Environmental Management (Corporate Training)

Environmental awareness

• Definition of &'the environment'
• Key environmental issues
• Global warming
• Ozone depletion
• Acid rain
• Air quality
• Water pollution
• Contaminated land
• Land take and green belt shrinkage
• Resource usage
• Habitat destruction and species extinctions

Environmental legislation

• Key elements of environmental legislation
• Legislations and activities of your organization
• Legislation relevant to your organization operation
• Consequences of breaching legislation

Environmental management systems

• Overview of an environmental management system
• Design of an Environmental Management System
• Key elements: Plan – Do – Check – Review
• The need to continually improve
• Pros and cons
• Reasons for having an EMS
• Benefits of an EMS
• Consequences of not managing the environment
• Costs of installing an EMS
• ISO 14001 standards and guidance as applicable to the EMSs
• Overview of your organization's EMS
• How it was set up / is being developed / operates
• Who is responsible for it
• Key parts of system: environmental policy, objectives…
• EMS documentation – what and where it is

Chemicals and fuels handling and storage

• Link between safety management and environmental management
• Planning mechanisms for materials use; legislation, guidance and policies which materials management
• Materials storage considerations for storing materials
• Labels: what are the different types
• Storage facilities: requirements for safe storage of materials
• Handling: safe handling for protecting the environment, organizational procedures, high risk situations hazardous materials

Waste management

• How waste disposal can impact on the environment
• Legislation – overview of the relevant legislation
• Waste classification
• Handling and storage requirements
• Waste minimization

Auditing

• Requirements for environmental auditing of operations
• Auditing the EMS
• Types of internal and external audits
• Requirements EMS standards (ISO 14001 and EMAS)
• Carrying out internal audits and being prepared for external audits

Monitoring and Reporting

• Environmental monitoring programmes and procedures
• M&R as control measures for environmental consequences
• Monitoring and environmental &'STOP' card systems