IEMA Certificate in Enviromental Management

Course Content

The IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management course covers:

Module 1: Fundamentals of sustainability, business and governance
• Implications of global trends for the environment, society, the economy and for organisations and the role of an environment/ sustainability professional in overcoming these challenges
• Sustainable business/governance models and principles

Module 2: Environmental Principles, policy and legislation
• Environmental Principles
• Major policy and legislation

Module 3: Environmental management/assessment tools and skills
• Major tools, techniques, systems and practices to develop sustainable products and services and improve sustainability performance
• The role of innovation in developing sustainable products, services and solutions
• Data collection, critical analysis and information reporting to inform decision making
• Problem identification and opportunity assessment for delivery of innovative and sustainable products and services
• Effective communications
• Stakeholder identification and engagement
• Tools, techniques, systems and practices to identify opportunities and risks
• Project and programme delivery to achieve performance improvements
• Implementing change and transformation

AssessmentThe IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management is assessed by assignments for each module and an assessment of competence (this forms Module 4 of the programme)