Environmental Management: Improving and Integrating Sustainability into Safety Systems - Safety Professionals Continuing Education, 10 Hours

Accepted for:

BCSP Category 7: Safety Related Courses, Distance Learning, 1 Points

IHMM Category II: Professional Development Activities (Continuing Education), 10 CMPs

BGC Category 4: Attendance at Educational Programs, 1.66 CM Points 

Here's How Simple It Is:

1. Read the material online
2. Complete the quiz online
3. Get your certificate of completion immediately and earn professional development credit towards your recertification
   

Course Outcome

≥93% of participants will strengthen their expertise in creating safer workplaces while also reducing waste, pollution, and resource use.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, the participant will be able to:

• Understand how workplace safety and environmental responsibility work together to protect both people and the surrounding environment.
• Apply recognized management systems, including ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, to unify safety and environmental processes.
• Identify workplace activities that generate waste, emissions, or other environmental hazards and redesign them to reduce risk.
• Use diagnostic tools, job hazard analyses (JHAs), and safety permits that include environmental controls.
• Employ technology such as EHS platforms, dashboards, and mobile inspections to monitor and improve safety and environmental performance in real time.
• Develop emergency response plans that address both human safety and environmental releases simultaneously.
• Implement change management strategies to roll out updated procedures effectively.
• Analyze case studies from manufacturing, construction, energy, and logistics sectors to model best practices.

Who Should Enroll? 

• Certified Safety Professionals (CSPs): Practitioners aiming to integrate environmental responsibility into existing safety systems.
• Associate Safety Professionals (ASPs): Professionals who want to build a foundation in combined safety-environmental risk management.
• Safety Management Practitioners (SMPs): Managers looking to expand their capacity to oversee programs that protect people and the environment together.
• Construction Health and Safety Technicians (CHSTs): Specialists responsible for high-risk job sites seeking to embed sustainable practices directly into safety audits.
• Environmental and Health & Safety Coordinators: EHS staff seeking to unify compliance efforts across regulatory frameworks.