Course Topics

Occupational and environmental risks posed by the activities of small and medium enterprises (SME's) require this sector to make gradual changes in their businesses in order to move towards more sustainable patterns of operation while systematized and formalized work.

The goal of a Sustainable Management Program is to integrate technical operations of cleaner production in order to prevent, eliminate and / or reduce environmental and occupational risks generated by daily activities. This includes four stages, based on the continuous improvement cycle of Deming, planning, implementation, evaluation and correction.

The Sustainable Management Program not only increase profits by reducing the risks, but also promote the implementation of actions to protect the environment and improve the quality of life of workers.

Approach

The workshop will have a theory and practice approach; so, participants are going to jointly develop the two first phases of a Sustainability Program.

Participants will focus not only on identifying environmental and occupational risks, but also on proposing alternatives for preventing, reducing or eliminating the identified risks on a Beauty Salon; specifically, in the process of fake nails.

Specific Objectives of the Course

  • Learning the stages of a Sustainable Management Program Services.
  • Applying tools and techniques to prevent reduce and/or eliminate occupational and environmental risks within SME's.
  • Identifying sustainability opportunities tailored for a SME

Workshop Program

09:00 – 10:15 - General Context of SME's to the challenge of sustainable development

10:15 – 10:35 - Coffee break

10:35 – 13:00 - Development of a Sustainable Management Plan (Part 1: Situational Diagnosis)

13:00 – 14:00 - Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 - Development of a Sustainable Management Plan to a service (Part 2: Characterization and evaluation of the service)

14:30 – 15:30 - Development of a Sustainable Management Plan to a service (Part 3: Alternatives for improvement)

15:30 – 16:00 - Wrap Up

Performed by

 

Universidade Paulista - UNIP
 
Support
 
Universidád de Sonora - Mexico
 
 
ABEPRO