Module 5. Greening SME

Duration of training: 24 academic hours

This course is for you if:

You intend to apply for the ODA support programme "Greening SMEs"
You hold the position of manager in Small and Medium Enterprises;
You intend to renovate your company's machinery for energy efficiency;
You intend to improve the environmental management system in the enterprise;
You intend to identify solutions to develop greening policies for your business.

What will you learn in this module?

Legal framework and market requirements
- Compliance with the law or market requirements
Environmental efficiency of the business:
2.1 Improving the environmental management system (SME)
- - Auditing the environmental management system;
  - Development of the company's environmental policy;
  - Development of methods to evaluate the effectiveness of the company's existing environmental management system;
  - Recommendations on how to increase the effectiveness of the EMS (environmental management system);
  - Consultations with responsible specialists on the implementation of the recommendations made (or support for the company during implementation);
  - Education and training of employees on how to reduce the environmental burden in production activities.
2.2 Waste, Circular Economy and Recycling in Green Businesses
- - Audit of business waste;
  - Development of waste reduction measures;
  - Developing recommendations for hazardous waste management, recycling;
  - Economic analysis of waste reduction measures
2.3 Waste water management and water resource efficiency
Business innovation and greening
3.1 Green business
- - - Auditing the enterprise for compliance with standards, ISO 14001, "EMAS", "EU Ecolabel";
    - Development of proposals for the creation of a programme of measures to bring the enterprise closer to the standard;
    - Cost-benefit analysis of the proposed measures;
3.2 Material flow analysis along the whole value chain
- - - What is a value chain material flow analysis;
    - How is a material flow analysis carried out?
3.3 Responsible purchasing
- - - Enterprise supply chain analysis from an environmental perspective;
    - Establishing a new approach to procurement;
    - Developing a questionnaire for suppliers;
    - Developing a system of performance indicators;
    - Preparation of the implementation algorithm.
3.4 Eco - Innovation, creativity and generation of options
- - - Creativity and thought processes;
    - Methods and techniques of Eco - innovation, creativity;
    - Technical, environmental and economic evaluation.
3.5 Control and environmental indicators
- - - What is meant by "environmental control";
    - Environmental information system and their use;
    - Organisation of environmental control
Development of greening strategies

4.1 Sustainability strategy

- - Identify the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where the company has the greatest negative impact and where the company can have a positive impact;
  - Audit of the areas of the company's activities that are of key importance to the selected SDGs;
  - Development and analysis of solutions for the formation of a sustainable development strategy;
  - Setting objectives and targets for each area;
  - Synthesise the material gathered into a final sustainable development strategy

4.2 ESG reporting (ESG - environmental goods and services)

- - Auditing the areas of the company's activities that are key to the selected ESGs;
  - Develop a system to evaluate the effectiveness of strategy implementation, analysis;
  - Recommendations for future action planning;
  - Reporting according to the chosen standard.
  - Practical workshop: Presentation of the SME Greening Programme and application form for the programme

At the end of the module you will be able to:

Apply to the SME Greening programme;
Draw up a green business plan;
Develop an efficient enterprise development strategy implementing green economy principles;
Evaluate the greening of the business.

Nota bene!

Upon completion of the training module participants will obtain certificates of participation. Certificates are offered to participants who have a minimum 60% participation margin in the training courses.

Training details

Module 5. Greening SME

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