Course Description
In recent years environmental considerations have become increasingly important to the stakeholders of many organisations. No company can afford to ignore this trend, yet implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS) requires expertise.
This two-day course gives delegates all the appropriate tools and techniques to analyse the business and move forward with implementing an Environmental Management System. At the end of the course they will have all the skills they require to develop their company's EMS Project Implementation Plan that meets the needs of that organisation up to and including formal registration to ISO 14001 and/or EMAS.
Who should attend?
- Managers responsible for environment, quality, health and safety, change management and project management
- Any staff developing and implementing an environmental management system
Benefits to Your Business:
- Enable your company's environmental management position to be reviewed and analysed using the latest techniques
- The ability to develop a project implementation plan up to and including formal ISO 14001/ EMAS registration
Course Structure
A programme of interrelated modules and practical exercises based on an evolving case study allows delegates to explore the activities associated with implementing an EMS. Topics covered include:
- Gaining Management Commitment for the implementation of an EMS
- Appreciating the business reasons for environmental management
- ISO 14001 and EMAS and what they mean for a business
- Undertaking an initial environmental review
- Core planning aspects of environmental management - regulatory and impact issues
- Planning the implementation project
- Developing an effective environmental policy
- Developing and delivering meaningful objectives and targets
- Analysing and establishing operational controls
- Building an effective communication, training and awareness programme
- The importance of managing change
- Monitoring the implementation project and the EMS
- Making sense of EMS auditing
- Understanding the certification/verification process
- Defining the next steps - achieving continual improvement with an EMS
Further Information
Fee: two-day non-residential environmental management training course including refreshments, lunch and environmental management training course notes - £805 + VAT. Attendance on this environmental management training course will provide delegates with 16 CPD points.
