Environmental Sustainability: A Practical Approach to Greening Your Organization

Overview:

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) involve a set of processes and practices that enable an organization to reduce its environmental impacts and increase its operating efficiency. A well-designed EMS can help an organization 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 one-day course participants will learn about EMS and how it can benefit their organization. Through the use of a Case Study and information they bring about their own company participants will leave with a draft EMS for their organization. It will include organizational Environmental Aspect and Impacts and Objectives and Targets for their organizations significant environmental impacts.

What Will Students Learn?

Define what an Environmental Management System (EMS) is and the benefits of establishing one in your organization
Understand ‘greenwashing’ and ways that there organization 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 organization
Understand and apply an Environmental Significance standard to organizational Environmental Impacts

Set Objectives and Targets for significant organizational environmental impacts

What Topics are Covered?

Define what an Environmental Management System (EMS) is and the benefits of establishing one in your organization
Understand ‘greenwashing’ and ways that there organization 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 organization
Understand and apply an Environmental Significance standard to organizational Environmental Impacts
Set Objectives and Targets for significant organizational environmental impacts

What’s Included? Instruction by an expert facilitator, small interactive classes, manual & course materials and certificate