Environmental Aspects & Impacts

Identifying and assessing environmental aspects and impacts of organisational activities

Course Overview

This course provides learners with an understanding of how to identify, assess and prioritise the environmental aspects and impacts associated with organisational activities, products and services. Learners will explore the aspects and impacts methodology, significance assessment, legal compliance linkage and the integration of aspects and impacts into the environmental management system. The course supports ISO 14001 compliance.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the concept of environmental aspects and associated impacts
• Apply a systematic process to identify aspects from activities, products and services
• Distinguish between normal, abnormal and emergency operating conditions
• Assess the significance of environmental aspects using defined criteria
• Understand the relationship between significant aspects, objectives and controls
• Update the aspects and impacts register when operations change
• Support legal compliance through aspects and impacts management

Course Structure (3 topics, 9 lessons)