Waste and Circular Economy Leaders Programme | Skillnet Climate Ready Academy

Programme Summary.

This programme has been designed to support Irish businesses to improve their waste management policies and develop a detailed action plan for their business anchored in Ireland’s Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy.

Programme Benefits.

Improve Circularity.

You will gain the knowledge and skills required to enable your organisations transition to a more circular model.

Reduce Waste & Costs.

You will gain key insights into effective organisational waste management to deliver waste efficient services and reduce operating costs.

Action Plan.

You will create a bespoke Waste Action Plan to deploy in your business.

Resilient and Competitive Business.

You will take practical steps to build the resilience and competitiveness of your business.

Fully Funded for Eligible Firms.

This programme is funded by Skillnet Ireland for eligible companies.

University Accredited.

This programme is university accredited and part of a level 7 certificate programme.

Who is this Programme for?

The Waste and Circular Economy Leaders programme is suitable for any business and their employees who want to learn how to transition from a take-make-waste consumption model, that is unsustainable, to one based on models of circularity. The programme has the dual target of developing trainee skills at an individual level and delivering tangible impacts at the site level.

Structure & learning experience.

The Waste and Circular Economy Leaders programme consists of live, online mentoring and support workshops focused on providing you with the skills and knowledge needed to enable your organisations transition to a more circular model. Demonstrating practical, effective ways to decrease operating costs whilst protecting the environment.

Workshop Webinars

Workshop 1

Drivers & principles of circular economy.

Workshop 2

Tools to assess and improve circularity.

Workshop 3

Circular economy business models; barriers and guidance to transitioning to circular mode.

Workshop 4

8 step flexible framework for implementing the principles of circular economy.

Report Out

Practical framework for implementing circular economy in your organisation.

Who is eligible?

The Skillnet Climate Ready Academy is a fully funded up-skilling initiative designed for owner-managers and leadership teams of private sector businesses across all industry sectors in Ireland.

Certain businesses are not eligible to participate in the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy including:

• Non-Commercial Public sector organisations.
• Charity or not-for-profit organisations.
• Businesses based outside the Republic of Ireland.

Designed and delivered in partnership with enterprise.

Skillnet Climate Ready Academy was designed following extensive consultation with businesses operating in a range of sectors. Skillnet Ireland are an enterprise agency whose role is to ensure their programmes are aligned to national policy and evolving commercial needs. 20FIFTY Partners are the delivery partner for the Skillnet Climate Ready Academy, they collaborate closely with industry to design world class, innovative training programmes that are delivered by experts and apply best practice methodologies centred on sustainability and the green economy. Skillnet Climate Ready Academy also work in partnership with government and enterprise agencies including IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.

Waste and Circular Economy Leaders Programme.