Environmental Benchmarking

Introduction

The introduction of Integrated Pollution Control Licensing (IPCL) in industry has resulted in the generation of significant amounts of environmentally related data within companies. These data should be publicly reported where they may be used for compliance monitoring. The data also provide an opportunity for companies to identify and quantify their significant environmental aspects, thereby contributing to better management. This improved management can bring environmental and economic benefits. A potential use of the data is to assess performance trends internally within the company, and to allow the sharing of key performance indicators between companies. Both of these activities facilitate continuous improvement through a process of benchmarking.

The course focuses on the effective and efficient reporting of mandatory, non-confidential data, examination of the potential for benchmarking and assessment of the usefulness of environmental management system. The course also improves the participants’ capabilities to support the implementation and maintenance of an environmental management system through the provision of document templates and task utilities.

Objectives

• Support the production of mandatory reports of both numerical and textual data in a defined format.
• Define benchmark criteria.
• Provide internal (i.e. company-specific) performance measures in absolute and relative terms.
• Define relative indicators of performance in combination with publicly reported data from other companies.
• Define enhanced and extended benchmark ranking values in the event of data in excess of statutory reporting requirements shared on a confidential or non-confidential basis.
• Discuss contribution

Training Methodology

The training methodology is interactive with group exercises and is suitable for all employees involved in functions management. The pace and level of the training workshop is customized to the understanding of the delegates. Ongoing back-up and support is available after the training on request to the supplier, and the training course is also available for in-house presentation as well as for “Competency Transfer”.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for experienced company managers and environmental engineers, and executive project control personnel. Senior managers at large owner and contractor organizations whose primary responsibilities are in planning, executing and managing major projects will gain an understanding of the prioritization of areas within companies, the subsequent setting of objectives and targets and the formulation of programs as part of environmental management systems. data is to assess performance trends internally within the company, and to allow the sharing of key performance indicators between companies. Both of these activities facilitate continuous improvement through a process of benchmarking.

Course Outline

Day 1:

Introduction:

• Course objectives and requirements
• Outline of the subjects to be covered
• Introduction to benchmarking

Environmental Indicators and Benchmarking:

• Environmental performance
• How can one build performance into a company’s environmental management system?

Related initiatives, case studies and organizations

Industrial experience in using available software discussions

Day 2:

Reporting:

• existing electronic reporting requirements
• additional annual environmental report requirements
• recurring reporting requirements

Industrial Experience of Indicators and Benchmarking:

• overview of responses
• indicators
• ISO 14031

Level of detail

• Adjusting for production
• Opinions on use of indicators
• Group discussion

Day3:

Level of detail

• Adjusting for production
• Opinions on use of indicators
• Group discussion

Benchmarking in licensed industries

• National versus multi-national companies

Advantages

• Difficulties with benchmarking

Day 4:

Key Benchmark Indicators:

• Generic key indicators
• Quantitative data presentation and interpretation methods

Eco-efficiency indicators

•  Environmental performance indicators

Management performance indicators

• Applicability of indicators

Day 5:

Benchmarking and Public Control:

• environmental best-practice cases
• awareness for norms, standards and tools for environmental management in public entities and the services sector
• Measuring Environmental Risk to Capital

Shared Services Processing

• Organizing The Management Structure
• Deciding And Communicating Service Strategies
• Internal Charging For Services