ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

AND ITS FUNDAMENTALS

 WHAT IS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ?

➢Optimal utilization of the finite resources between difference

possible uses.
➢Environmental criteria and economic consideration demand that
such an allocation be efficient.
➢Comprehensive planning that take s into account the side effects
of man’s activities and thereby protects and improves the human
environment for future generations.
DEFINITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

“Environmental management is concerned with the man-environment interface, the

complex boundary where bio-physical and socio-cultural systems interacts”
-( Hare , 1970 )
“An approach which goes beyond natural resources management to encompass the
political and social as well as the natural environment”
-( Clarke , 1999 )
CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

• It is an attempt to control human impact on and interaction with the environment to

preserve natural resources
• Environmental management focuses on the improvement of human welfare for present
and future generations.
• Administrative functions that develop, implement, and monitor the environmental policy
of an organisation
CHARACTERISTICS

• It deals with world affected by humans.

• It support sustainable development.
• It demands a multidisciplinary approach.
• It has to integrate different development viewpoints.
• It seeks to integrate natural and policy making and planning.
IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
DECISIONS
➢Sound environmental management, which is cost effective since
it achieves higher productivity through a more efficient use of
energy and raw materials, increases workforce motivation,
achieve enterprise goals of survival, growth and profitability,
with limited community conflict.
 ENVIRONMENT

➢Matrix of elements derived by evolution through nature and

contained by culture/ sum total of identified and identifiable
natural resources existing in finite qualities on earth and of the
quality of renewable resources.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
• Strategy levels
Compliance : a firm decides it will be in compliance with all environmental, health and safety
regulations .
Engaged :A firm is not only in compliants but also it understand its environmental market
opportunities and proactively uses that knowledge to create engagements with the values
chain and other stakeholders to identify opportunities paster.
Market driven :A firm responds not only to regulatory requirements , but also reacts to it
customers environment expectation by providing leading products/services and operational
performance .
Shaping the future : a firm develops products and services for current and future market
conditions, addressing unmet social needs by proactively integrating economics growth
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Usage of ground and underground water by the industry causes huge droughts and
contamination to a massive area by exploiting an excessive amount of ground water and
then replacing it with toxic discharge
85% of rural drinking water and 55% of urban water comes from underground sources has
caused the national water table to suddenly and very dramatically drop.
The rivers are slowly been polluted and destroyed by sewage, chemicals and other
agricultural and industrial waste.
FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Eg :The Chipco Movement

Almost 5.3 million hecters of forest have been destroyed since the independence for
housing, industrialisation and river projects.
Poor management and abuse of power are again the increasingly sad cause behind mass
deforestation poaching.
The invation of foreign trees species such as Eucalyptus etc..
ENERGY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Energy resource management can be defined as the process of monitoring, controlling and
conserving energy in any setting.
India has a problem of inadequate energy
Still there are villages electricity remains as a dream
The country produces about 2.4 % of its energy needs and consumes about 3.4 %
Eg: Solar home lighting programme for rural india.