Effective management of wastes and environmental risks is critical for the reduction of costs and prevention of harm to humans. In this course, you will learn how to:

• Enhance your leadership and management skills
• Extend those skills into the domain of environmental and waste issues
• Balance the roles of an effective manager and use to control tasks
• Use environmental issues to motivate and coach your people for improved efficiency and performance
• Delegate the workload effectively and efficiently

• Be aware of the principal national and international background issues relating to the environment management in the oil and gas industry.
• Have formed a considered view on the significance of waste management environmental issues for the industry.
• Be aware of the effects of the principal relevant environmental legislation and sustainable development policy affecting the industry and how to interpret changing legislation into practical responses.
• Have considered the key means by which the industry can begin to enhance performance through environmental efficiency.
• Have considered the competitive advantage that might be brought through giving attention to environmental management.

Sustainable business thinking

• How and why do environmental and social issues impact on the industry?
• Why is it important to build waste and environmental issues into the business process?
• What are the driving forces to respond to environmental and social issues?

Legislation, and policy for action

• What and how does legislation and global policies affect industry?
• What are the building blocks of a management system that controls waste and environmental issues?

Tools for the assessment and interpretation of environmental and social performance

• What is the purpose and nature of the initial environmental review?
• How is an environmental management review conducted?
• How are significant environmental impacts of the organisations identified?
• How is an environmental audit carried out and how does it differ from a waste audit

Managing waste and energy to improve efficiency

• How do I keep track of changing waste management legislation and policy?
• What is the role of energy efficiency management and renewable energy in business management?
• What is the role of improved resource and waste management in achieving competitive advantage?
• How does the oil and gas industry addresses some of these issues

Management and reporting systems

• What are the key elements of an environmental management and reporting system?
• How are management systems employed to improve business efficiency, ensure compliance and respond to environmental, social and environmental challenges, and communicate these to stakeholders?
• What are the key elements of ISO14001?
• What are the structure and controls mechanisms within management systems?
• How are social, environmental and ethical issues communicated to stakeholders?

• Newly appointed managers, supervisors and team leaders
• New members of the management team
• Those managers/supervisors who have been in their position for less than a year, or are about to be promoted to their first managerial/supervisory position
• Health and safety or quality managers with a new portfolio of environmental, sustainable development or waste management
• Environmental advisors or scientists who wish to progress to management level

• The materials for the trainees will be in English.

• The language of instruction will be in Arabic / English.