Learn about environmental standards in a location you won't have to clean up.
Increase your employees' understanding of your upcoming Environmental Management System (EMS) implementation by allowing them to experience the process beforehand.
Business in Balance is a virtual training solution based on the ISO 14001:2004 standard for Environmental Management Systems. It will help you fulfill the awareness component of your training program while immersing employees in a fictional environment that they can practice in without consequence.
To improve the external environment, you have to first understand your internal environment.
Your starting point to improve environmental performance is within your organization's four walls. Only once employees understand how their day-to-day work activities affect the natural environment will they be able to help you reach your goals. Business in Balance was designed to be engaging and relevant. Employees interact with the ideas of an Environmental Management System (EMS) much the same way they'll be asked to in real life. Armed with an understanding of how their actions fit into the big picture, employees begin to take ownership of the environmental changes that need to take place.
Public or private sector, service or manufacturing, Business in Balance serves as your company's first introduction to ISO 14001 training. The key concepts and elements of an EMS have been distilled to allow users from all sectors of industry to relate to the content.
Our virtual scenarios offer a general overview of the main sections of the standard:
Business in Balance also includes a bonus feature that allows employees to:
Business in Balance helps to make your organization audit-ready by teaching the concepts of ISO 14001 in the context of a workplace and using real-life examples to deepen the understanding of employees. A highly interactive experience, supported with use of key terms and recognizable scenarios, enables your staff base to hit the ground running when your implementation program begins.
No need to pull people off the job to complete training. While past programs may have required a classroom setting, Business in Balance is a web-delivered tool that can be completed any time at a pace that works best for your staff.
People involvement is critical to the success of your EMS - if you're going to significantly improve your environmental performance, you need to get everyone on board. The affordability and ease of delivery that Business in Balance provides means you can train your entire team instead of having to choose only key members to participate in training programs.
With a unified and consistent approach, the effectiveness of your EMS becomes apparent to customers, auditors and the concerned public no matter what sector of your organization they're exposed to.
Developed in conjunction with the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Business in Balance has been created with a world leader and innovator in the development and training of environmental management systems standards.
Subject Matter Experts from not only the training realm, but also the implementation and auditing worlds, have contributed their knowledge and guidance. That way you can expose your employees to some of the most insightful training in the ISO 14001 standard without the consulting fees that would otherwise apply for this kind of experience and expertise.
The difference between handing down directives from above and actually taking the time to help your employees understand the impact of their actions is where the true success of your EMS lies. Reducing your environmental footprint requires a shift in mindset so that behaviours become ingrained.
Business in Balance doesn't just introduce employees to what they should do, it helps them understand why. By teaching them to see the connection between internal process and the organization's environmental footprint, they become agents of change actively looking to make a difference.
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