing Life cycle assessment & Greening of supply chain Corporate Social Responsibility Section B 13 January 20 27 3 Feb 10 17 24 February 24 3 March 10 17 Section A 17 January 24 31 7 Feb 14 21 28 February 28 7 March 14 21 Section C 17 January 24 31 7 Feb 14 21 28 February 28 7 March 14 21

Section B - Monday, 11-1 Section A - Friday 9-11 Section C - Friday 11-1 3. MIDTERM EXAM Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.-- B.F. Skinner Scheduled midterm will be conducted in March 1st week. All topics covered in the class up to the date of mid-term will be included. Students are requested to study, reflect and review the topics covered in earlier lectures before coming for any

class. Surprise quizzes, if any, will be a surprise. Marks of all quizzes will be taken for internal assessment. No repeat quiz will be conducted. 4. FINAL EXAMS There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail - and - face the situation-- W C Fields Final examination will be entirely based upon the lectures delivered and exercises carried out during the course. 5. ASSIGNMENTS 'The real process of education should be the process of learning to think through the application to real problems. --John Dewey Sn Title 1 To be decided in first class Submission date is to be strictly followed. Assignments submitted late will be duly awarded zero marks. 6. EVALUATION Dont just learn the tricks of the trade. Learn the trade.-James Bennis End term (30) + Assignments (10) + Midterm (5) + Attendance (5) 7. ATTENDANCE Learning is not a spectator sport. - D. Blocher NITIE attendance rules will be strictly followed. Students are requested to be present in time for all classes (both physically and mentally). 8. ON COMPLETION OF COURSE Deadline Feb 20th 2012

The kids in our classroom are infinitely more significant than the subject matter we teach.- Meladee McCarty
Students will be able to understand and effectively deal with environment management issues of a company. 9. RESOURCES List of references/reading/web sites will be given at the end of each class.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the earth as well as the sky. ~ Henry David Thoreau When it is asked how much will it cost to protect the environment, one more question should be asked: how much will it cost our civilization if we do not? ~ Gaylord Nelson What is the use of a house if you dont have a decent planet to put it on? ~ Henry David Thoreau The problems that overwhelm us today are precisely those we failed to solve years ago. ~ Mostafa K. T olba Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork? ~ Stainslaw Lee It wasn't the Exxon Valdez captain's driving that caused the Alaskan oil spill. It was yours. ~ Greenpeace advertisement, New York Times, 25 February 1990 There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. ~ Marshall McLuhan The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. ~ Ross Perot "The earth is not dyingit is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses," the music and words of Utah Phillips