Managing environmental risks effectively can lead to creation of new products, sustainable markets,
cost savings, community goodwill, and enhance your reputation.
Get a grip on how to assess your organisation’s position and risk, formulate policy in line with
legislative and international requirements, and find funding with Greening Your Business.
This practical and focused multimedia course includes a dozen new case studies, as well as templates, exercises, self-assessments, a guide to formulating your own sustainability plan and a host of useful links.
What participants have said:
- "Gives order to what needs to be done; pitched at the right level."
- "A useful consolidated approach that considers all aspects of a greening programme."
- "Amazing store of online resources provided."
- "I would recommend this course to business leaders anytime."
- Log your studies for continuous professional development points as a Category 3 CPD activity
- Plus you receive a six week e-subscription to Business Day OR a 12-week e-subscription
to Financial Mail with your course
This Business Media in Education initiative is brought to you by Business Day and Nedbank,
devised in collaboration with GreenEdge, and powered by VirtualBook®.
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The course will assist you to:
- Understand basic concepts of sustainability, current economic constraints, and prospects for a greening economy
- Introduce you to the compliance aspects associated with sustainability
- Measure the environmental impact of your company
- Build a business case to gain management approval for implementation
- Understand how to use benchmark data to set policies and targets
- Facilitate product innovation
- NEW! Find and apply for green initiative funding
- Familiarise you with what is needed to manage a sustainability team
- Familiarise you with core principles of GRI, ISO and sustainability reporting
- Turn milestones into internal and external communications content
- Facilitate staff motivation for participation
- Realise returns on investment by building a sustainable brand
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- 25 case studies - 13 brand new!
- 24 topical videos, including a short series introducing adaptation,
and Summit TV's Going Green series
- A template on which to build your sustainability plan, module by module
- Exercises and self assessments
- Glossary of terms
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The course is available for download via this site and on CD. If you would like the course posted to you on CD, please select that option on your registration form. Once you have registered, and we have received your proof of payment, you will receive an e-mail from BDFM Publishers with a password, user name and serial number to license your VirtualBook®. Log in to download your VirtualBook® e-reader from the link on the top right-hand side of this page, as well as the Greening Your Business VirtualBook®. (You need the e-reader to access the course material.)
The VirtualBook® format simulates the look and feel of a traditional book, and permits you to use familiar study aids such as highlighters and other interactive tools
Once you have completed all the tests – in which participation is tracked online – you will be able to download a certificate confirming your participation in the course. You will have access to the online tests for a year
The course, including 25 text case studies and almost as many video presentations and case studies, costs R570,00 + VAT (R649,80).
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Module 1: A changed world
- Increasing demands, declining resources
- Lessons from the recession
- Systems thinking for the industrial economy
- Conscious consumption and ‘green’ values
- Opportunities in a low-carbon economy
- Sustainability as a strategic objective
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Module 2: Ground rules: compliance and benchmarking
- Legal frameworks
- Compliance requirements
- National and international outlook
- Carbon tax and its ramifications
- What’s your company’s eco-impact?
- Measuring baselines for effective management
- Carbon offsets and carbon capture
- Beyond compliance
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Module 3: Company buy-in for organisational change
- Preparing the business case
- Tangible and intangible benefits
- Building internal awareness
- Developing a shared vision
- Facilitating the change process
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Module 4: Creating capacity and team support
- Finding champions and change agents
- Setting up infrastructure
- Engaging staff participation
- Bringing in training
- Maintaining momentum
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Module 5: Implementation: getting down to work
- Planning your sustainability roadmap
- Assessing and setting reduction targets
- Gain quick wins early on
- Making eco-efficiency savings
- Involve suppliers, customers and community
- Monitoring and scorecards
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Module 6: Reporting and communication
- Sustainability, GRI and triple-bottom line reporting
- Milestones
- Documenting your sustainability journey
- Public relations and marketing
- How to avoid green-washing
- Building a sustainable brand
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Module 7: Innovation and funding
- Opportunities arising from green stimulus programmes
- Adding value through innovation
- Generating and evaluating ideas
- Expanding through green economy funding
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