Course Duration: 25+ minutes
This CPD-certified Environmental Awareness in Offices training programme highlights major environmental concerns, their impacts and actionable strategies to address them.
The course provides valuable insights into evolving legislation, consumer expectations and business trends for sustainable business growth. Participants learn effective ways to reduce carbon footprints, meet critical green targets and support sustainability initiatives.
| Course Duration | 25+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | CPD |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
This course contains the following sections:
Examines six megatrends and their impacts on the environment, emphasising the need for heightened environmental awareness.
Explores the need to adapt to environmental changes to meet legal requirements, achieve net-zero goals, respond to market demands, manage financial constraints and ensure future sustainability and success.
Covers essential aspects of planning for good environmental performance, such as conducting environmental impact assessments, setting targets, implementing environmental policy and understanding your role in environmental management.
Suggests effective ways to utilise resources in a sustainable manner to minimise impact on the environment.
Explains the waste hierarchy and how prioritising reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and responsible disposal methods can help manage waste effectively.
Explores methods to support eco-friendly operations such as choosing sustainable products, minimising the use of disposable products, conserving energy and leading by setting positive examples.
The course certificate includes:
A CPD-certified certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
Every organisation has a legal, moral and financial responsibility to reduce environmental impact. The UK is already witnessing the repercussions of climate change with heatwaves and record-breaking temperatures. As a result, the government has introduced climate goals that every organisation must contribute to.
Investing in sustainable systems of work not only aligns with environmental goals but also makes good business sense. It helps organisations improve resource efficiency, cut down expenses and support long-term profitability at a time when costs for materials, energy and waste disposal are rising.
Our Environmental Awareness in Offices training programme equips participants with a comprehensive understanding of environmental issues and what they can do to address them. The course teaches practical strategies to reduce carbon footprints and minimise waste generation. It also helps organisations comply with environmental regulations and standards, reducing the risk of non-compliance and reputational damage.
Organisations have a moral and legal duty to promote sustainability and reduce environmental impact.
To fulfil their environmental responsibility, employers must:
These duties are reinforced by several pieces of key environmental legislation, including the:
Having an environmental strategy in place for your organisation is no longer optional. To remain economically viable, leaders must reduce resource use and develop new resource efficiencies while meeting evolving legislation and consumer trends.
This Environmental Awareness training course provides users with an understanding of why sustainable business practices are necessary. It helps participants gain valuable insights into evolving legislation, consumer expectations and business trends for sustainable growth.
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