There has been a 146% increase in plastic found on British beaches since 1994.

  • Business Compliance
  • 40 languages
  • 45m

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. 1
    Global change
  2. 2
    How workplaces are affecting the environment
  3. 3
    How individuals can improve their carbon footprint

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.

The 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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Available in 40 languages

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Our most popular languages

Italian
German
Romanian
French
Polish
Lithuanian

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 questionnaires 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.

4,189 real user reviews

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Enlightening and very informative

I thought I was quiet aware of how to be environmentally friendly at home and at work but the course made me realise the effect just small changes can always make and encouraged me to think more carefully about my day to day environmental impact

It was interesting but delivered in a patronising manner

Quite interesting, however it has been delivered in a patronising manner. Also the company I work for should be more responsible with the packaging and the items they have on sale. They , this huge company should responsibly source their products. This would encourage the general public to make better choices

Super useful and motivating

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

very good

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

Whilst I have a reasonable knowledge of Environmental issues, this course reminded me of the need to constantly reflect on the impact I can have.

The course was interesting and informative. It highlighted the need for employees to be aware of the legislative requirements of their employers as well as their own personal impact on the 'Butterfly Effect'. The reason I rated the course a 4 rather than a 5 is in relation to the comments around farming and livestock as I live in a rural area and I do see an increase in farmers awareness of environmental issues and a move towards more environmentally friendly practices.

very informative for Home and Work environments

This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars

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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].

The Environmental Protection Act, Section 33 (7)

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