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Certificates: Environment & Sustainability Manager" certificate
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Additional Certificates: "Sustainability manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" certificate
Certificate "Environmental protection officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification"
Certificate "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" -
Examination: Practical project work with final presentations
Sustainability manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Environmental protection officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Sustainability manager
Introduction to the topic of sustainability (approx. 2 days)
Term/definition of sustainability
Meaning of value orientation, social responsibility
Sustainable Development Goals (the 17 goals)
Sustainable corporate management
Stakeholder orientation and management
Instruments, models and systems of sustainable management with CSR and ESG model
Tasks of sustainability managers
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies and possible applications in the professional environment
Environment and risk analyses (approx. 2 days)
Presentation of tools and models
Stakeholder analysis with requirements
Analysis of sustainability factors
Double materiality analysis
Framework conditions, laws, regulations (approx. 2 days)
Legal regulations of the EU/ BRD
DIN EN ISO 26000:2021
ZNU standard for sustainable management
DIN EN ISO 14040/14044 and 14064/14067 (life cycle assessment and carbon footprint)
Co2 certificates
Sustainability in companies (approx. 2 days)
Sustainability in operational processes
and procedures
Standardized management systems
Goals and mission statements
Sustainability management tools
Monitoring, measurement and CIP
Sustainability reporting (approx. 3 days)
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
Reporting tools, logos, seals and symbols
Sustainability reporting
Common sustainability standards with DNR, GRI
Insight into the sustainability report
Structure/content/creation of a sustainability report
Development of a sustainability management system (approx. 4 days)
Basic analysis - identification of gaps between existing management system regulations
Integration strategy and planning
Design and implementation of a sustainability management system (NMS)
Integration into existing management systems
Sustainability controlling with key figures
Innovations and current trends (approx. 2 days)
International and supranational initiatives
Climate protection and human rights in supply chains
Sustainable corporate culture and communication
Greenwashing
Sustainable digitalization
Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Sustainability Manager: in TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Environmental protection officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Basics (approx. 2 days)
Environmental law: operator obligations, responsibilities, liability
Rights and obligations of company representatives
Environmental liability law
Administrative offenses and environmental criminal law
Waste management (approx. 4 days)
Waste law
Recycling and Waste Management Act
Subordinate legislation, including NachwV, AVV, AbfAEV, EfbV
Differentiation between product and waste, product regulations (e.g. commercial waste)
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies and possible applications in the professional environment
Water protection (approx. 3 days)
Water law
Water Resources Act (WHG)
Wastewater levy and water usage fees
Indirect discharger ordinance
Sub-legal regulations, including AwSV, AbwV (wastewater disposal/discharge, handling of substances hazardous to water)
Immission control (approx. 4 days)
Immission control law
Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG)
Subordinate legislation to the BImSchG (including BImSchV, TA-Luft, TA-Lärm)
Other relevant legal regulations, including UVPG
Plant approval
Implementation of the IED Directive
Hazardous substances/chemicals law (approx. 4 days)
Basics of handling hazardous substances (including GefStoffV, TRGS)
ChemG
Requirements for the storage of hazardous substances according to VbF and TRGS
Safety data sheets and operating instructions
Dangerous goods in distinction to waste law
Basics of GGVSEB, ADR
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Environmental Protection Officer with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Process manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification
Basics of process management (approx. 2 days)
Understanding and terms in process management
Components of processes
Process map and process model
Roles in process management
Strategic and operational process management
Process management, organizational environment and process models
Preparing, conducting and leading process workshops
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process
Presentation of specific AI technologies
and possible applications in the professional environment
Operational process management (approx. 4 days)
Operational process management cycle
Deriving operational process goals
Process-oriented organizational development
Systemic order clarification
Develop target processes
Introducing, executing, measuring and analyzing processes
Change management during process rollout
Dealing with resistance and conflicts
Process model "Introduction of BPM"
Introduction of OPM (practical examples)
Strategic process management (approx. 3 days)
Defining goals
Use process-oriented balanced scorecard
Developing a process map
Plan and control processes strategically
Integrate strategic and operational process management
Process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)
Challenges in the design of the process-oriented organization
Setting up BPM governance
Forms of the process-oriented organization
Designing a process model
Aligning technology with processes
Integrating existing methods
Leading a process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)
Challenges in managing the process-oriented organization
Introducing and implementing role concepts for process and line
Deriving competencies from processes
Establishing a learning organization
Accompanying change with process-oriented organizational development
Procedure models for the introduction of the process-oriented organization
Promoting a process-oriented culture
Leadership in the process-oriented organization
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Process manager with TÜV Rheinland certified qualification" (approx. 3 days)
Changes are possible. The course content is updated regularly.
After the course, you will know how to set up effective sustainability management in a company and how to implement a corresponding roadmap. You will also have the necessary understanding of European and German environmental law. You will be able to assess risks and take measures to meet all of a company's technical and organizational requirements in the area of environmental protection. You are also familiar with approaches, process models and systems to make processes even more successful.
This course is aimed at employees who want to operate sustainably in their organization and are interested in sustainability solutions in various areas of the company.
Graduates are in demand to implement sustainability strategies and comply with legal requirements. The growing importance of sustainability opens up career prospects in various sectors.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).