The environmental sustainability is a discipline that falls within the corporate social responsibility of companies and aims to strike a balance in the three pillars (economic, social and environmental) aspects of sustainable development, preventing the depletion and degradation of capital natural y human. With this training initiative in Environmental Sustainability Students will be able to integrate the the environment and sustainable development in organisations’ strategic policies businesses and public authorities, as well as understanding the impact that the environment may have on the in business and in society.
Corporate
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125 hours
Environmental Sustainability
Compliance, Quality and Health and Safety
125 hours
Introduction
Objectives
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Learning how to integrate the environment and sustainable development into the strategic policies from business organisations and public authorities.
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To develop the skills needed to identify the environmental problems caused by human activity.
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Identify the municipal solid waste (MSW).
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
- Basic concepts
- Sustainable development
- Global environmental issues
- The environment in the European Union
- Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The environmental situation in various countries
TEACHING UNIT 2. ECOLOGY
- Ecology.
- Autoecology
- Population ecology
- Community ecology
- Ecosystem ecology
- The hydrological cycle and biogeochemical cycles
- Aquatic ecosystems
- Terrestrial ecosystems
- Biogeography
TEACHING UNIT 3. WASTEWATER TREATMENT
- Water management as a resource
- Characterisation of wastewater
- Wastewater pre-treatment
- Primary treatment
- Secondary treatment
- Sludge treatment
- Advanced water treatment
TEACHING UNIT 4. WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Comprehensive waste management
- Municipal solid waste (MSW)
- Treatment of municipal solid waste
- Industrial waste
- Rural waste
TEACHING UNIT 5. AIR POLLUTION.
- Description of air pollution
- Nature of atmospheric pollutants
- Sources and processes of pollution
- Air pollution control
- Sampling and analysis of air pollution
TEACHING UNIT 6. CLIMATOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
- An Introduction to Climatology
- Climate factors
- Elements of the climate
- Classification of climates
- Microclimatology
- Climate change
- Effects of climate change
TEACHING UNIT 7. NOISE POLLUTION
- Fundamentals of Sound
- Noise
- Measures to tackle noise pollution
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