An ¡ÆEnvironmental Planner training course¡Ç was held at the Shin-Maru Conference Square in front of Tokyo Station for a few days from October 1, 2001.

This course consists of ¡ÆBasic course¡Ç and ¡ÆSchooling¡Ç to train Environmental Planners and is the basis for superior certificates such Environmental Planner ER and Environmental Planner ERO. Concurrently, this cultivates indispensable fundamental knowledge for people who engage in environmental accounting, environmental design, and manufacturing design in organizations.

Twenty participants gathered from various fields such as the information technology industry, environment-related entrepreneurs, accountants, advertising agents, and engineering students. The new certificate, ¡ÆEnvironmental Planner¡Ç, seemed to be a matter of primary concern. Those participants¡Ç purposes vary: seeking immediate reflection in their current jobs, considering future prospects, and aiming at deepening knowledge of environmental issues. Surely, this will be the first step to promote more effective environmental administration for the coming new age.

[Curriculum and Course contents]

l Basic course

[Environmental Administration Theory]

Mizue Umino

(Director of So-Tech Japan, Inc.)

Outline of environmental administration. Surrounding business circumstances, value chain of environmental administration, and related tools, laws and regulations of each business process.

[Environmental Risks]

Shinya Nagasaki

(Associate professor of the University of Tokyo)

Characteristics of the 21st century-styled environmental issues, explanation of cases in which the concept of environmental risk is needed, and concepts of environmental risks with illustrations of dioxin.

[Earth Environmental Conservation]

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Katsuya Fukuoka

(Director of the Foundation for the Earth Environment)

Environmental management on a global scale such as the function of living creatures and the earth environment, problems of growing population and food supply, and economic theory of environmental conservation, etc.

[Environmental Accounting]

Yasuho Ema

(President of Ema Public Accounting Firm)

Outline of environmental accounting that evaluates the social value of enterprises.

[Environmental Management System]

Koichiro Sonobe

(Managing Director of Technofer)

Background of issuing ISO14001 and outline of its standard road map, and explanation of a detailed process to create environmental management programs.

[Transportation Energy]

Hiroyuki Yamato

(Professor of the University of Tokyo)

Transportation and the environment, environmental calculation of transportation, and transportation environmental planning means.

[Disassembly Engineering]

Tadatomo Suga

(Professor of the University of Tokyo)

Outline of disassembly engineering principles titled ¡ÆReversible Interconnection-Joining Eco-Design¡Ç.

[Life Cycle Assessment]

Yoshihito Hirabayashi

(Executive Director of Technofer)

Outline of current environmental management system and life cycle assessment.

*Schooling

[Environmental issues and environmental management system]

[Environmental related-laws]