The eLearning Center for B.F. Environmental Consultants, Inc.

Are you prepared for an exciting career as a leader in the green collar economy? Millions of new jobs in this rapidly growing sector will be available to people that set themselves apart from the crowd by earning the professional credentials and skills they need to lead sustainable business practices. Imagine the doors you will open for yourself as a Senior Certified Sustainability Professional.

After completing this premier certification program, you will establish yourself as a sustainable business professional ready to take responsibility for setting the direction and coordinating an enterprise’s sustainability strategy across multiple functional areas such as sales, marketing, communications, new product development, global supply chain, operations, and corporate social responsibility.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
• Establish and maintain a green procurement strategy.
• Apply the principles of environmentally preferred purchasing, design for environment, eco-control systems, and sustainable business practices.
• Indentify Corporate Social Responsibility strategies to meet organizational needs.
• Develop and use Environmental Management System (EMS) practices.
• Select and use a variety of environmental accounting methods effectively.
• Improve product positioning using the green marketing mix principles.
• Organize and sequence carbon strategies using the World Resource Institute protocol.
• Improve operational sustainability through greening the logistics and supply chain.
• Plan continued organizational sustainability strategies as an internal/external consultant.

 

I. Green Purchasing Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Green Procurement
2. Design for Environment (DfE) Principles
3. International Green Labeling
4. Green Product Standards
5. Environmentally Preferred Purchasing (EPP)
6. Supplier Relationship Management
7. Green Purchasing program Development

II. Sustainability 101: Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Sustainable Development
2. The Business Case for Sustainability
3. Organizational Roles & Functional Influences
4. Corporate Social Responsibility
5. Sustainability in Major Business Sectors
6. The US Green Building Council & LEED
7. Introduction to Environmental Science

III. Carbon Strategies

1. Introduction to the World Resources Institute -WRI Protocol
2. Developing a Climate Strategy
3. Supporting Green House Gas Reductions
4. Tracking Emissions & Reporting
5. Tools & Best Practices Every Organization Should Know About
6. The Green Supply Chain’s Carbon Footprint
7. Developing a Carbon Policy

IV. Environmental Management Systems - EMS (ISO 14001)

1. Introduction to the ISO 14000 Series
2. The ISO 14001 Standard
3. Strategic Environmental Management
4. Corporate Environmental Management - Eco-Control Systems
5. Environmental Management in Developing Countries

V. Environmental Accounting 101

1. Emerging Requirements
2. Environmental Accounting Framework
3. Environmental Management Accounting
4. Environmental Financial Accounting
5. Ecological Accounting
6. Eco-Efficiency Information Management

VI. Green Marketing & Sales Force Essentials

1. Corporate Environmentalism
2. Greening the “Marketing Mix”
3. Green by Design
4. Communicating Green with Impact
5. Eco-Innovation: Rethinking Future Products
6. Case Studies

VII. Green Transportation: 12 Best Practices

1. Green Transportation & Logistics
2. Building Energy Efficiency in 3PL Operations
3. Greater Sustainability in Distribution Operations
4. The EPA SmartWay Program
5. Green Fleet Management
6. Best Practice Case Studies

VIII. Sustainability Leader - First 180 Days to Success

1. Defining the Performance Requirements
2. Prioritizing Transition Initiatives
3. Developing Key Internal Relationships
4. Managing the Green Organizational Change
5. Mapping Staff Capabilities
   
   

IX. Advanced Green Purchasing

1. Philosophy of Sustainable Design
2. The Elements of Green Design Methodology
3. The Technologies & Components of Sustainable Design
4. Design for Environment Engineering
5. Alternate Material Strategies
   
   

X. The Sustainability Consultant

1. Green Consulting 101
2. Conducting the Sustainable Needs Assessment
3. Solving Client Problems - Guide to Troubleshooting
4. Increasing Client Effectiveness
5. Performance Improvement Strategies