Seminar on environmental management

Environmental management refers to the efforts organizations and businesses make to set and achieve guidelines and targets that help their operations have less environmental impact.

In this seminar, students will first acquire fundamental knowledge of environmental management systems and ISO 14001 (the international standard for these systems), illustrated by examples of initiatives at Shinshu University. Students will then divide into small groups to discuss current issues such as carbon neutrality and de-plasticization.

In the second half of the course, students will research and present on the environmental efforts of corporations and organizations.

environmental management system, ISO 14001, environmental mindset, global environmental issue, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), environmental policy, group work

1. Orientation
2. What is environmental management?
3. Environmental management at Shinshu University
4–7. Topic discussion (carbon neutrality, de-plasticization, etc.)
8–12. Environmental efforts of various corporations and organizations (survey, presentation)
13–14. Decarbonization simulation
15. Summary and final report; class questionnaire

Please note that the course content may be reordered or changed depending on the progress of the class.

Syllabus (Japanese site only)