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Awareness to ISO 14001:2004
Course Background |
Companies worldwide are more and more aware of their environmental impacts and are now prepared to institute good practices such as an environmental management system (EMS). An EMS is a continual cycle of planning, implementing, reviewing and improving the actions that an organisation takes to meet its environmental obligations and thus achieve sustainable development. ISO 14001 was developed in response to demand for a single, universally applicable and externally verifiable EMS. Published in 1996 and updated in November 2004, it is a formal standard and auditable protocol, against which an organisation's EMS can be assessed by an independent third party such as SGS. |
| Participants | This course is an opportunity to discuss and develop knowledge of the fundamental issues in the environment debate and to begin to understand the application of Environmental Management Systems. Suitable entry level course for those starting out and wishing to develop knowledge and skills to higher levels. Appropriate as both in-company and public course to raise awareness of key issues as set out in Clause 4.4.2 in ISO 14001:2004. |
| Work Design | The 1-day workshop will consist of information sharing with overheads & course notes and a case study for general discussion. |
Objectives |
At the end of this course participants will develop an increased awareness and knowledge of :
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| Pre work | None |
| Pre- requisites |
Previous experience regarding management systems would be an advantage though not required. |
| Assessment | No assessment |
| Award | Certificate of attendance |
| Duration | 1 day |
