Limerick businesses to prioritise sustainability with new free courses
LIMERICK businesses are being urged to prioritise sustainability in 2024 as new free circular economy training courses are launched by Modos.
Modos is a circular economy training programme for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
From January 2024 onwards, Irish businesses will, at different stages, be required to comply with the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This new law will place responsibilities on businesses to accurately report their sustainability efforts and climate impact.
Those responsible for the sustainability management in their businesses will benefit greatly from the programme, Modos, which has announced three programme dates in 2024, with the first course starting on February 2, 2024. The training is free.
To register your interest visit www.modos.ie
The Modos course is designed to equip SMEs to apply circular economy principles in their business. The programme will cover topics such as circular economy principles, supply chain, resource efficiency, design thinking and innovation, carbon emissions, and customer engagement and marketing.
The training is practical and aims to help SMEs reduce waste and carbon emissions while creating opportunities to save money, increase resilience and boost competitive advantage.
Each programme will consist of a three-module series and will be delivered online. Due to the practical nature of the training, each of the programmes, starting on February 2, April 12 and May 24 2024, is limited to 25 people.
Speaking at the launch of the 2024 MODOS training programmes, Dr Joanne Rourke, regional resource efficiency officer at the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices said: “Irish businesses are at the heart of our economy, so it is our responsibility to equip them with the correct information to implement circular economy practices into their businesses. The MODOS training course has been hugely successful, with over 100 businesses completing the training. We want to continue to build on this success by helping more businesses this year.”
The three training programmes planned for 2024 will be delivered by leading experts in circular economy principles, including Change by Degrees, Munster Technological University, and SustHub.
Sean O'Haire, head of marketing at VivaGreen Group, previously took part in the Modos training programme. He said the course has been of huge benefit to the company.
“The Modos training program was fundamental in the development of our circular economy range Tru Eco,” Mr O’Haire said.
“The training provided insights into product life cycles, resource optimization, and eco-friendly practices. By adopting the principles, it not only helped us meet environmental goals, but it also led to significant cost savings and market differentiation.
These points of difference helped gain media exposure and lead to listings with large retailers,” he added.
Modos is a joint initiative of the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices and Dublin City Council (DCC), funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications.
The Modos training programme is suitable for SMEs across Ireland (companies of up to 250 employees) from all sectors but particularly: food, retail, manufacturing, textiles/fashion, electronics, construction and the built environment, plastics and packaging.