Workshop: Sustaining Sustainability | Organizational Assessments & Systems (OCT 2013)
A SMS (sustainability management system) allows for systematic internal review, monitoring and corrective actions for continual improvement.
This workshop meets on-line on Wednesdays (October 9, 16, 23, 30) 2013
The October 9 and 23 live webinars are scheduled for 10:00am Pacific Time-USA for 60-90 minutes. Time Zone Converter
The October 16 and 30 live webinars are scheduled for 4:00pm Pacific Time-USA for 60-90 minutes. Time Zone Converter
Special Discounts:
Always: $75 off for ISSP members.
Time limited: $50 off with Early Bird Discount through October 1, 2013.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Management systems are the key to ongoing progress. A SMS (sustainability management system) allows for systematic internal review, monitoring and corrective actions for continual improvement.
ISSP's workshop will walk you through the creation of such a system to fit your needs. You don't need a third-party certified ISO 14001 management system to benefit from the Plan-Do-Check-Act framework. You will learn what level of sophistication works best for you and what elements to add as your system matures. You will complete the workshop having learned practical methods to solidify and advance sustainability efforts by applying proven management system tools, practices and competencies:
• Build and maintain sustainability management systems
• Develop sustainability metrics
• Create/maintain sustainability reporting
• Describe continuous improvement (CIP): - Kaizen, ISO 14000, Lean Six Sigma, TQM, etc.
The workshop will help you answer the following questions for your own sustainability program:
How do we...
• Go from a sustainability plan to a living sustainability system that is part of our core business?
• Assess where we are and set priorities?
• Review goals, projects and the program as a whole?
• Have training, communication, and support systems in place for our program?
• Keep the program alive if a key champion leaves?
Your online workshop experience, from pre-work to deliverable completion, is April 1 through 30. The workshop is delivered online and via the Internet so you participate from your computer for both the live weekly webinars and for the 24/7 online 'classroom' experience. Successful completion of this workshop can be applied towards a core credit towards the ISSP Sustainability Professionals Certificate.
INSTRUCTOR
Dorothy Fisher Atwood has over 25 years of environmental consulting experience with the last ten years focused management systems implementation for private and public organizations. She is the Management Systems program manager for Zero Waste Alliance (ZWA), a Portland-based non-profit.
Your online workshop experience, from pre-work to deliverable completion, is October 1 through 31. The workshop is delivered online and via the Internet so you participate from your computer for both the live weekly webinars and for the 24/7 online 'classroom' experience.
| Workshop Rate | $ 400.00 |