Environment Management:

Introduction Class
Dr. Lakshmikanth Hari
Chairperson - Centre for Sustainable Development
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai

What is Environment?

Environment: Sum of the living creatures and dead

matter on the Earth (ground + atmosphere + water)
that are present around the living organisms

 Society: The aggregate of people living together in a more or less

ordered community
Economy: The state of a country or region in terms of the production
and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money (or)
Careful management of available resources
Ecology: The branch of biology that deals with the relations of
organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

Why Environment is Significant?

Environment & Human / Human Activity

Climate Change is Natural or Man made?

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development refers to a mode of human development in

which resource use aims to meet human needs while ensuring the
sustainability of natural systems and the environment, so that these
needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to
come

Stakeholders
Stakeholder, an entity that can be affected by the results of that in
which they are said to be stakeholders, i.e., that in which they have a
stake

Thank You