Lesson 1: What EMAS is · 10 min
Before you begin · Purpose and benefits · The eight steps
Three pieces that work together
Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 2 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.
What would you do?A team has listed its aspects and wants to treat all of them as equally important, since a ranking takes effortAssess each aspect with set criteria such as extent, severity, frequency and stakeholder concern, and focus on the significant onesTreat them all equallyRank them by whichever is easiest to fix
Live deckQuiz · 4 slidesContent · 2 slidesWord cloud · 1 slideScale · 1 slide
Feedback surveyHow much do you agree with each statement? I can:How much experience do you have with environmental management systems?What do you most want to get from this course?Overall, how would you rate this course?
6 lessons, about 40 minutes
What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.
Lesson 2: The environmental review · 6 min
Context, parties and legal duties · Aspects and significance
Lesson 3: Policy and programme · 6 min
The environmental policy · Objectives, targets and measures
Lesson 4: Running the system · 6 min
Leadership, people and communication · Control, emergencies and corrective action
Lesson 5: Audit and management review · 6 min
Internal audit · Management review
Lesson 6: Final assessment · 6 min
Final assessment · Course complete
Source and credit: EMAS User's Guide (2023 update) and EMAS Toolkit for small and medium-sized organisations by European Commission, green-forum.ec.europa.eu/green-business/emas/emas-resources/emas-tools_en (opens in a new tab), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (opens in a new tab)). Adapted by AhaSlides: the guide and toolkit rewritten as an interactive course and live session, with activities and quizzes added. Changes were made to the original.
Often taught together
Courses teams often run alongside this one.
Ethics & Compliance Training
Anti-money laundering & Bank Secrecy Act (opens in a new tab)
Ethics & Compliance Training
OFAC sanctions compliance (opens in a new tab)
Ethics & Compliance Training
Know your customer / customer identification program (opens in a new tab)
Common questions
Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).
Environmental and quality managers, and operations managers.
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
- Link to your live session deck
- Link to the self-paced course