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Environmental Impacts, Sustainable Development and Community Relations

Who should attend: 
  • Environment Management Staff / Professionals
  • Health & Safety and Quality Staff / Professionals
  • Sustainable Development Managers
  • Community Affairs Staff / Professionals
  • Marketing, Communications, Corporate Affairs and Responsibility Staff / Professionals
  • Senior Managers, Managers and Team Leaders
  • Risk, Auditing, Crisis Management, Contingency Planning Staff / Professionals
  • Project and Engineering, Operations Staff / Professionals
  • Contractors and Subcontractors
  • Government, Regulatory Bodies, Development Agencies, NGOs’ Officials and policy makers, plus Community Leaders and Representatives.
5 days
Course aims: 

This programme is designed to provide participants with the opportunity of gaining the expertise and knowledge to develop, implement and /or improve an environmental, sustainable development and community management programme. It will provide them with a clear understanding of the emerging trends and advances in the fields.

The programme will equip participants with a conceptual framework and practical skills of the principles and processes for the assessment, interpretation and management of environmental and social impacts.

The programme highlights how to apply internationally best practices tools of building positive and sustainable relationships between an organisation and in its communities. As well as how to design and implement community programs that improve the quality of community life and promote the organisation's strategies and goals.

Course outline: 
  • Overview of Sustainable Development
  • Inter-relationships of environmental, economic, community, social and ethical aspects of sustainable development
  • Key drivers of the environmental agenda and how to evaluate their impacts and implications for today and the future
  • Environmental aspects and impacts
  • Environmental impact assessment process, review and reporting
  • Environmental legislation and techniques for mitigating environmental, socio-economic and community impacts
  • Techniques for assessing environmental, socio-economic and community impacts
  • Health & Safety impact assessment
  • Community and stakeholder engagement techniques and practical tools
  • Outlining the best practice approach to community and stakeholder engagement
  • An overview of CSR and introduction to CSR related national and international guidelines and standards
  • Managing and developing CSR best practices
  • CSR and its importance in terms of social impact and social risk mitigation
  • Embedding environmental and sustainable management values into the heart of organisations’ strategy
  • Effectively communicating environmental and sustainable management policies to employees and engaging them to act responsibly inside and outside the workplace
  • Building strong long-term relationships with governments and engaging with local communities
  • Environmental / sustainable management international standards and best practices
  • Implementation and monitoring sustainable development programme
  • Managing the continuous improvement cycle
  • Action plan