Environment and Sustainability Manager

The course provides knowledge on sustainable corporate management, consisting of environmental management and law, risk, sustainability and process management. You will learn about relevant laws and standards, how to carry out environmental and sustainability analyses as well as operational and strategic process management. An insight into the use of artificial intelligence in your profession rounds off the course.
  • Certificates: Environment & Sustainability Manager" certificate
  • 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: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    Nachhaltigkeitsmanager:in mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
    Umweltschutzbeauftragte:r mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
    Prozessmanager:in mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday 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.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 12 Weeks

Sustainability manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification

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 (CSR) sustainability report

Conception, coordination and preparation 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 performance indicators (KPIs)


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. 3 days)

Understanding and terms in process management

Advantages of process management

Basic principles of process management

Benefits of process management

Components/characteristics of processes

Types of business processes (primary and secondary)

Structural/process organization

Strategic and operational process management

Overview of the most important process management methods: Six Sigma, Lean Management, BPR, Balanced Scorecard, PDCA and Kaizen


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process

Presentation of specific AI technologies

and possible applications in the professional environment


Operational process management (approx. 8 days)

Operational process management cycle (process life cycle)

Methods of process identification and recording

Methods of identification such as SIPOC and IAO

Process landscape/map/process model

Structuring options for the process model

Methods of process mapping (from interviews to workshops) and storyboarding

Creativity in process management (e.g. mind mapping)

Methods and tools for process analysis

Methods and tools for process modeling and documentation

Modeling of flowcharts

Deriving operational process goals from strategic goals

Overview of management methods for optimization

Developing target processes from optimization

Change management during process rollout

Dealing with resistance and conflicts

Executing, controlling and monitoring processes

KPIs for process control and monitoring

Introducing CIP


Strategic process management (approx. 2 days)

Define corporate strategy

Determine goals and derive need for action, plan measures

Use KPIs

Define business model and structure

Use balanced scorecard

Plan and control processes strategically

Integrate strategic and operational process management


Process-oriented organization (approx. 4 days)

Challenges in the design and management of the process-oriented organization

Setting up BPM governance

Elements of BPM governance - from roles and documentation to process audits

Making the process model known

Aligning technology with processes

Roles in process management

Introducing and implementing role concepts for process and line

Leadership in the process-oriented organization: leadership skills, defining management processes, establishing learning organizations, promoting a process-oriented culture


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).

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