GSGA - Fundamentals of Sustainable Management and Environmental Management Systems

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1 Coordinating unit: Teaching unit: Academic year: Degree: ECTS credits: ETSECCPB - Barcelona School of Civil Engineering PE - Department of Engineering Design MASTER'S DEGREE IN SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Syllabus 2013). (Teaching unit Compulsory) 5 Teaching languages: Spanish Teaching staff Coordinator: SANTIAGO GASSO DOMINGO Degree competences to which the subject contributes Basic: CB6. Knowledge and understanding to provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and app ideas, often within a research context. Specific: 3. The capacity to apply the methods and tools used in the identification, information management, planning, management, execution and evaluation of programmes and projects in the fields of sustainability and environmental management to specific problems in a collaborative manner. 2. The ability to critically analyse the features and work, business and environmental management methods and strategies of organisations, institutions and key agents for promoting sustainable human development, sustainability and environmental protection, particularly against climate change, by understanding and applying the concepts and theories of business ethics and social responsibility in the fields of engineering and scientific and technical innovation. 4. The ability to design, develop and apply, in an integrated and coordinated manner, the theories and analytical techniques of the social, economic and Earth sciences, as well as management and research-action techniques and approaches based on sustainability science and technology in the fields of biodiversity and natural resources, the built environment and services, and production systems and information. Generical: CG01. Recognize the characteristics of sustainable systems, the impacts of the solutions of science and technology in sustainability, and be able to identify and incorporate elements of innovation and continuous improvement. Transversal: 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Achieving a level of spoken and written proficiency in a foreign language, preferably English, that meets the needs of the profession and the labour market. Teaching methodology Learning objectives of the subject 1 / 5

2 Study load Total learning time: 125h Hours large group: 30h 24.00% Hours medium group: 0h 0.00% Hours small group: 0h 0.00% Guided activities: 15h 12.00% Self study: 80h 64.00% 2 / 5

3 Content (ENG) 1. MARCO DE DESARROLLO DE LOS SISTEMAS DE GESTIÓN AMBIENTAL Y DE SOSTENIBILIDAD (ENG) 2. ÁNALISIS DEL CICLO DE VIDA (ACV) (ENG) Introducción: Conceptos y definiciones. Aplicaciones. Ventajas y limitaciones. Desarrollo de la ACV. Fases para el desarrollo de las ACV. Principales metodologías de ACV (ENG) Actividad 1; y Actividad 4 (ENG) 3. SISTEMAS DE AUDITORÍAS AMBIENTALES (ENG) Introducción: Conceptos básicos. Comparativas entre sistemas. Ventajas y limitaciones de estos sistemas. Etapas para la implementación y operación: Definición, Planificación, Implementación, Operación, Verificación. (ENG) Actividad 1; Actividad 2; y Actividad 4 (ENG) 4. EVALUACIÓN AMBIENTAL (ENG) Incorporación al proceso de toma de decisiones. Enfoques. Planes, Programas y proyectos. Conceptos Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica (EAE). Concepto. Marco legislativo. Desarrollo y contenido del Informe de sostenibilidad ambiental Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (EIA). Concepto. Estudio de Impacto Ambiental. Marco legislativo. Identificación y evaluación de impactos. Medidas correctoras. Plan de vigilancia Ambiental (ENG) Actividad 1; Actividad 2; Actividad 3, Actividad 4 3 / 5

4 (ENG) 5. PREVENCIÓN Y CONTROL INTEGRADOS EN LA CONTAMINACIÓN (ENG) 6. SISTEMAS DE GESTIÓN SOSTENIBLE (ENG) Introducción. Concepto. Relevancia para empresas y organizaciones Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC). Definición. Ámbitos de aplicación. Tipos. Alcance y determinación Implantación de un sistema de gestión sostenible. Definición. Planificación. Memoria de sostenibilidad. (ENG) Actividad 1; Actividad 3; Actividad 4 Planning of activities (ENG) 1. EXPOSICIONES POR EL PROFESOR (ENG) 2. JUEGOS DE ROL. PLANTEAMIENTO DE CASOS (ENG) 3. EXPOSICIONES ORALES POR PARTE DE LOS ALUMNOS EN GRUPO (ENG) 4. CONTROL ESCRITO Qualification system Regulations for carrying out activities 4 / 5

5 Bibliography Basic: Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR). UNE-EN ISO 14044: gestión ambiental: análisis del ciclo de vida: requisitos y directrices. Madrid: Aenor, Allouche, J. Corporate social responsability. Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN Clini, C.; Musu, I.; Gullino, M.L.;Gullino, L. Sustainable development and environmental management: experiences an case studies [on line]. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2008 [Consultation: 18/01/2016]. Available on: < ISBN Gómez Orea, D. Evaluación de impacto ambiental: un instrumento preventivo para la gestión ambiental. 2a ed. rev. y ampl. Madrid: Mundi-Prensa, ISBN Glasson, J.; Therivel, R.; Chadwick, A. Introduction to environmental impact assessment. 4a ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, ISBN Lawler III, E.E.; Worley, C.G.; Creelman, D. Management reset: organizing for sustainable effectiveness. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, ISBN Müller-Christ, G. Sustainable management: coping with the dilemmas of resource-oriented management. Dordrecht: Springer, ISBN Partidario, M.R.; Clark, R. Perspectives on strategic environmental assessment. Boca Ratón, Florida: Lewis, ISBN Therivel, R. Strategic environmental assessment in action. 2nd ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, ISBN / 5