goEco Ambassador

Overview
Schedule
Fees

The goEco Ambassador programme will expose participants to the foundational training for environmental sustainability and managing environmental sustainability-related projects. They will learn various assessment tools to quantify their companies' carbon footprint, mindset for designing for a circular economy and project management tools to help their companies become more environmentally sustainable.

In addition to the foundational training, the goEco Ambassador programme will expose participants to environmental assessment and management through consultancy. The participants will undertake a project that enables them to help their companies become more environmentally sustainable. The participants will also be guided on their project's approach.

Learning Objectives

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

Understand the science of climate change and fundamentals of sustainability, circular economy, sustainable development goals, and sustainability reporting based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards
Develop skills in scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gases accounting
Develop mindset needed for design thinking for a circular economy
Develop skills in project management
Undertake a project to help their companies become environmentally sustainable using skills learned from the course.

Modules

Introduction to sustainability and sustainability reporting

Participants will be introduced to fundamentals of sustainability, circular economy, climate change, sustainable development goals, and sustainability reporting based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. Topics covered include theories and principles of communication to ensure participants can effectively convey sustainability messages and ideas within and outside the organisation.

Climate change and greenhouse gases accounting

Participants will be introduced to corporate-level greenhouse gas accounting based on GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, emphasising scope 1 and scope 2 emissions calculations.

Sustainable Product Design and Innovation

Participants will be introduced to the concepts of design thinking and designing for a circular economy.

Implementing eco projects

Participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of green project management via case studies and discussions. Topics covered include triple constraints, risks management of projects, project management tools, and techniques such as stakeholder influence-impact matrix, work breakdown structure (WBS), and project scheduling.

Who should attend?

Professionals and consultants who are interested to undertake good environmental practices and approaches for the development of green and sustainable operations and processes.

Certification

Participants will be awarded a certificate of completion upon meeting the 75% course attendance requirement.

For courses with formal assessment component, participants will be awarded the certification of completion upon passing the assessment. Otherwise, a certification of attendance will be issued instead upon meeting the 75% course attendance requirement.

Course Date

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On-site consultation: Dates to be arranged with participants. A project report will be submitted within 5 to 7 weeks after classroom-based learning.

Course Duration

2 days

Course Venue

Online Learning

Fees for 2022

Full course fee (with GST)	Singapore Citizens aged 39 & below OR Singapore PR	Singapore Citizens aged 40 & above	SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens OR Singapore PR
$1,284.00	$385.20	$128.40	$145.20

Fees for 2023

Full Course Fees (with GST)	Singapore Citizens aged 39 & below	Singapore Citizens aged 40 & above	Singapore PR	SME-sponsored Singapore Citizens	SME-sponsored Singapore PR
$1,296.00	$385.20	$128.40	$388.80	$145.20	$148.80

Notes:
- Payment may be made using SkillsFuture Credit.
- Fees reflected are inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST). In line with the government fee freeze directive from 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2023, the fees in 2023 for Singapore Citizen will remain the same as 2022. RP will absorb the additional 1% GST for Singapore Citizen in 2023 only.

Republic Polytechnic reserves the right to make changes to the course fee and application closing dates without prior notice. The commencement of each course is subject to sufficient number of participants.

All information is accurate at time of publishing.

Last updated on 29 May 2023

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