EIT RawMaterials
- Start Date: 11 Mar, 2024
- 6 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Explore the importance of sustainability in the extractive industry and what the solutions along 5 key action areas are
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Design, with other stakeholders, new sustainable management practices.
On this six-week course, you’ll discover the most pressing issues and practical challenges faced by decision makers within the extractive industry.
You’ll critically reflect on sustainability, discover best practice strategies, and learn how to respond to sustainability challenges faced by the mineral resource extraction sector.
Explain the environmental and societal impact of mineral extraction
With scientific materials and cutting-edge insights curated by renowned experts, you’ll investigate innovative approaches and solutions to the most pressing sustainability issues in the extractive sector.
Using the SUMEX framework, you’ll focus on five key action areas: permitting and licensing, health and safety, land use planning, environmental and socio-economic impact assessment, and reporting.
With this overview, you’ll be able to contextualise your knowledge within the areas of policy, business, and civil society, helping you analyse and discuss stakeholder needs.
Analyse environmental impact using tools such as the three pillars of sustainability
You’ll investigate sustainable extractive management processes through various conceptual lenses and methodological approaches such as the three pillars of sustainability, leverage points, and the Institutional Resource Regime.
With this knowledge, you’ll be able to apply and adapt sustainability frameworks to reflect different organisational needs.
Discover sustainable management best practice in policy and industry
Framing discussions within the European extractive sector, you’ll share best practice with fellow learners from around the world.
Combining shared experiences and expert insights, you’ll be able to identify successful approaches to sustainability and embed them in your own management practices.
This course is designed for leaders, managers and stakeholders in the mineral extractive industry who want to learn about the challenges, solutions and new developments in sustainability.
It will be especially useful for public administrators and industry practitioners wishing to understand and implement sustainability management at any stage of the mining life cycle from exploration to post-closure. This course may also benefit those interested in the importance of raw materials for a sustainable future and the challenges connected to them.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
EIT RawMaterials
This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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