Environmental Management Systems - BMEGT42M108

The course aims at providing knowledge regarding the most important issues relating to contemporary corporate environmental management, factors influencing corporate behaviour and the tools available to enterprises. Students will be able to understand the role of environmental protection in corporate operations and corporate management systems and to evaluate the environmental performance of a company, to choose the appropriate environmental management tools.

1. Knows the most important factors determining the company's environmental strategy; the possible types of strategies;
2. is aware of the importance of corporate environmental risks and their impact on environmental management;
3. knows the most important environmental protection trends (methods) used by companies, their advantages and disadvantages;
4. knows and can apply the various tools of corporate environmental management (environmental marketing, environmental performance evaluation) based on practical examples;
5. knows the basic principles, operating mechanism and building blocks of environmental management systems (EMS);
6. knows the process of introducing environmental management systems (EMS), its individual steps, and the related tasks of participants;
7. knows the natural-environmental areas and trends on which the company's operations have an impact;
8. knows the stakeholders and possible actors of environmental conflicts and understands the possible causes of confrontations;
9. has basic knowledge in resolving environmental conflicts;
10. knows the logic of state environmental regulation and its possible effects on the corporate sector;
11. is aware of the environmental economics bases and tools used in environmental management.

1. Is able to assess the environmental performance of company in a complex fashion;
2. recognises the basic features of environmental strategies, the factors determining strategy choice;
3. recognises the stakeholders of corporations and tasks related to them;
4. is able to see what natural and environmental areas the company has during its operation and how it has a negative impact;
5. is able to establish the steps for implementing environmental management systems (EMS) and the human resource requirements necessary for deployment at a principle level in relation to a company;
6. is able to recognize which corporate environmental protection trend can be linked to its industrial nature and industrial activity causing environmental problems;
7. is able to interpret and apply corporate environmental protection trends as part of the corporate environmental protection strategy;
8. is able to articulate what kind of environmental regulation philosophy prevails at the policy level and what consequences this has for companies.

1. Open to a deeper understanding of company operations, its environmental aspects;
2. strives to solve problems by cooperation with others;
3. is critical about the role of social groups effected by environmental and social problems;
4. strives to understand complex systems.

1. Is able to independently assess corporate environmental performance;
2. show responsible thinking towards environmental and social issues in a company setting;
3. accepts critique with an open mind,
4. cooperates with fellow students to solve problems if needed;
5. the student is sensitive to the environmental context of emerging company problems;
6. is independently capable of searching for corporate sustainability reports and related corporate documents and using them intelligently, with a critical approach.

Lectures and practicals. Team work during classes and outside of classes. The use of infocommunication tools, company and other materials.

• Szerk: Kósi Kálmán - Valkó László: Környezetmenedzsment. (Tankönyv; BME - Typotex Kiadó, Budapest, 2008.). ISBN 963-9664-07-3
• Csutora Mária – Kerekes Sándor: A környezetbarát vállalatirányítás eszközei (KJK-KERSZÖV Jogi és Üzleti Kiadó Kft., Budapest, 2004. ISBN 963 224 742 6)
• S. Schaltegger, R. Burritt, H. Petersen : An Introduction to Corporate Environmental Management, Striving for Sustainability, Routledge, ISBN 978-1874719656

The evaluation of the learning outcomes stated in point 2.2. is carried out during the study period based on two summative assessments (mid-term exams) and one fomrative assessment (group assignment). Based on these, a signature will be received and a proposed grade can be obtained.

A. Detailed description of the performance evaluation during the study period: 1. Summative assessment: a complex, written evaluation of the knowledge and ability-type competence elements of the subject in the form of a mid-term exam. The mid-term exam focuses on the assessment of the acquired knowledge and its application, so in addition to the precise knowledge of the concepts, it focuses on problem recognition and solutions. The course material on which the evaluation is based on is determined by the lecturer of the subject. 2. Formative assessment (group assignment): a complex evaluation method for the subject's knowledge, ability, attitude, and independence and responsibility competency elements, which takes the form of a group project assignment, the content, requirements, submission deadline, and evaluation method of which are determined by the instructor. B. Detailed description of the performance evaluation during the exam period: A complex, written evaluation of the knowledge and ability-type competence elements of the subject in the frorm of a written exam. The exam focuses on the assessment of the acquired knowledge and its application, so in addition to the precise knowledge of the concepts, it focuses on problem recognition and solutions.

• 1st summative assessment: 30
• 2nd summative assessment: 30
• formative assessment (group assignment): 40
• total: 100

• Written exam (in absence of a proposed grade): 100
• total: 100

The condition for obtaining a signature is the submission of the group assignment and an attempt to complete at least one summative assessment (or its retake). The signature is valid according to the provisions of the CoS.

1) Pursuant to the current CoS, each summative assessment can be retaken, repeated or completed late. 2) The summative assessments can be retaken, repeated or completed late for the first time during the late completion period free of charge. In the event of a correction, the new result always overwrites the old one. 3) If the student is unable to obtain a grade other than 'Fail' even with the retake, repeat and late completion possibilities according to point 1), they may make a second attempt to successfully complete the course after paying the fee specified in the regulations. 4) If the student did not obtain the proposed grade during the study period, they have to take the exam during the exam period. 5) Pursuant to the current CoS, in the case of formative assessments, if the assignment was submitted on time, it is possible to repeat or retake it before the end of the late completion period, if the original task has already been accepted by the instructor. 5) Formative assessments can be submitted late, subject to payment of the special procedure fee specified in the regulations. The latest date for late submission is the last day of the late completion period. 7) Retake, repeat and late completion of exams is possible according to paragraphs 121 and 123 of the CoS.

Consulted with the Faculty Student Representative Committee, approved by the Vice Dean for Education, valid from: 06.05.2024.

In order to achieve the learning outcomes set out at point 2.2, the subject consists of the following thematic blocks. In the syllabi of the courses announced in each semester, these topics are scheduled according to the calendar and other conditions.