Environmental, Health, and Safety (ESH) Leadership and Governance Training Course in Dubai, UAE

Course overview

Facing the ever-growing environmental, health, and safety (ESH) challenges in today's rapidly evolving world, businesses and government bodies are increasingly met with skepticism from stakeholders and the public. These challenges can lead to class actions, financial penalties, and immediate losses, significantly affecting companies. To manage these complexities, business professionals, managers, and directors are needing to work in close cooperation with strategic planning processes, maintaining an environment where both employers and employees share responsibilities for health and safety. This dynamic situation requires effective leadership and governance across all levels of an organization.

Our certified EHS Leadership and Governance short course offers a comprehensive solution to these issues. Specifically designed for HSSE managers and staff, this public, online and in-house program focuses on delivering results that benefit the entire organization, and providing you with the skills and knowledge needed to transform your workplace into a highly reliable one. Whether you work in an office setting, a construction site, or are managing ESH matters remotely, this course will equip you with the essential knowledge and tools. The ESH course is built on the basis of practical implementation on how to improve health and safety Leadership and Governance. This course provides valuable opportunities for gaining skills and knowledge, ensuring that delegates will be competently equipped to handle ESH standards in the work environments.

Upon completion of this health and safety training course, participants will be able to:

• Comprehend the key aspects of a High-Reliability Organization (HRO) and its critical characteristics for a safe and efficient work environment
• Understand the interplay between corporate governance, control systems, and the rapidly developing technology landscape within the context of environmental, health, and safety (EHS)
• Acknowledge the shared responsibilities of health and safety between employers and employees, fostering a culture that values safety and wellbeing
• Grasp the legal frameworks that influence EHS governance and the potential impact of non-compliance
• Appreciate the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Accountability (SA), and sustainability in enhancing EHS practices, ensuring alignment with organizational purpose
• Develop and implement an EHS Leadership and Governance framework, acknowledging the effects of organizational structure and board effectiveness on safety management

Who Should Attend

• EHS Managers and Professionals
• Corporate Governance Officers
• CSR Executives
• Risk Management Specialists
• Government Employees
• Strategic Planners
• Business Owners

What will you gain

By attending the HSE certification, participants will:

• Improve the ability to distinguish a high-reliability organizational culture, with a clear understanding of the impact of governance on organizational design
• Understand how to engage different stakeholders for effective control and oversight in EHS matters
• Gain insights into corporate risk management strategies that minimize financial and non-financial losses, and how this aligns with your overall HSSE (Health, Safety, Security, and Environment) plan
• Understand the perception of risk appetite and strategic alternatives for managing risk in the EHS context
• Gain knowledge of the cost-value analysis of safety incidents and their impact on occupational health, safety, and environment (OHSE)
• Appreciate the relationship between CSR, SA, and sustainability, as well as their relevance to your role as an EHS manager or professional
• Gain an understanding of how to balance between Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Balanced Scorecard (BSC), and implicit indicators in the context of EHS reporting
• Enhance your skills in developing a safety culture and communication within your organization
• Learn how to effectively monitor and analyze EHS performance, acknowledging the social accountability and impact of your organization's EHS practices
• Understand how to utilize business intelligence to report and streamline EHS performance, aligning EHS goals with broader business objectives
• Gain the skills and knowledge needed to transform your organization into a highly reliable one, through effective leadership and governance in EHS

