A Joint Action Toward Cleaner Production
Swiss-Iran cooperation to improve environmental practices
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between sba and the Iranian Society for Green Management (ISGM). As ISGM and sba share common vision and objectives, namely the promotion of sustainable development and best environmental practices to business and industry, the scope of cooperation of this MoU lies in the dissemination of knowledge and practices on Cleaner Production and Green Management, via the exchange of scientific knowledge, training and consultation to public and private entities.
This MoU covers the period from 1 June 2009 to 31 December 2010. At a first stage, Iran will be the main area of operation. Arab countries from the Middle East and North Africa as well as Gulf countries will be tackled in a second phase.
Objectives
ISGM and sba will join forces to:
- Train experts and assessors on Cleaner Production and Green Management
- Promote Cleaner Production and Green Management practices to business and industry as well as service companies (i.e. hotels, hospitals, banks, etc.)
- Prepare training booklets and packages for the dissemination of knowledge on Cleaner Production and Green Management
- Hold joint training and consulting courses as well as workshops, seminars, congresses, symposium and festivals on Cleaner Production as well as Green Management
- Facilitate the dissemination of ISGM Green Management model as well as sba model for Cleaner Production Excellence and other eco-management tools
Activities
Eco-management training course
A seminar was planned from January 30th to February 4th, 2010. It gathered in Teheran some 40 executives from Iranian major industries. The objective was to raise awareness of the best environmental practices potentialities in the industrial sector. This seminar particularly highlighted the profitability of such practices for an enterprise as they are a means to reduce costs and can also be used as a sound marketing tool.
A condensed theoretical basis programme first introduced the concepts of eco-management and Cleaner Production. In order to illustrate concretely these notions, the participants implemented role plays and study various case studies of exemplary and successful best environment practices.
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High Level Training Course on Green Management & Cleaner Production
A seminar is planned from June 17th to 24th, 2011 in Switzerland. The training will allow participants to gain a common conceptual understanding of green management and cleaner production, become familiar with methods and tools for the implementation and assessment of sustainable strategies, strengthen operational skills and improve decision making throughout defining priorities and correctives measures and identify and explore opportunities to improve within the framework of professional activities.
Diploma of advanced studies en stratégie environnementale et enjeux économiques
