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Mon, 08/06/2012
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Wed, 08/08/2012
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9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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CSM-07
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Room | 601 |
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3
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Rutgers has partnered with Everblue Training Institute to provide a complete program in LEED exam prep, green energy, and sustainability. Everblue is an accredited USGBC provider and the nation’s premier LEED training firm. Our courses are designed to teach you everything you need to know about sustainable, green building practices either for certification or your own edification.
With thousands of LEED professionals already certified, your success is our mission. Everblue's no-nonsense, only what you need to know approach combined with a professional, high-energy delivery ensures that you will have an intense learning experience that maximizes your education investment. 90% of Everblue students pass the LEED exam on their first attempt!
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Program Overview
Become a certified Corporate Sustainability Manager (CSM). As a CSM,
you will help define and implement your organization’s sustainability
strategy. Remove the ambiguity that surrounds the term sustainability
and learn concrete steps that you can take to impact your business'
bottom line and the environment.
As a certified Corporate Sustainability Manager, you will learn seven
aspects of corporate and organizational sustainability: Zeroing out
Waste, Innovating with Sustainable Design, Reducing Carbon Footprints
(Life Cycle Analysis and Energy Efficiency), Maximizing Natural
Resources, Resource Efficient Transportation, Galvanizing Stakeholders,
and LEEDing facilities construction, operations, and maintenance. Learn
how Walmart, Nestle, Dial, and other Fortune 500 leaders are redefining
corporate sustainability and how that will impact you and your
business.
What is Corporate/Organizational Sustainability?
Businesses around the world are realizing that harmonizing business practices with environmental stewardship is not only the right thing it to do, it is also just good business. Whether it’s greening your supply chain, launching a new green product or service, reducing your corporate carbon footprint, developing eco-friendly office processes, or attaining LEED certification for your new building, this training will help you.
Who Should Attend?
You should attend if:
- You need help defining or implementing your organization’s sustainability strategy
- You are developing strategies and a business plan for a new green product or service
- You are starting a sustainable business
- You want to evaluate the costs and benefits of competing sustainability options
- You want to educate staff, vendors, and/or partners on environmental stewardship
Skills You Will Acquire
- Learn the regulatory proposals and requirements that will affect your business in the future
- Learn to identify and measure your company’s or product’s environmental impacts
- Learn how to conducting a carbon footprint assessment and recommending ways to go “carbon neutral”
- Learn to Develop a communications plan for promoting your firm’s environmental activities
- Learn how to integrate LEED for facility or construction projects (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, US Green Building Council)
- Learn how to zero out waste
Program Outline
| Day 1: Defining Sustainability |
| Course Introduction |
| Defining Sustainability |
| Biosphere Impacts |
| Factors Driving Sustainability |
| Day 2: Environmental Indicators |
| Global Reporting Initiative |
| Materials |
| Energy |
| Biodiversity |
| Emissions & Effluents |
| Waste |
| Products & Services |
| Supply Chain |
| Day 3: Implementing Sustainability |
| Life Cycle Assessments |
| Green Building |
| Green Purchasing |
| Governance and Reporting |
| CSM Exam Review and Questions |
Text Book
Course materials and handouts will be provided.
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