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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 organisations; the importance of resource efficiency; the impact of environmental sustainability across the value chain; the impacts of pollution, prevention, control and environmental legislation in organisations; and how employees support environmental sustainability.
The Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course will require Learners to evaluate a wide range of environmental risks, factors, environmental policy, barriers, their effects and implement policies.
This qualification comes with structured learner workbooks, a trainer manual and an online assessment produced by IEMA. This course is an IEMA Certified course and certificates are provided by IEMA to learners who have successfully completed the course.
Course Profile:
- Qualification type: Vocational Related Qualification (Higher Education)
- Awarding Body: IEMA UK
- Regulated by: IEMA UK
- Course Provider: EduSkills Training LLC
- Course Duration: 14 Guided Learning Hours / 2 Days
- Level: 4
- Modules: 9
Unit Details:
This concentrated two-day course provides learners with a practical introduction to environmental sustainability, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, understanding and motivation to make a positive difference within their organization.
DAY 01:
Unit No. | Unit Name | Unit Description |
1 | Risks and Opportunities from Environmental Sustainability | The first part of this section will cover some key mega- trends and drivers for sustainability and how these distil into key environmental risks for organizations |
2 | Compliance obligations and business drivers for change | The second section will cover some key statutory and other compliance requirements like key environmental regulators, guidelines and agreements |
3 | Main potential impacts on environment and sustainability | The aim of this section will be to give a basic understanding of the key environmental sustainability impacts |
4 | How to improve environmental performance | This section focuses on implementing the information that the learner has gained from the day into the setting of their own organization |
DAY 02:
Unit No. | Unit Name | Unit Description |
1 | Evaluate drivers for change and barriers | This section will evaluate the reasons for inertia/reasons for progress – in organizations making transformational change |
2 | Apply knowledge and understanding to baseline data to monitor and improve performance | Assessing environmental performance including commonly encountered environmental metrics; carbon footprinting, waste data, energy data and others |
3 | Apply knowledge of environmental sustainability across the value chain | This section focuses on how organizations can implement sustainability across different facets of their organization, through their supply chain and other linked stakeholders |
4 | Demonstrate the importance of implementing resource efficiency | This section focuses on minimising the use of resource including User Flows, Waste Hierarchy, Energy & Water Hierarchy, Circular Economy Principles |
5 | Demonstrate how employees can improve environmental performance | This section focuses on driving improvements in sustainability through influencing people within an organization |
This course is taught by IEMA-approved trainers and you will be assessed via online multiple-choice exam at the end of the day’s learning.
Progress your career with an official certificate that demonstrates you have the knowledge to lead on the agenda and working
practices in environmental sustainability.Gain tools and resources to support your responsibility to create measurable sustainability impact.
Ensure your team and organization are compliant with legislation.
Interact and engage with practical activities and workshops throughout the day, which make for an interesting day of learning.
- Reduce the use of energy across your team and organization to reduce your bottom line.
Course Progression:
Learners wishing to progress after this course should consider taking the following courses:
- IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management
Here is how the Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Managers course is assessed for completion and validation:
An online 20 question multiple-choice test
Learners must achieve 70% to pass
Candidates are sent a link upon registration to the assessment
The test is completed through the IEMA assessment portal
The Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course aims to give learners the opportunity to have knowledge and understanding of:
Main environmental and economic risks and opportunities
Compliance obligations and business drivers for change
Main potential impacts on environment and sustainability
How to improve environmental performance
Evaluating drivers for change and barriers
Baselines data to monitor and improve performance
Environmental sustainability across the value chain
Demonstrating the importance of implementing resource efficiency
Demonstrating how employees can improve environmental performance