Course content

• Introduction
  • The nature of contemporary risk within organisational context
  • A new taxonomy of environmental risk
  • Anthropogenic disaster
  • Climate change
  • Ecological shift
  • Geographic epidemiology
  • Natural disaster
  • Occupational safety
  • Radiation
  • Toxicology
  • Vector borne disease
  • Waterborne disease
  • The scope and nature of workplace health and safety
  • The standards for occupational health: ISO 45001 – NEBOSH
  • The standards for Environmental Health: ISO 14001
• The Context of High-Reliability Organizations
  • Understand the significance of HROs
  • The meaning of HRO critical characteristics
  • The significant details about HRO influence on the safe and efficient work environment
  • Corporate social responsibility (CSR), ESH, Sustainability
  • Normal Accident Theory (NAT)
  • High Reliability Organization Theory (HROT)
  • Attributes of an HRO
  • Resilience in HRO
  • Prioritization of safety
  • Organizational culture of reliability
  • Learning organization
  • The five characteristics of HROs
  • HRO leadership model
• Corporate Governance Within the Context of ESH and OHS
  • Defining corporate governance
  • The “supervisors” positive influence
  • The shared responsibility of health and safety between each person
  • The positive impact on HSEQ standards
  • Safely implementation of governance structures
  • The increasing importance of corporate governance in the context of HSE and OHS
  • The Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 (SOX Act)
  • Organizational design and architecture
  • Corporate values, structure, and governance
  • The impact of CSR, and stakeholder’s engagement on the firm’s financial performance
  • Develop a “competent workforce” to foster a culture of “safety values”
• Legal Imperatives that Drive EHS Governance
  • The risk of non-compliance for OHS
  • The risk of non-compliance with ESH
  • The role of assessment in legal implications
  • The Changing roles of corporate social responsibility
  • Organizational compliance strategy
  • UAE EHS management system
• Environmental, Health and Safety Culture
  • Cost implications of major incident
  • Occupational health and safety control level
  • Assessing organizational safety culture
  • The effectiveness of the risk management system
  • Manage incidents: Total Error Reduction Management (TERM)
  • Contractor’s compliance
• Risk Perception, Risk Management and Risk Tolerance
  • Cost value analysis of safety incidents
  • Corporate Enterprise Risk Management
  • Financial risks
  • Operational management risks
  • Strategic management risks
  • Directors’ Risk Oversight Responsibilities
  • Best appetite
  • Risk culture
  • Risk committee
  • Internal audit function
  • ERM as an enabler of risk intelligence
  • The six major areas of risk management
• Relationship of CSR, Social Accountability SA, and Sustainability
  • Organization’s positioning statement based on CSR, SA, and sustainability
  • Analyze the impact of these elements on business packages
  • Safety and security elements within social responsibility
  • The importance of sustainability reporting: what to focus on
  • Assessing the gaps in the implementation n of ESH and CSR
  • Safety and Health Sustainability Taskforce
  • CSR diagnostic framework and a CSR management tool
  • Health and safety sustainability index
  • ISO 45001 Standards versus NEBOSH for OSH
  • ISO 14001 criteria for an environmental management system
  • The “Rewarding Virtue” document
  • Assessing the vision and long-term view in the social context
  • The three factors in assessing organisational sustainability
  • Greening the strategy
  • Implementing green strategy
  • SWOT analysis for CSR, SA and sustainability
• Board Effectiveness and the C-level Relationship
  • EHS policy, principles, and mandates
  • Competencies required from BOD and C level
  • Understanding the board’s role in corporate strategy
  • The concept of “independence” of the board director
  • The changing role of BOD
  • Intellectual Capital Model of the Board
  • Western context and Middle eastern context
  • The changing role of the chairman
  • Top Leadership traits for BOD, Chairman and C level
  • Chief risk officer versus chief risk governor
  • CEO /chairman relationship impact on the performance of the board and company
  • Board effectiveness and board type
  • The new energy executive
• Organizational Structure and Effective Safety Communication
  • The impact of organizational structure on the management of safety
  • Different approaches for different types of risks
  • The skills to provide robust assurance of safety management
  • Defining the key EHS responsibilities and accountabilities
  • Defining the key EHS responsibilities and accountabilities
  • Assessing the impact of structure and communication of a high risk/high-reliability organizations
  • Evaluating structure and complexities of safety control
  • Identify implicit indicators: beyond conventional direct indicators
  • Collection of EHS data and the use of new technology
  • Using new technology to minimise communication’ gaps
  • The importance of automation for a better H&S communication strategy
  • Balance between GRI, BSC and implicit indicators
  • Identifying the role of digitisation and digitalization on the OHSE communication
  • Using business intelligence to report and streamline EHS performance
  • Streamline risk management governance framework reporting
• Safety/EHS Leadership
  • Supportive versus directive leadership
  • Viewing ESH as strategic rather than operational
  • Cultural influence of leadership style
  • Safety/EHS leadership
  • Board leadership vs executive leadership
  • Making safety/EHS a core value
  • Influence and accountability
  • Stakeholder influence on accountability
  • Monitoring EHS performance: Effectiveness, Frequency, Expectation
  • EHS awareness, knowledge, and competence
  • Operational excellence and management systems
  • Legal imperatives for safety
  • Reporting structure and hierarchy
  • Alignment and competing goals
  • Industry influence and maturity
  • Effective monitoring and analysis
  • Social accountability and impact
  • Learning organizations
  • Organizational resilience
  • Ethics and morality
  • Independence of EHS
• Developing Safety Culture and Communications
  • Defining EHS culture
  • Developing safety culture and communications
  • Develop organizationally integrated behavioural-based safety programmes
  • The top-down approach to developing organizational safety culture
  • The bottom-up approach to developing organizational safety culture
  • The seven themes of EHS governance
  • Leadership
  • No-blame cultural reporting
  • Behavioural change (individual, team, organisational levels)
  • Embedding EHS within organisational value
  • Develop compliance and consequences management
  • Develop high reliability in organisational EHS cultures
  • Compliance with international standards
• Contextual Diagram of EHS Leadership and Governance
  • Putting it all together
  • EHS/Safety leadership approach
  • Contextual framework for leadership and governance
  • Knowledge and competence & Influence and accountability
  • Alignment of EHS goals with business gaols
  • ESH as an organizational value driver
  • Business resilience and preparedness
  • The sources of health and safety information
  • Effective health and safety governance and leadership
  • Management, leadership, and stewardship
  • The difference between governance and leadership
  • The principles of governance in the context of OHS