Introduction

Sustainable business practices require prioritizing environmental and societal safety. Increasing societal and legislative pressures demand environmentally friendly production processes. This CIEH-certified course provides managers with essential environmental management qualifications. Participants will learn about environmental legislation, management techniques, waste minimization, pollution prevention, emergency response, and planning effective environmental management programs, linking environmental protection to production efficiency.

Objectives

• To understand the business benefits of sound environmental management

• To appreciate the environmental management systems

• To know how legislation and international conventions affect businesses

• Become knowledgeable of environmental terms

• Understand the process of waste minimization

Target Audience

• Environmental Managers and Officers
• HSE Professionals and Safety Personnel
• Environmental Engineers and Specialists
• Sustainability and Compliance Professionals
• Quality and Risk Management Personnel
• Operations and Facility Managers
• Government and Regulatory Personnel
• Project Managers and Technical Staff
• Consultants in Environmental and Sustainability Fields
• Professionals responsible for environmental compliance and environmental management systems

Outlines

Day 1: Environmental Context

• How humans interact with the environment

• Definitions: ‘climate change’, ‘air’, ‘water and land pollution’, ‘biodiversity’ and ‘depletion of natural resources’

• The costs of environmental pollution

• The hydrological cycle and the carbon cycle

• Resource Consumption

• Waste minimization

Day 2: Environmental Legislation & Management

• Key aspects and requirements of UK legislation

• Environmental Protection Act, IPPC, PPC

• European directives and national legislation impact on commercial activities

• Common Management Systems

• Environmental Management Systems

• EMAS, ISO 14001

Day 3: Environmental aspects & Policy

• Identify how an organization’s activities can affect the environment

• Identify and describe an organization’s environmental aspects

• Evaluate the significance of environmental effects in order to prioritize an organization’s environmental activities indirect aspects that might have an influence over supplier performance

• How to write an environmental policy

• Appropriate techniques to disseminate the policy

·  Case Study

Day 4: Environmental management techniques & Training

• Practical environmental management techniques in waste minimization

• Prioritize actions needed to improve performance

• Changing work activities to improve environmental performance

• Benefits of environmental awareness and management education

• Factors to be considered in the development and content of the training program

• The necessity for feedback and evaluation

Day 5: Environmental Auditing, Reporting, and Emergency Plans

• Undertake an internal audit to an agreed specification and make recommendations

• Producing an environmental report adopting good practice features

• Types of an emergency situation that might have an impact on the environment

• How prior preparation and provision of training and resources can mitigate any effects

• Course Evaluation and Summary