1 Day (8 Hours)

This course is the ideal starting point for those wishing to learn about environmental management systems and the fundamentals of ISO 14001:2015 for the food industry.

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe the purpose of an EMS as well as the benefits to an organisation
• Have an understanding of terminology used in environmental management
• Understand community perceptions in relation to environmental management
• Have a basic understanding of local, regional and global and environmental issues
• Have a basic understanding of current environmental regulatory and legislative requirements
• Understand and interpret the framework of ISO14001 and understand its applications
• Determine the potential benefits and costs of implementing an environmental management system
• Understand the organisational context and Environmental Scope
• Understand Environmental commitment, leadership and policy
• Identify environmental aspects of an organisation and to access their environment impacts
• Identify factors that will enable the significance of environmental impacts to be determined
• Select performance indicators for Environmental Performance
• Assess, analyse and evaluate environmental performance data
• Communicate Environmental Performance results internal and externally
• Implement actions to improve overall Environmental Performances
• Ensure Continual Improvement is demonstrated with Environmental Performance

Understanding Ethical Practices & Social Responsibility training is a ½ day workshop with no assessment or exam.  A Statement of Attendance will be provided to delegates.