About
Tools and techniques to reduce your organisations environmental footprint
"In the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature."
Mollie Beattie
ABOUT:
"Being a good steward of the environment and our communities, and being an efficient and profitable business, are not mutually exclusive. In fact they are one and the same."
Lee Scott, Chief Executive, Wal-Mart
Are you aware of your organisations environmental footprint? You might talk sustainability - but do you put your ideas into action?
Developing & Implementing a Sustainability Strategy in Your Organisation is a must attend seminar for all organisations who want to ensure that their organisation is environmentally sustainable.
Over two days combining practical exercises, theory and case studies, learn how to measure your organisations environmental impact, develop a strategy to ensure the sustainable organisation, and communicate your actions to stakeholders, customers, suppliers and the community at large.
Who should attend
• Sustainability Managers and Advisors
• Procurement Managers
• General Managers
• Communications Managers
• Environmental Managers
• Managers responsible for Climate Change and Emissions
• Anyone with an interest in enhancing the sustainability of their organisation
• Small Business Owners
Key learning objectives:
• Define what sustainability means for your organisation
• Develop a sustainability vision and mission statement for your organisation
• Develop a sustainability strategy to implement this vision in your organisation
• Audit your organisations environmental footprint
• Ensure social responsibility in your organisation
Training methodology
This intensive 2-day master class will combine tutorial sessions and case studies with interactive learning exercises. All attendees will be provided with a workbook and a certificate of completion.
Outline
Day one - Drivers of Sustainability
An introduction to environmental issues and sustainable business
• What are the key environmental issues today?
• Climate Change - why should we bother?
- Consumer/market issues
- Regulatory issues
• Risk management, the environment and your business
• How do you define sustainability?
- Economic issues
- Environmental Issues
- Social issues
Green Politics - Sustainability and Legislation
• The "green" voter - what does this mean for future regulation?
• What is on the Government's agenda?
• What does sustainability mean for your organisation?
- Legislative impacts
• Regional and Local government initiatives on sustainability - how to they affect you?
• Pressure groups and NGOs, how might they affect your organisations decision-making
Corporate Social Responsibility
• Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility
• Differing viewpoints on social responsibility:
- Case Study: New Zealand Business Roundtable "The business of business is doing business"
- Case Study: New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
• How socially responsible is your organisation?
• What are the components of a good CSR Policy?
• Where can you start?
• Case Study: Air New Zealand
Importing and Exporting
• Food Miles - What are they and how do they impact your business?
• Sustainability Tariffs and other non tariff barriers to trade
Climate Change and Sustainability
• Climate Change and science - what are the arguments for and against?
• What does Climate Change mean for lawmakers and consumers?
• Climate Change legislation and business
• How does the emissions trading scheme affect you?
• What opportunities exist for profiting from emissions trading?
Calculating your Greenhouse Gas GHG Emissions Footprint
• What is a carbon foot print and why might you calculate it?
- Legislative reasons
- Procurement and tendering reasons
- Marketing and PR reasons
- Sustainability reasons
• Key elements of your carbon footprint
• Case study/exercise - using the GHG Protocol Accounting Standard
Carbon Neutrality
• What does it really mean to be "carbon neutral" or "certified carbon neutral"?
• Is it a realistic goal for all organisations?
• How you can achieve neutrality
• What are the pitfalls?
Carbon Trading and Carbon Credits
• What is emissions trading and why should you care?
• Do you need to trade?
• Do you want to trade?
• Where can you purchase?
• What is the difference between classes of credits?
• Case Study: carboNZero participation and facilitation
Day two - Practically implementing sustainable practices in the organisation
Designing your Sustainability Strategy
• How do you measure up?
• Where do you fall short?
• Communicating the strategy within the organisation
• Identifying key stakeholders within the organisation
Recycling
• How can you move past lip-service recycling
• What practical steps can you take
• Case study: Paper recycling
Energy
• Reviewing your energy provider
• Procurement issues
• Green power
Water
• Who is your water provider?
• Pricing issues
• Grey is the new Green - recycling grey water
• Rain water recycling
• Storm water flood mitigation
Industrial solvents/VOCs
• Who is your provider of solvents and volatiles?
• Procurement issues
• Usage management and recycling
On the road
Business travel planning
• Focus on your staff to take responsibility
• Planning tools
• Incentives
• Tendering of key supply contacts such as taxis, airlines and rental cars
Employee travel / commuting planning
• Behaviour change
• Incentives
• Parking
• Public Transport
• Cycling
• Working from home and telecommuting
• Satellite serviced offices
• Innovation - company mini bus
Moving the Goods
Business Vehicle use
• Trip planning
• Fleet reviews
• Diesel vehicles and hybrids
• Fleet tracking
• Shifting modes and multi modes
• Driver training
• Incentives
Bio-fuels
• What options do we have to use biofuels?
• What is the difference between ethanol and other bio fuels such as bio-diesel?
• Can our vehicles run on biofuels?
• How much can we save on fuel costs?
Sustainable Procurement
• What is the environmental impact of your procurement?
• How can sustainable procurement help your business?
• Green logistics
• Examples of green procurement
• Impact on contracts
• Case Study: Govt3
Implementing your sustainability strategy
• Project management considerations
• Communicating Change
• Case Study: Using Agile Project Management
Communicating Sustainability
• Public relations and marketing for a sustainable organisation
• Green washing - what is it and how can you avoid it?
• How can sustainability add to your competitive advantage?
- Sustainability organisations
• Case Study: Sustainable Business Network
• Case Study: New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
• How can you trade on New Zealand's image locally and abroad?
Facilitator
To be confirmed
To be confirmed is also facilitating:
- Best Practice Employment Interviews for Employers
- Career Development for Professional Women
- Collective Bargaining: Issues, Challenges & Solutions
- Commercial Engineer
- Commercialising Technology Through Licensing
- Complex Procurement & Vendor Management
- Conducting Effective Health & Safety Audits
- Consultation, Engagement & Stakeholder Management
- Contractor Management and Control
- Corporate Communications & Strategic PR
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Current Trends in Fisheries Management and Aquaculture
- Cyber Law Update
- Deploying Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
- Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management
- Effective Policy Analysis and Development
- Executive Leadership
- Financial Analysis for Lawyers
- Foundations & Principles of Treasury Management
- International Tax
- Managing Policy Projects
- Managing Restructuring & Redundancies
- Managing the Psychological Impacts of Disasters for Emergency Management Workers & Victims
- Marketing and Advertising Law
- Negotiating for Purchasing, Procurement, Contract & Supply
- Online & New Media Marketing Campaigns
- Organisation Structure Design
- Resilient Leadership in the Health Sector
- Salary Structuring, Remuneration & Variable Pay Schemes
- Strategic Brand Management for FMCG
- Strategic Thinking for Policy-Makers
- Strategies for Managing Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Risk Management
- Sustainable Procurement Strategies
- Systems Thinking for Organisational Learning, Development & Improvement
- Technical Fundamentals for HSNO
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