AB-2-004

• Business administration 2014 (tourism) - Tourism and travel sector
• Business administration 2015 (tourism) - Tourism and travel sector
• Business administration 2016 (tourism) - Tourism and travel sector
• Business administration 2017 (tourism) - Tourism and travel sector
• Tourism 2013 - Tourism and travel sector

2 (2017-10-23 to 2017-12-31)

English

Compulsory

First

2

5 cr

The student understands the concept of
environmental management in the hospitality and
tourism industry
understands the content and process of
environmental management as a part of strategic
corporate development
has the skills to take part in developing
environmental responsibility operations on the
corporate level
has the capacity to analyze the state of
environmental management
has skills to participate in an environmental
management team

At the end of the course the student is
expected to be able to map and identify
environmental impact of different business
activities. She/ he also understand the
framework and meaning of environmental
management. Student can analyze the best
possible tool options for managing
environmental impact in the hospitality and
tourism industry

The course Environmental Responsibility in the
Hospitality and Tourism Industry consists of
following:
Concepts of environmental management
Corporate environmental impacts and
sustainability
Framework of policy guidelines and regulations
guiding hospitality and tourism industry
Specific environmental management systems, such
as EMAS, ISO14001 and Green Office
Environmental management systems, planning and
tools
Implementation of an environmental management
system step-by-step
Future challenge

All first year courses
Introduction to Tourism Industry in Finland and
Hospitality Operations Management

Environmental Responsibility in the Hospitality
and Tourism Industry is a web course in
Eliademy learning environment.
This course starts with a compulsory lecture on
the 19th of October 2016 at 11.30 F366

Mowforth Martin, Tourism and sustainability :
development and new tourism in the Third World
/ Martin Mowforth and Ian Munt.
Upplaga:2nd ed.
Welford, Richard, Corporate environmental
management 3 : : towards sustainable
developemnt
UNWTO,2008, Climate Change and Tourism -
Responding to Global Changes
Chan W. 2007, Environmental measures for hotel
´s environmental management systems
Weaver, D, 2006, Sustainable tourism : theory
and practice

• Lectures - 2 hours
• Internet-based studies - 133 hours

• Total workload of the course: 135 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Virtual self studies

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:
Task 1: 10%
Task 2: 20 %
Task 3: 20 %
Quiz: 25%
Case 25%

Fabricius Susanna

Fabricius Susanna

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (15 students enrolled)

12 months after course has ended

2017-10-09 to 2017-11-05