IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management (PIEMA) - Classroom

This course is designed for experienced environmental professionals, working at an operational level and looking to progress their career as an environmental practitioner. By completing the course you will gain detailed environmental and sustainability knowledge and be able to apply environmental management/assessment tools and skills that are needed to be an effective environment/sustainability practitioner.

The cost includes all required learner resources, registration, and exam fees. Additionally, included within the training course fee is a year's IEMA membership, which will commence upon enrolment.

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Price is per unit. To achieve certification, delegates will need to pass all units. Delegates can attend the units in any order. If you have any questions, please get in touch: [email protected]

Course content

The course will be delivered across 3 taught modules and a 4^th module consisting of a submitted Assessment of Competence. The modules are:

Module 1: Fundamentals of Sustainability, Business and Governance

• The implications of global trends for the environment, for society, for the economy and for organisations and the role of an
• Environment/Sustainability practitioner in overcoming these challenges
• Sustainable business/governance models, their underlying principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services

Module 2: Environmental Principles, Policy and Legislation

• Environmental principles and their relationship with organisations, products and services
• Major environmental policies and legislation and their implications for organisations, products and services

Module 3: Environmental Management/Assessment Tools and Skills

• Tools, techniques, systems and practices, their application and how they can be used to develop sustainable products and services and improve sustainability performance 
• The role of innovation and other leading practices in developing sustainable products and services and providing sustainable solutions 
• Collecting and critically analysing data, and report information that informs decision making
• Identifying problems and assessing opportunities that deliver innovative and sustainable products and services
• Determine, implement and measure methods of effective communication
• Identify and engage in two way communication with stakeholders
• Applying or implementing tools, techniques, systems and practices that identify  opportunities and  risks
• Delivering projects and programmes that achieve performance improvement
• Implementing change and transformation