Aims & Objectives:
- Familiarise delegates with the concept of environmental management and the standards used to practice it
- To introduce delegates to the concepts and practice of how to set environmental objectives, and how to develop and put in practice a policy to implement, measure, evaluate, and report the performance of these objectives
- Be aware of the concept of environmental management and the standards (EMAS and ISO 14001) used to specify and implement environmental management systems
- Become aware of the reasons why organisations should have environmental objectives and policy
- Understand how to formulate, write and review environmental policy
- Learn how to measure, evaluate and report environmental performance
Course Outline:
- Environmental management
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS) - EMAS, REMAS, and ISO14000 series
- Environmental objectives and how to set them
- Implementing environmental objectives - Environmental policy
- Critic of sample environmental policies
- Environmental performance: How to measure, evaluate and act on results, report (stakeholders, good practice, tangible benefits, corrective action) and communicate it. Flood Estimation Handbook
Intended For:
This course is intended for participants whose work involves environmental management
