Effective management of wastes and environmental risks is critical for the reduction of costs and prevention of harm to humans. In this program, you will learn how to:
- Enhance your leadership and management skills
- Extend those skills into the domain of environmental and waste issues
- Balance the roles of an effective manager and use management systems to control tasks
- Use environmental issues to motivate and coach your people for improved efficiency and performance
- Delegate the workload effectively and efficiently
Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:
- Be aware of the principal national and international background issues relating to the environment management in the oil and gas industry
- Have formed a considered view on the significance of waste management environmental issues for the industry
- Be aware of the effects of the principal relevant environmental legislation and sustainable development policy affecting the industry and how to interpret changing legislation into practical responses
- Have considered the key means by which the industry can begin to enhance performance through environmental efficiency
- Have considered the competitive advantage that might be brought through giving attention to environmental management
Sustainable business thinking
- How and why do environmental and social issues impact on the industry?
- Why is it important to build waste and environmental issues into the business process?
- What are the driving forces to respond to environmental and social issues?
Legislation, policy and models for action
- What and how does legislation and global policies affect industry?
- How do economic instruments affect profitability?
- What are the building blocks of a management system that controls waste and environmental issues?
Tools for the assessment and interpretation of environmental and social performance
- What is the purpose and nature of the initial social and environmental review?
- How is an environmental and social management review conducted?
- How are significant environmental impacts of the organizations identified?
- How is an environmental audit carried out and how does it differ from a waste audit
Managing waste and energy to improve efficiency
- How are cost savings and improved business efficiency identified and communicated to board members and staff?
- How do I keep track of changing waste management legislation and policy?
- What is the role of energy efficiency management and renewable energy in business management?
- What is the role of improved resource and waste management in achieving competitive advantage?
- How does the oil and gas industry addresses some of these issues
Management and reporting systems
- What are the key elements of an environmental management and reporting system?
- How are management systems employed to improve business efficiency, ensure compliance and respond to environmental, social and environmental challenges, and communicate these to stakeholders?
- What are the structure and controls mechanisms within management systems?
- How are social, environmental and ethical issues communicated to stakeholders?
- Newly appointed managers, supervisors and team leaders
- New members of the management team
- Those managers/supervisors who have been in their position for less than a year, or are about to be promoted to their first managerial/supervisory position
- Health and safety or quality managers with a new portfolio of environmental, sustainable development or waste management
- Environmental advisors or scientists who wish to progress to management level.