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Environmental Awareness Training
This Environmental Awareness Training Course is for everyone. It looks at the problems faced by our environment and addresses our responsibilities in the workplace to help reduce negative environmental impact. Show commitment to The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environment Act 1995 with our CPD Accredited and IOSH Approved training.
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Learning outcomes
- Learn how you can reduce your impact on the environment as an individual
- Fully understand the impact that workplaces have on the environment
- Have a better understanding of climate change, human impact, and finding the right balance
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 3 sections
- 1 Global change
- 2 How workplaces are affecting the environment
- 3 How individuals can improve their carbon footprint
SECTION 1
In this section, we look at what the environment actually is, what’s happening to it and why. We cover climate change, biodiversity, human impact and finding the right balance.
SECTION 2
This section is focused on the workplace and how organisations can make a real difference through the better use of resources and good handling of waste and recycling. Workplaces are one of the biggest contributors to UK waste and carbon emissions.
SECTION 3
In the final section, we focus on individuals and how everyone can make a conscious effort to reduce waste and their carbon footprint. We look at simple ways of reducing waste - small changes can make a BIG difference.
About this course
This online, CPD Accredited & IOSH Approved training course is designed to introduce staff and management at all levels to the issue of environmental responsibility, as well as looking at what can be done to reduce negative environmental impact from our day to day activities.
We all know that our environment is under threat and that changes must be made to protect it. In this Environmental Awareness training programme, we make it clear that it’s not just big companies that have a responsibility to make changes - or indeed companies that deal with hazardous materials or waste disposal - it's something that concerns absolutely all of us.
This programme looks at the problems our environment is facing. It looks at our responsibilities and wider environmental awareness, as well as covering the various legislation that relates to environmental responsibility for organisations of all types and sizes.
Equip your staff with the knowledge needed to make your business more environmentally friendly, with our Environmental Awareness Training course!
How to make your workplace more environmentally friendly
It’s imperative that every business, large or small, does their part to reduce waste and help the environment. Check out our guide that looks at workplace tips to help employers and employees become conscious of their impact on the environment and what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.
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Presented by
Michelle LivingsThe importance of Environmental Awareness Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Environmental Awareness certificate
Download and print
Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Environmental Awareness Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Environmental Awareness Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
3,503 real user reviews
What's the point in telling me what I al
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clear and concise
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Great
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Politically biased sources
Links to known politically biased website. - "The Guardian"
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Useful information
Useful information
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very good and to the point
Interesting and very informative training. Eye opener how little change in everyday life style can make the difference to the environment. It is about little things that counts, nothing too small.
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Why is this training important?
Compliance
It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended in 2008) and the Environment Act 1995 say that anyone who produces, handles or disposes of waste must make sure it’s done properly and safely. Businesses and households that don’t comply can be given fines or even prison sentences. The Control of Pollution Act 1974 and its 1989 Amendment regulate waste transportation and disposal, water pollution, air pollution and noise pollution, with fines for non-compliance. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme covers 31 countries. It limits the total amount of certain greenhouse gases that factories, power plants and airlines are allowed to emit, and lets companies buy, sell or trade their emission allowances.
It shall be a defence for a person charged under this act to prove: a) that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to to avoid the commission of the offence; or b) that he acted under instructions from his employer and neither knew nor had reason to suppose that the acts done by him constituted a contravention of [the Environmental Protection Act].
Business benefits
The devastating toll our way of life has on the environment is one of the biggest threats we face today – and that threat will only grow and become more and more immediate as time goes on.
It has become an issue very much at the forefront of people’s minds, to such an extent, in fact, that it influences who people vote for and where they spend their money. This course has been designed to not only raise awareness of the risks we face but to also offer simple, practical solutions. And the benefits speak for themselves. Not only are you doing your part in the fight for the environment, but you’ll also be saving your organisation money in wasted resources and energy; you’ll be showing your commitment to environmental legislation, and all while boosting your corporate image.
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