Dates and Venues

Understand the strategic and operational implications that environmental sustainability has on teams and organisations with this IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers training course.

This course gives delegates the knowledge and skills to make a positive contribution to towards their environmental performance and the environmental sustainability of their business.

Delegates on this IEMA certified course are assessed by a combination of continuous assessment and a multiple-choice assessment.

The 2-day course will ensure all delegates leave with a good understanding of environmental sustainability risks as well as the ability to identify opportunities to improve their team’s environmental sustainability performance.

Click to view the IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course flyer.

This course is suitable for managers and team leaders who are charged with improving the environmental sustainability of their workplace, and anyone that would like to gain knowledge of sustainability, an understanding of the frameworks and tools for implementation and the opportunities sustainability offers to businesses.

If you are looking for a good understanding of environmental issues for the broader workforce you may prefer our 1-day IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Workforce training course.

This course incorporates the IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for the Workforce training on the first day, so those who have already attended this course only need to complete 1 additional day.  For more information call our team on 0333 123 9001.

Topics covered on this course include:

  • risks and opportunities from environmental sustainability
  • laws and other compliance obligations
  • key environmental sustainability issues
  • improving environmental sustainability performance
  • drivers for change and barriers
  • using data for performance improvement, such as carbon for net zero goals
  • environmental sustainability across the value chain
  • improving resource efficiency, through tools such as the circular economy
  • employees and sustainability performance
  • tools to understand the sustainability topics that are most important to your stakeholders

This highly interactive course is structured to reflect the following agenda:

  • Day 1
    • WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
    • Section 1 Context for environmental sustainability
    • Activity 1 Environmental sustainability risks and opportunities
    • Section 2 Key environmental sustainability issues
    • Activity 2 Key environmental sustainability issues
    • Section 3 Compliance obligations
    • Section 4 Improving environmental sustainability performance
    • Activity 3 Making a plan
    • CLOSE
  • Day 2
    • Recap on Day 1
    • Section 5 Sustainability and data
    • Activity 4 Environmental data and reporting
    • Section 6 Environmental sustainability through the value chain
    • Section 7 Circularity and resource efficiency
    • Activity 5 Business case for circularity
    • Section 8 Creating effective change
    • Activity 6 Context assessment
    • CLOSE

This certified IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers course will enable delegates to:

  • understand key environmental, social and economic risks and opportunities associated with sustainability
  • gain knowledge of the rules and regulations surrounding compliance obligations
  • use data for environmental performance improvement
  • implement strategies in their organisations which can make a positive change to environmental sustainability
  • understand the potential impacts their organisation could have on the environment
  • write a clear concise plan to improve environmental performance within their organisation
  • drive improvements in sustainability through influencing the people they work with
  • provide insight into sustainability business frameworks and implementation tools.

IEMA certificates are provided to all attendees following the training course.

IEMA Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers Certificate