Environmental Management Standards: Unique Characteristics of Environmental Problems – Systems approach to Corporate environmental management – Classification of Environmental Impact Reduction Efforts -Business Charter for Sustainable Production and Consumption – Tools, Business strategy drivers and Barriers – Evolution of Environmental Stewardship. Environmental Management Principles – National policies on environment, abatement of pollution and conservation of resources – Charter on Corporate responsibility for Environmental protection.

Environmental Management Objectives: Environmental quality objectives – Rationale of Environmental standards: Concentration and Mass standards, Effluent and stream standards, Emission and ambient standards, Minimum national standards, environmental performance evaluation: Indicators, benchmarking. Pollution control Vs Pollution Prevention – Opportunities and Barriers – Cleaner production and Clean technology, closing the loops, zero discharge technologies.

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 – environmental 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.

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 (form V) – Due diligence audit.

Applications of EMS: Waste Audits and Pollution Prevention opportunities in Textile , Sugar, Pulp & Paper, Electroplating, , Tanning industry, Dairy, Cement, Chemical industries, etc. Trans boundary movement, disposal, procedures, of hazardous wastes.