Who is IEMA?
IEMA =Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
IEMA is the professional body for everyone working in environment and sustainability. This course will enable you to make a positive difference to your organizations environmental performance The course is intended to support managers and supervisors from any industry in understanding the strategic and operational implications environmental sustainability has on them, their team and department.
Introduction
The Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course aims to provide supervisors and managers with a strategic and operational overview of environmental sustainability as it affects their specific industry and work area.
The course covers the understanding of the strategic opportunities and constraints that environmental sustainability presents organizations; the importance of resource efficiency; the impact of environmental sustainability across the value chain; the impacts of pollution, prevention, control and environmental legislation in organizations; and how employees support environmental sustainability.
Who is the course for?
This is ideal for team leaders and managers who want to oversee organizational improvements in environmental sustainability.
Who benefits from a course?
Benefits for Employees
- Progress your career with an official certificate that demonstrates you can lead on the agenda and working practices in environmental sustainability.
- Gain tools and resources to support your responsibility to create a measurable sustainability impact.
- Ensure your team and organizations are compliant with legislation.
- Interact and engage with practical activities and workshops throughout the day, making for an exciting day of learning.
- Reduce the use of energy across your team and organization to reduce your bottom line.
Benefits for Employers
- Increase your profit with cost savings in waste, recycling and consumption through improved leadership.
- Gain an advantage over competitors when tendering for business by demonstrating your leadership in sustainability.
- Improve management of environmental risks and protect your organizationโs reputation.
- Learn how to manage ISO 14001 to engage stakeholders and staff while embedding environmental management into your business processes.
- Empower the non-environmentally focused parts of the business who can drive change.
- Increase employee engagement and improve culture because they work in an environmentally conscious organization that develops its leadership.
Learning outcome
Upon completion of this course, learners will:
- Have knowledge and understanding of the main environmental and economic risks and opportunities
- Have knowledge and understanding of compliance obligations and business drivers for change
- Have knowledge and understanding of the main potential impacts on environment and sustainability
- Have knowledge and understanding of how to improve environmental performance
- Evaluate drivers for change and barriers
- Apply knowledge and understanding to baselines data to monitor and improve performance
- Apply knowledge of environmental sustainability across the value chain
- Demonstrate the importance of implementing resource efficiency
- Demonstrate how employees can improve environmental performance
Course outline
- Module 1 Risks and opportunities from environmental sustainability
- Module 2 Laws and other compliance obligations
- Module 3 Key environmental sustainability issues
- Module 4 Improving environmental sustainability performance Module 5 Control of emissions to air
- Module 6 Control of environmental noise
- Module 7 Control of contamination of water sources
- Module 8 Control of waste and land use
- Module 9 Sources and use of energy and energy efficiency
Detailed Course Syllabus
- The learner will have knowledge and understanding of the main environmental and economic risks and opportunities
- 1.1 Define Environmental Sustainability
- 1. 2 Identify the causes of key environmental issues
- 1. 3 Identify how organizations impact the environment
- 1. 4 Identify how the environment impacts organizations
- 1. 5 Identify the benefits of good environmental performance
- The learner will have knowledge and understanding of compliance obligations and business drivers for change
- 2. 1 Identify environmental regulators
- 2. 2 Define enforcement methods
- 2. 3 Identify key statutory compliance requirements
- 2. 4 Identify the key elements of international environmental agreements
- The learner will have knowledge and understanding of the main potential impacts on environment and sustainability
- 3. 1 Define pollution
- 3. 2 Identify key terms used in relation to pollution
- 3. 3 Describe ways to prevent pollution in organizations
- 3. 4 Describe potential consequences if organizations cause pollution of the environment
- 3. 5 State the purpose of environmental legislation
- 3. 6 Identify the core principles and benefits of environmental management systems
- The learner will have knowledge and understanding of how to improve environmental performance
- 4. 1 Identify the practical actions employees can undertake to support environmental sustainability
- 4. 2 Describe the environmental management structure within organizations
- The learner will evaluate drivers for change and barriers
- 5. 1 Identify the practical actions employees can undertake to support environmental sustainability
- 5. 2 Describe the environmental management structure within organizations
- 5. 3 Analyze how environmental sustainability can impact organizational growth
- The learner will apply knowledge and understanding to baselines data to monitor and improve performance
- 6. 1 Analyze environmental performance
- 6. 2 Identify improvements to drive performance
- The learner will apply knowledge of environmental sustainability across the value chain
- 7. 1 Explain the relationship between environmental sustainability and value creation
- 7. 2 Evaluate environmental sustainability in different areas of the value chain
- 7. 3 Describe the implications of environmental sustainability in different areas of the value chain
- The learner will demonstrate the importance of implementing resource efficiency
- 8. 1 Define key terms of resource efficiency
- 8. 2 Explain the impact of resource consumption
- 8. 3 Evaluate methods for optimizing resource efficiency within organizations
- 8. 4 Identify the benefits of resource efficiency
- The learner will demonstrate how employees can improve environmental performance
- 9.1 Identify effective communication channels
- 9.2 Evaluate change management principles
- 9.3 Evaluate effective engagement strategies through environmental management systems
Assessment
- The assessment for Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers consists of an online 20 question multiple-choice test.
- The test is completed through the IEMA assessment portal and candidates are sent a link upon registration to the assessment.
Pass marks
- Learners will have 30 minutes to answer 20 questions in a variety of formats, including multiple choice, true/false and open questions.
- They must answer 70% correct to pass.
Course Advisor
Binh Pham, M.Sc, CMIOSH, FIIRSM
Email: training@safety.edu.vn
Call/Zalo: 0966.449.449
