Seminar & MDP Details



IIM Lucknow

Environmental Management For Business Advantage
Programme Director: Prof. Dharmendra S. Sengar
December 06-08, 2004
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi


Objectives: The course is designed: -

  • To promote an understanding of law, regulation and management issues relating to industrial process and environmental sustainability

  • To supplement knowledge and skills in using planning, legal and management tools to leverage environmental performance for business advantage

  • To develop ability to handle more effectively the potential legal risks while managing pollution in industries

  • To equip the participants in evaluating and promoting in-house capabilities to maximise compliance of regulatory responsibilities through environmental management systems

For: The course will benefit all those concerned with the emerging environmental laws and regulations impacting upon business. The course contents will appeal to all persons connected in any way with environmental management issues and seek to be armed with legal tools to plan and manage their business effectively. The course aims at senior and middle level executives in industry, government and the academia. It will also be useful for business managers, environmental managers, law officers, law teachers and environmental engineers in the State and Central Pollution Control Boards, and government officials, NGOs and the consultants working in the area of environmental law and management.

Contents: The course will introduce the participants to the environmental law, regulation and management systems affecting business today. It will focus mainly on: -

  • Constitutional framework and general and specific environmental laws

  • Environmental compliance and enforcement mechanism: Regulated industries and Regulatory authorities

  • Public interest law and judicial enforcement: Public access to environmental justice

  • Corporate environmental liability: Personal liability of directors and managers

  • Environmental offences

  • Pollution Accidents & Public Liability Insurance

  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Planning tool

  • Environmental Management Systems: ISO 14000 etc.

  • Environmental Auditing

  • Innovative approaches and economic incentives to promote environmental compliance

  • International Environmental Compliance and Enforcement

Mail your queries to
email: dsengar@iiml.ac.in


For further details, please contact: -
Sr. Admn. Officer (Academic Services),
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow - 226 013.
Phone: (0522) 2361889-98
Fax: (0522) 2360911, 2361843
E-mail: mdp@iiml.ac.in;
Website: www.iiml.ac.in
Refer: CoolAvenues' MDP Alert