Description
This online course aims to increase your awareness of major environmental issues and provide an introduction to environmental management systems.
You will start by defining important terms & identifying key environmental issues the world is facing.
The course will look at the issue of global climate change, including greenhouse gases, carbon, acid rain and loss of biodiversity.
We’ll cover the main environmental laws, and Environmental Management systems and their benefits to business.
Additional topics include product life-cycles, corporate & personal social responsibility, renewable & non-renewable energy and the three pillars of sustainability.
The course will also discuss how waste can be managed and reduced by consumers and Waste to Energy schemes.
You’ll be taken through the waste management hierarchy, and finally, we’ll cover water resource management and oil storage. You’ll learn how to plan for
emergency hazardous substance spillages and the correct way to complete a spillage report.
Approved by CPD Length: 60mins*
You can try the first module of this course totally free of charge by clicking here
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