EA4008 Environmental Management Systems and Auditing Syllabus:
EA4008 Environmental Management Systems and Auditing Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To impart an understanding of systems, approach as per ISO 14001 and skills for the management of environmental issues.
UNIT I ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
Development, trade and environment linkages – Environmental guidelines – Business and Citizen Charters for Sustainable Production and Consumption – National policies on environment, abatement of pollution and conservation of resources-Environmental quality objectives – Environmental standards – Concentration and Mass standards – Effluent and stream standards – Emission and ambient standards -Minimum national standards – Measuring performance evaluation: Indicators, Benchmarking – Systems approach to environmental management
UNIT II PREVENTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Pollution control vis a vis Pollution Prevention – Opportunities and Barriers – Cleaner production and Clean technology, closing the loops, zero discharge technologies – source reduction, raw material substitution, toxic use reduction and elimination, process modification – Cleaner Production Assessment- Material or resource balance – CP option generation and feasibility analysis
UNIT III ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
EMAS, ISO 14000 – EMS as per ISO 14001– benefits and barriers of EMS – Concept of continual improvement and pollution prevention – environmental policy – initial environmental review – aspect and impact analysis – legal and other requirements- objectives and targets – environmental management programs – structure and responsibility – training awareness and competence- communication – documentation and document control – operational control – monitoring and measurement – management review.
UNIT IV ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
Environmental management system audits as per ISO 19011- – Roles and qualifications of auditors – Environmental performance indicators and their evaluation – Non conformance – Corrective and preventive actions -compliance audits – waste audits and waste minimization planning – Environmental statement – Due diligence audit
UNIT V APPLICATIONS
Applications of EMS , Waste Audits and Pollution Prevention opportunities in Textile , Sugar, Pulp & Paper, Electroplating, Mining, petroleum refining, Tanning industry, Dairy, Cement, Chemical industries, etc
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1 Understanding the concepts of approach to environmental management
CO2 Knowledge about process of environmental management systems
CO3 Knowledge about roles of environmental audit
CO4 Ability to evaluate the environmental performance indicators of different industries
REFERENCES:
1. Christopher Sheldon and Mark Yoxon, “Installing Environmental management Systems – a step by step guide” Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 1999.
2. Environmental Management Systems: An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium Sized Organizations, Second Edition, NSF International, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 2001.
3. ISO 14001/14004: Environmental management systems – Requirements and Guidelines – International Organisation for Standardisation, 2004
4. ISO 19011: 2002, “Guidelines for quality and/or Environmental Management System auditing, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, 2002
5. Paul L Bishop ‘Pollution Prevention: Fundamentals and Practice’, McGraw-Hill International, Boston, 2000.