Course Description

Traditionally, environmental protection has been considered to be “in the public interest” and external to private life. Governments have assumed principal responsibility for assuring environmental management, and have focused on creating and preserving a safe environment. They have directed the private sector to adopt environmentally sound behaviour through regulations, sanctions and occasionally, incentives. When environmental problems have arisen, the public sector has generally born the responsibility for mitigation of environmental damage. This course is designed to cover the topics necessary to manage environmental and its related issues in compliance with their organisation’s policy, legislation and best practice.

Course Goal

To enhance the participants’ knowledge, skills and ability necessary to ensure that people in positions of responsibility appreciate the environmental issues relating to their working processes and develop an understanding of how to manage them.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify hazards to the environment both generally and from an organisational perspective.
• Apply management principles and advise on good management practice relating to environmental issues.
• Communicate environmental practices effectively to all levels of staff in an organisation, including senior management.
• Introduce environmental reviews taking into account current good practice.
• Explain the component parts of an environmental management system such as ISO 14001.
• Recognise that adequate and appropriate information, training and supervision relating to environmental issues is required for employees.
• Identify the responsibilities of organisations regarding compliance with environmental legislation.

Who Can Benefit

Personnel who manage environmental issues in compliance with their organisation’s policy, legislation and best practice.