Course description

A practitioner-focused course that shows participants how to understand, design, implement, and maintain an Environmental Management System aligned with ISO 14001:2026. The course follows the PDCA model and translates the requirements of ISO 14001 into practical actions that organizations can apply to improve environmental performance, meet compliance obligations, reduce environmental risks, and support sustainability goals.

Participants will learn how to determine organizational context, identify relevant interested parties, define the EMS scope, establish environmental policy and objectives, evaluate environmental aspects and impacts, address risks and opportunities, and develop practical operational controls. The course also explains how to manage documented information, competence, awareness, internal and external communication, emergency preparedness, monitoring and measurement, evaluation of compliance, internal audits, management review, nonconformity, corrective action, and continual improvement.

Special attention is given to the 2026 revision, including stronger alignment with the latest ISO management system structure, clearer expectations around environmental conditions, climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem health, compliance obligations, life cycle perspective, risk-based planning, and integration with other systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Map ISO 14001:2026 clauses to the PDCA cycle and organizational processes
• Define the scope of an Environmental Management System using context, interested parties, compliance obligations, activities, products, services, and life cycle influence
• Identify environmental aspects, impacts, significant aspects, and related risks and opportunities
• Develop or improve an environmental policy, environmental objectives, targets, indicators, and action plans
• Understand compliance obligations and how to integrate legal and other requirements into the EMS
• Apply life cycle perspective to procurement, design, operations, delivery, use, and end-of-life considerations
• Establish operational controls for significant environmental aspects and outsourced processes
• Plan emergency preparedness and response arrangements for environmental incidents
• Manage competence, awareness, communication, and documented information
• Monitor and evaluate environmental performance using practical indicators and evidence
• Prepare for evaluation of compliance, internal audits, management review, corrective action, and continual improvement
• Understand the key transition considerations from ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015/Amd 1:2024 to ISO 14001:2026

Who should attend

• Environmental managers, coordinators, and specialists
• HSE, EHS, ESG, sustainability, and compliance professionals
• Operations, facilities, maintenance, project, and procurement managers
• Quality and integrated management system managers
• Internal auditors and implementation team members
• Consultants supporting EMS implementation or transition projects
• Executives and managers responsible for environmental performance, compliance, risk, or sustainability reporting
• Organizations preparing to implement, update, integrate, or certify an Environmental Management System

Recommended background

• Basic understanding of environmental issues, regulations, and organizational operations
• Familiarity with ISO management system concepts or PDCA is helpful but not required
• Prior exposure to ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, or internal auditing is useful for participants working with integrated systems

Course Description

This course provides practical guidance on ISO 45003:2021, the first international standard focused on managing psychosocial risks and promoting mental well-being in the workplace. As a supplement to ISO 45001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems), ISO 45003 helps organizations identify, prevent, and address work-related factors that could negatively impact psychological health. The training empowers HR, HSE, and leadership teams to build safer, more supportive, and productive work environments.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the scope, structure, and intent of ISO 45003:2021.

• Define and identify psychosocial hazards such as workload, bullying, poor communication, or lack of support.

• Assess and manage mental health risks as part of your Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS).

• Integrate psychosocial risk controls into HR, leadership, and safety practices.

• Promote a mentally healthy workplace culture through leadership and employee engagement.

• Design and implement policies to address stress, burnout, and emotional well-being.

• Measure psychosocial risks and evaluate workplace well-being outcomes.

• Align with ISO 45001 requirements for hazard identification, risk assessment, and control.

• Support compliance with national workplace mental health regulations and global standards.

• Prepare documentation and evidence for audits or certifications.

