Participants can download weekly modules dealing with various aspects of greening businesses. Module titles are A Changed World; Ground Rules: Compliance and Benchmarking; Company Buy-in for Organisational Change; Creating Capacity and Team Support; Implementation: Getting Down to Work; and Reporting and Communication.
The course will help participants to:
"Taking sustainability seriously"
"With the COP 17 Climate Change Conference about to take place in Durban, South African businesses are finally starting to take cognisance of their environmental responsibilities," says Terry Shapiro, new business development manager for BDFM, publishers of Business Day.
"However, it's not just a matter of managing your environmental risks. Taking sustainability seriously can lead to the creation of new products, sustainable markets, cost savings, community goodwill, and reputation enhancement."
The course is particularly aimed at small- and medium-sized business managers, executives, staff and owners, but is equally applicable to big businesses. "This course is ideal for anyone who needs to understand what it takes to manage the risks associated with ignoring environmental challenges, and to realise the cost savings, opportunities in new or changed products, brand reputation, community goodwill, and creation of sustainable markets that well thought-out and structured sustainability programmes can offer."
For more information and registration, go to www.greeningyourbusiness.co.za.