This module provides an overview of managing and accessing the environment through the introduction of assessment tools, system and polices. Topics covered include environmental management system, auditing, risk assessment, and environmental policy and law. This module introduces the management of the environment through practices such as ISO standards and auditing, hence, branching out to the various assessment required to quantify environmental standards in life cycle assessment, environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, ecological valuation, and risk assessment. Various aspects of risk assessment, from fundamentals of risk assessment to environmental risk assessment such as chemical and ecological risk assessment, will be examined.