Environmental Management

Introduction:

No business can sustain a policy that is unfriendly to either the environment or the safety of people or the safety of society. There are ever-increasing pressures from society and legislation for businesses to maintain environmentally friendly production processes. This conference gives a sound qualification for all managers in environmental management.

Professionals must be able to appreciate the environmental effects of production and how these issues relate to climate change, biodiversity, and environmental pollution. The conference covers such areas and the relationship between environmental protection and production efficiency, environmental management techniques, legislation, and emergency response

Targeted Groups:

Production and Process Engineers
Maintenance Engineers
People who are involved in the managing and purchasing of hazardous substances
Managers, Supervisors, and Consultants who will be part of an Environmental Management Systems Implementation Team
Anyone involved in the implementation, maintenance or supervising of an ISO 14001

Conference Objectives:

At the end of this conference the participants will be able to:

Understand the business benefits of sound environmental management
Appreciate the environmental management systems
Know how legislation and international conventions affect businesses
Become knowledgeable of environmental terms
Understand the process of waste minimization
Explore the types of emergencies that have effects on the environment
Plan an environmental management program

Targeted Competencies:

Environmental Management
Environmental Legislation
Context of Environment
Environmental Policy
Emergency Planning

Conference Content:
Unit 1: Environmental Context:

How humans interact with the environment?
Definitions: ‘climate change’, ‘air’, ‘water and land pollution’, ‘biodiversity’ and ‘depletion of natural resources’
The costs of environmental pollution
The hydrological cycle and the carbon cycle
Resource Consumption
Waste minimization

Unit 2: Environmental Legislation & Management:

Key aspects and requirements of UK legislation
Environmental Protection Act, IPPC, PPC
European directives and national legislation impact on commercial activities
Common Management Systems
Environmental Management Systems
EMAS, ISO 14001

Unit 3: Environmental Aspects & Policy:

Identify how an organization’s activities can affect the environment
Identify and describe an organization’s environmental aspects
Evaluate the significance of environmental effects to prioritize an organization’s environmental activities indirect aspects that might influence supplier performance
How to write an environmental policy?
Appropriate techniques to disseminate the policy

Unit 4: Environmental Management Techniques & Training:

Practical environmental management techniques in waste minimization
Prioritize actions needed to improve performance
Changing work activities to improve environmental performance
Benefits of environmental awareness and management education
Factors to be considered in the development and content of the training program
The necessity for feedback and evaluation

Unit 5: Environmental Auditing, Reporting, and Emergency Plans:

Undertake an internal audit to an agreed specification and make recommendations
Producing an environmental report adopting good practice features
Types of emergency that might have an impact on the environment
How prior preparation and provision of training and resources can mitigate any effects?