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Environmental Sustainability: A Practical Approach to Greening Your Organization

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SHORT DESCRIPTION:

Here you will learn how to draft an Environmental Management System that can be applied to your organisation. Along the way you will understand the term greenwashing and how to avoid it. You will know the six key performance indicator areas as defined by the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme and will be able to determine Environmental Impacts and Aspects within an organisation then how to set objectives and targets for significant impacts.

  • Duration approximately 2 hours.
  • Access period 30 days.
  • Self-Study Guide provided.
  • Quick Reference Guide provided.
  • Certificate of Completion provided.
  • Content last updated January 2020.
  • A full description of this course is located below.

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Most of the business world has become very environmentally conscious, and your business is probably no different. But sometimes its good to have guidance to get where you’re going from an environmental standpoint and that’s how this course can help. This course will provide skills you can use to reduce your organisations environmental impact and increase its operating efficiency.

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) involve a set of processes and practices that enable an organisation to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. A well-designed EMS can help an organisation address its regulatory demands in a systematic manner thereby reducing the risk of noncompliance. An EMS can also help address non-regulated issues such as pollution prevention, odor management, water usage and energy conservation.

In this course participants will learn about EMS and how it can benefit their organisation. Through the use of a Case Study and information they bring about their own company participants will leave with a draft EMS for their organisation. It will include organisational Environmental Aspect and Impacts and Objectives and Targets for their organisations significant environmental impacts.

What Will Students Learn?

  • Define what an Environmental Management System (EMS) is and the benefits of establishing one in your organisation
  • Understand ‘greenwashing’ and ways that there organisation can avoid ‘greenwashing’
  • Know the six KPI areas as defined by the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
  • Know the steps necessary to develop an EMS
  • Be able to determine the Environmental Impacts and Aspects within an organisation
  • Understand and apply an Environmental Significance standard to organisational Environmental Impacts
  • Set Objectives and Targets for significant organisational environmental impacts

What Topics are Covered?

  • Environmental Management
  • Developing an EMS
  • Environmental Aspects and Impacts
  • Environmental Significance
  • Objectives and Targets

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