IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Sustainability

The IEMA Foundation Certificate in Environmental Management is a comprehensive and professionally accredited first step in developing your environmental and sustainability knowledge. You’ll learn about the major sustainability issues facing humanity today, an overview of the relevant policy and legislation, how to collect and interpret environmental data and how to work effectively with stakeholders across your organisation.

There is no doubt that sustainability is becoming an increasingly significant and urgent issue for businesses. Individuals who understand it and can provide advice on how to improve organisational impacts are in short supply.

Completing this five-day course will enable you to qualify as an Associate member of IEMA (the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment) and earn you the right to use the suffix “AIEMA” after your name. This is an essential requirement for most environmental roles now, and it’s been the fastest growing area for job vacancies in the last five years. The course includes a full year of Institute membership.

The course tutor is both a qualified accountant and an IEMA Fellow with recent commercial experience leading the sustainability agenda at a large regional PLC with numerous award wins in environmental management. The course will include a specific focus on the commercial imperatives and business case for sustainability.

Course Objectives

Part One: Background and Context

• Global megatrends: population growth and our increasing consumption.
• An introduction to the planetary boundaries and Doughnut Economics.
• Climate change, biodiversity loss and the disrupted nutrient cycles, including their impacts on humanity and business.
• Pollution and its management.

Part Two: Sustainable Organisations

• Capitals, governance and ethics.
• The value of natural resources.
• The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Part Three: Policy and Law

• Strategy, policy and methods of implementation.
• Environmental legislation and enforcement.
• How to maintain a legal register.

Part Four: Corporate Sustainability

• Data, reporting and key performance indicators.
• Environmental audits.
• Tools for the environmental manager, including impact assessments.
• Environmental Management Systems and implementing ISO14001.
• The business case for sustainability.
• Collaboration and change.

Course Dates (9.30am - 4.30pm)

• Week 1: Wednesday 24 April
• Week 2: Wednesday 1 May
• Week 3: Wednesday 8 May
• Week 4: Wednesday 15 May
• Week 5: Wednesday 22 May

Course cost

Course fee £795 if booked before 31st March (otherwise £995.00)

Payment

Payment for the course can be made via invoice (for employer payments) or via our online payment option upon completion of the course enrolment form

What Do I do now?

If you are interested in this course, you can apply an interest by submitting your contact information by selecting 'Reserve a spot'. A colleague will then be in touch regarding any course information you might wish to have as well as the enrolment process. Alternatively you can email us directly on [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

West Suffolk College in Thetford, Staniforth Road, Thetford, United Kingdom