Who Should Attend

• HSE and Occupational Health Managers

• HR Leaders and People & Culture Teams

• Well-being and Mental Health Program Coordinators

• Line Managers, Supervisors, and Team Leads

• ISO 45001 Implementers and Auditors

• Consultants in health, safety, and organizational psychology

Recommendations

• Familiarity with ISO 45001 or workplace safety practices is helpful

• No prior ISO 45003 experience required

• Ideal for organizations addressing mental health, burnout, or high-stress work environments

Skills

• ISO 45003 guideline application

• Psychosocial hazard identification and control

• Integration of mental health into safety systems

• Policy development for psychological well-being

• Organizational stress and fatigue risk management

• Data-driven evaluation of psychosocial risks

• Support strategies for high-risk or trauma-exposed teams

• Compliance with workplace health laws and expectations

• Audit readiness and documentation for OHSMS + well-being

Course description

This course provides comprehensive guidance on implementing ISO/IEC 25002, part of the ISO/IEC 25000 SQuaRE (Software Product Quality Requirements and Evaluation) series. ISO 25002 defines the measurement and evaluation process for software product quality based on defined quality characteristics such as functionality, reliability, usability, performance, security, maintainability, and portability. Participants will learn how to design and conduct structured software quality evaluations that align with business needs, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement strategies.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Understand the structure, purpose, and role of ISO/IEC 25002 in the SQuaRE framework.

• Apply the quality evaluation process model: planning, specification, execution, and conclusion.

• Select and define relevant software quality characteristics and sub-characteristics.

• Identify applicable quality measures based on ISO/IEC 25023 and ISO/IEC 25010.

• Develop quality evaluation criteria for new, evolving, or acquired software products.

• Conduct measurement activities and gather quantitative and qualitative data.

• Analyze and interpret results to determine software product conformity.

• Document the software quality evaluation results for internal or customer reporting.

• Align software quality assessment with procurement, development, or release decisions.

• Integrate ISO 25002 with other standards such as ISO 90003, ISO/IEC 12207, or Agile frameworks.

Who Should Attend

• Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineers

• Product Owners and Release Managers

• Software Developers and System Architects

• IT Compliance and Risk Officers

• Software Procurement and Vendor Assessment Teams

• Consultants in software quality and ISO/IEC standards

Recommendations

• Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) or testing is helpful

• No prior ISO/IEC 25000 experience required

• Useful for teams working in regulated, high-reliability, or mission-critical environments

Skills

• ISO/IEC 25002 evaluation process application

• Software quality criteria design

• Measurement using ISO/IEC 25010 and 25023 models

• Software product conformity evaluation

• Technical reporting and decision support

• Integration with DevOps, Agile, or V-model systems

• Supplier evaluation based on software quality

• Software release and acceptance validation

Course description

A practitioner-focused, hands-on course that shows you how to design, implement, and sustain an Environmental Management System (EMS) that reduces risk, improves compliance, and drives measurable environmental performance. We cover the PDCA backbone, identifying environmental aspects and impacts with a life-cycle lens, understanding compliance obligations, managing risk and opportunity, setting objectives and programs; operational controls (including contractors and change management), emergency preparedness and response; competence and communication; monitoring and measurement, internal auditing, management review; and continual improvement. Includes practical tools, templates, and Canadian/BC context for permitting, waste, spills, and reporting.

What you’ll learn

• Map processes, identify environmental aspects/impacts, and prioritize significant aspects
• Determine and track compliance obligations; link them to controls and records
• Build EMS procedures and documented information that are lean and auditable
• Set environmental objectives, targets, and metrics; create improvement programs
• Apply life-cycle thinking to procurement, design, and outsourced processes
• Establish operational controls, emergency response, and contractor requirements
• Monitor and measure performance; manage findings, corrective action, and improvement
• Prepare for internal audits and management review; integrate with 9001/45001/50001

Who should attend

• Environmental, HSE/ESG, and sustainability managers/coordinators
• Operations, maintenance, facilities, and project managers
• Quality/IMS managers integrating multiple ISO systems
• Internal auditors and implementation team members
• Executives and budget owners seeking risk reduction and compliance assurance

Recommended

• Basic environmental concepts (air, water, waste, hazardous materials)
• Familiarity with site processes/equipment and contractor activities
• Comfort with spreadsheets and simple data analysis (trend, variance)
• Prior exposure to any ISO management system or PDCA concepts
• Awareness of local country/province regulatory context and reporting