ISEP

The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) is a global membership body with over 20,000 members, that delivers sustainable change across government, business and society.

By harnessing the collective expertise and experience of their global membership, they set the standard in sustainable leadership, knowledge, skills and practice.

Whether you are an environmental specialist, a sustainability generalist, or just want to be a champion for change in your area – ISEP empowers people with cutting-edge evidence and insights, enables with world-class training and guidance, and ensure excellence with unrivalled professional standards and assessment.

Their collaborations and networks  influence government policy, drive best-practice within business, and inspire change across society.

No matter what stage you are at in your career or what sector you work in, ISEP membership and training courses can equip you with the skills, standards and support needed to nurture your talent and advance your career, transforming the world today for a sustainable future.

About ISEP – What we do

As an ISEP approved centre we offer the following qualifications:

ISEP Foundation Certificate In Sustainability & Environmental Management (AISEP)

This five day course is provides learners with a globally recognised qualification that is the key to professional environmental knowledge and practice. The wide range of environmental, sustainability and governance principles covered ensures that learners appreciate and understand the breadth of the sustainability agenda, and the focus on specific management tools and skills provides learners with an introduction to practical application that they will need when working within this arena.

Business Benefits

• Supports staff to help your organisation cut costs, manage risk and win new work
• Enables the team to drive environmental performance and achieve sustainability goals
• Ensures staff are equipped to understand compliance requirements and carry out the right diligence checks
• Embeds the right skills to make your organisation resilient against growing climate change, weather, resource and energy threats
• Add a new dimension of organisational capability as staff gain new understanding of environmental management systems like ISO 14001
• Your team members will become an Associate Member of ISEP gaining access to a huge library of practical tools, guidance notes and updates that will enable them to keep their knowledge – and your organisation – current and compliant

Delegate Benefits

• Drives environmental understanding beyond traditional compliance-level tick boxing
• Learn about ‘bigger picture’ environmental issues and how they link to challenges organisations worldwide are facing
• Get to grips with how a recognised environmental system like ISO 14001 can be approached, implemented and bring business results
• Teaching is guided by a Learner workbook to support learning both in the classroom and back at work
• Benchmarked at Regulated Qualifications (RQF) Level 3
• Results in Associate Membership of ISEP and the internationally recognised AISEP suffix
• Successful delegates are awarded an ISEP Foundation Certificate in Sustainability & Environmental Management

ISEP Environmental Sustainability Skills for Managers

This 2 day course covers a wide range of environmental, sustainability and governance principles and will give learners an understanding of the breadth of the sustainability agenda, and the management tools and skills that they will need when working within this area.

Business Benefits

• Improves the environmental sustainability of your organisation
• Rapidly upskills your team and those who oversee operational objectives
• Improves environmental performance, efficiency and impact
• Gives your business an understanding of the strategic and operational implications environmental sustainability has on them

Delegate Benefit

• No prior environmental knowledge required
• Practical activities and workshops throughout
• Enable learners to evaluate drivers for change and barriers
• Apply knowledge and understanding to baseline data to monitor and improve performance
• Apply knowledge of environmental sustainability across the value chain
• Enable learners to demonstrate the importance of implementing resource efficiency
• Enable learners to demonstrate how employees can improve environmental performance
• Successful delegates are awarded an ISEP Environmental Sustainability for Managers certificate

ISEP Certificate in Sustainability & Environmental Management (PISEP)

The ISEP Certificate in Sustainability & Environmental Management (PISEP), has been developed to provide learners with detailed environmental and sustainability knowledge, as well as being able to apply environmental management / assessment tools and skills that are needed to be an effective and successful environment / sustainability practitioner.

Learners attending this course are expected to have a foundation level of environmental / sustainability knowledge gained through work experience or a relevant course e.g. the ISEP Foundation Certificate in Sustainability & Environmental Management (AISEP) or equivalent.

On successful completion of the course, the learner becomes eligible for Practitioner membership, giving them the PISEP suffix and the benefits of ISEP membership

Business Benefits

• Identify challenges to sustainability and reframe them as opportunities
• Identify the interests and viewpoints of relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Work collaboratively in teams across broader structures and networks
• Identify and tackle risks to the delivery of products and services to achieve resilience in a changing and dynamic world
• Implement a long-term vision for sustainability, with milestones and targets, facilitating delivery of sustainable products and services
• Increase financial return on investment and understand how wider benefits create a business case for sustainability
• Improve organisational culture and sustainability performance
• Challenge unsustainable business behaviours

Delegate Benefits

• Acquire detailed environmental / sustainable principles, management tools and skills to effectively deliver positive change
• Improve your core knowledge of the fundamentals of sustainability and business and governance principles and issues
• Increase your technical knowledge of environmental issues and principles, policy, regulation and legislation, and management and assessment tools
• Learn innovative and leading practices
• Update your skillset through analytical thinking, problem reframing and resolution and effective communication
• Operate at multiple levels of business through robust relationship development and implementing continual improvement through delivering sustainable solutions
• Develop and demonstrate change management principles
• Be able to identify common barriers to creating positive sustainability cultures and challenge unsustainable business behaviours
• Results in Practitioner Membership of ISEP and the internationally recognised PISEP suffix
• Successful learners are awarded an ISEP Certificate in Sustainability & Environmental Management (PISEP)