GG7045 Environmental report assessment brief

School of Built Environment and Geography

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Coursework Assessment Brief

Module Code

GG7045

Module Title

Environmental Management

Title of Assessment

Environmental report

Summative (% of module) or

Formative

50%

Typical individual student hours required to complete the

assessment

50 hours

Assessment set by (and contact)

Dr Purva Tavri, Room PRMB1054

p.tavri@kingston.ac.uk

Submission deadline (date and time)

21^st April 2025 23h59

Note: Assessment as an individual reports

Formal feedback

20 working days

All assignments must be submitted by the date and time specified above.

Students are required to submit an electronic copy of their completed assignment via the Assignments section of Canvas and follow any specific instructions. Any change to this instruction will be advised via Canvas.

In line with Faculty policy for late submission of coursework, any work submitted up to a week late will be capped at 50%. Coursework submitted after this time will receive 0%.

In case of illness or other issues affecting your studies please refer to the University Mitigating Circumstances policy. Guidance on mitigating circumstances can be found on MyKingston, click here

Please note that if you submit a piece of work you have judged yourself fit to undertake the assessment and cannot claim mitigating circumstances retrospectively.

Guidance on avoiding academic assessment offences such as plagiarism and collusion can be found on MyKingston > Academic Regulations

Module Learning Outcomes

The following module learning outcomes and professional body learning outcomes are tested in this assessment:

1. Critically interrogate legal processes that underpin environmental governance. 2. Critically evaluate key issues for business and industry in relation to the environment and sustainability agenda including evaluation and completion of Environmental Audit and Environmental Management Systems

3. Apply legal concepts in sustainable development and environmental management. 4. Undertake research in environmental auditing, produce a report, and present findings in the seminar.

5. Integrate legal and sustainable development principles in practical auditing situations.

Assessment task and specific terms

This assignment is developed in partnership with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames to access and measure the performance of local businesses that formed part of the Green Business Challenge and Green Business Pledge. The aim is for the businesses to provide recommendations so that they can grow towards net zero carbon targets.

About the assignment

In this link, you will be able to get all the required information about Kingston Green Business Challenge – Kingston Green Business Challenge – www.kingston.gov.uk

As part of the assignment, you will be divided into groups to carry out the environmental assessment of the companies. Names and details of the companies will be provided during the lectures.

Note: you can use any of the following them to assess the company’s environmental performance:

– Environmental Management Systems – aspect and impact register, PDCA cycle etc. – Environmental impact assessment

– Eco-audit

Assignment requirement

You will be required to submit:

• A formative group presentation

• An individual reports – you have the flexibility to define the scope of your report, that is, you can either choose multiple companies from your group or one company.

For the assignment, you will need to:

• Identify and define your choice to be the scope of your project;

• Conduct desk-based research on the companies, businesses type, Kingston green business challenge, and other environmental performance requirements, etc. • Collect primary data through a combination of personal or group investigations interviews or surveys;

o Data collection for this exercise would be difficult for one person. Therefore, you will collect primary data in groups. Group members will then share the data amongst themselves.

o Data must be anonymised for ethical reasons. Appendices can be uploaded separately in Canvas, or included in the main document.

• Analyse the effectiveness of the current practice/systems;

• Make recommendations, again based on research, as to changes that could be made to improve the environmental impact ranked in terms of feasibility, time and cost to implement, and estimated effectiveness for the companies to make environmental improvements.

• A completed Risk Assessment must be appended to this Assessment Brief for all Assessments involving laboratory or fieldwork activities.

There will be a formative group presentation (i.e., does not count toward your final mark) two weeks prior to the deadline for the final report. You are expected to use the feedback given during your presentation to improve your final Environmental report. The final Environmental report is an individual assessment and not group work.

Before undertaking your project, you must receive a copy of the completed and approved ethics and safety form from me.

Terms of reference

• The Environmental report will be worth 50% of your module mark

• Presentation: A PowerPoint presentation has been uploaded to Canvas explaining the details of the formative group presentations. The formative presentations should be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes of Q&A. This will take place on the 2^nd of April 2025.

• Report: should be approximately 3,000 words in length, excluding references and any graphics or tables. Equally important, literature and sources should be cited and referenced using the Harvard system.

• Contacts: During the lecture, you will be introduced and given the details of the point of contact at the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames to receive information and documents about the companies throughout the project.

Assessment Criteria

Specific Criteria (marking scheme)

Marks available

Analysis

• Identifies and outlines an appropriate context, explaining how it is meant to contribute to climate Good Practice.

• Assessing its strengths and weaknesses, drawing on appropriate examples and evidence, and analysing how

successful it has been thus far and whether any lessons can be learned from this.

• Evidence that feedback from formative assessment was used to develop and improve the critical nature of the report.

65%

Structure and Presentation:

• Adopts a clear and attractive structure that succinctly conveys what the policy/strategy /approach involves, and the analysis made, including:

o Appropriate use of headings to signpost sections.

o Appropriate and judicious use illustrative material to

provide evidence, information or analysis relevant to the

argument (particular credit for originality

o Highlighting of any key messages.

15%

Quality of Writing:

• Uses a clear, fluent and succinct narrative style that helps to convey the explanation and analysis, based on appropriate grammar and spelling, e.g.:

o Ensuring each paragraph addresses one key point.

o Use of transition sentences between paragraphs.

o Use of appropriate vocabulary.

o Appropriate explanation of technical terms/ jargon.

10%

Evidence of Appropriate Reading:

Draws appropriately on recent academic, practitioner, course and other material to support arguments and analysis, citing and referencing correctly.

10%

TOTAL

100%

Academic skills support

For help and advice on this assessment please contact the assessment setter/s or the module leader. For advice on academic writing and referencing please contact the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment (ECE) Student Academic Success Centre (SASC). Trained staff and students will give you guidance and feedback on assessments. SASC can be accessed here and is open every day in PRSB1019 and on Wednesdays at RV Library.