I wondered what I could cover for this blog post and decided on a pet topic of mine over the years – mind mapping! This is a technique that can be used in multiple circumstances, such as when trying to organise thoughts while answering an exam question, an assignment question, or … [Read more...] about Mind Mapping – What Is It and Why Is It Useful?
Environmental Management
Background to Environmental Permitting
Introduction A key legal requirement in many places around the world that regulates all sorts of environmental impacts is the need for an environmental permit. A permit is basically a licence that is required to carry out an activity that could harm the environment. A permit … [Read more...] about Background to Environmental Permitting
Integrating Sustainable Development Goals
I wrote about Sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a previous blog post a while back. Since then SDGs have massively come into prominence and are a key way that organisation’s outline what areas of sustainability are important to them on websites, corporate reports and other … [Read more...] about Integrating Sustainable Development Goals
An overview of the environmental impacts of agriculture
I was brought up on a small farm, kind of an idyllic upbringing in some ways, but also quite hard work in others. Therefore, in this post I thought I would go back to my roots and post about something agriculturally related for the first time. Let’s consider agricultural land use … [Read more...] about An overview of the environmental impacts of agriculture
Considerations of management system integration
Have you ever noticed that there are many similarities between quality, health & safety, and environmental (QHSE)? I have a fair bit of experience of the first two of those and there is not much difference in their overall strategic management in an organisation. Sure, … [Read more...] about Considerations of management system integration