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In this tutorial you will learn:
- That an innovative and ethical company will go beyond compliance with the law
- The importance of considering your global impact, as well as your local impact
- About some of the negative effects on work activities on the environment
- The benefits of environmentally friendly working practices
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Laser Learning reading text’
- ‘Environmental management’ webpage on the Gov UK website
- ‘Business and commercial waste’ webpage on the Gov UK website
- ‘Environmental taxes, reliefs and schemes for businesses’ on the Gov UK website
- ‘From waste to resources: Implementing sustainable resource management in your business’ webinar on the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) website
- ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ webpage on the Planning Practice Guidance website
- ‘Cleaner & Safer Production’ webpage on United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- ‘The business case for the green economy: Sustainable Return on Investment’ by UNEP
- ‘Decoupling natural resource use and environmental impacts from economic growth’ by UNEP and the International Resource Panel
- Research methods of improving environmental sustainability in an organisation and consider whether the methods would be effective in your organisation.
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Click to watch this video about the ways that a multinational company has adapted its work practices in an effort to reduce negative impact on the environment, and increase profitability. Now, look at a system the same company has created to encourage staff to make recommendations that will make work practices more environmentally friendly. ‘GE’s eco Treasure Hunt Checklist’. Just to note, Kaizen is the practice of continuous improvement and you may find it useful to research for yourself the guiding principles of Kaizen.
- Now, look at a system the same company has created to encourage staff to make recommendations that will make work practices more environmentally friendly. ‘GE’s eco Treasure Hunt Checklist’. Just to note, Kaizen is the practice of continuous improvement and you may find it useful to research for yourself the guiding principles of Kaizen.
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- ‘Guidance on applying the Waste Hierarchy’ by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Click on the icon to read this guidance, aimed at any business or public body that generates, handles, or treats waste.
- Research the role of the Health & Safety Executive in relation to waste management and environmental impacts.
- Click to read ‘Environmental reporting guidelines: Including mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance’ by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. This guidance, aimed at helping companies in complying with the greenhouse gas reporting regulation, is a requirement from the Climate Change Act 2008, and all organisations with voluntary reporting on a range of environmental matters.
- Click to access a guide to ‘Writing an Environmental Policy’ by Voscur.
- ‘Environmental law’ webpage on the UK Environmental Law Association website.
- ‘Environment policy and procedures’ webpage on the Business Pathway website. Click on the icon to access this website and read the sub-sections: Getting advice on environmental issues Environmental permits and licences for businesses Environmental responsibilities for businessesThis website is aimed at businesses in Scotland, you should be sure to check legislation and regulations for the country your organisation operates in.
- Click to access the ‘business and the environment’ webpage on the Gov UK website to stay up-to-date on governmental activities related to the environment, that could potentially affect businesses.
- Click to read about the Yeo Valley reduced packaging initiative, as mentioned in the presentation: ‘Envirowise case study: Resource efficiency at an organic dairy products company’.
- Click to read ‘Sweating our assets: Productivity and efficiency across the UK economy’ by 2020c. This report considers the negative impact of work activities and measures that can be taken to reduce this impact.
- Click to access the NASA micro-site ‘Global climate change: Vital signs of the planet’.
- Click to read ‘The state of Environmental Impact Assessment practice in the UK’ by the IEMA.
- Think And Challenge
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