As stated in Telenor Agenda 21[!] - our Strategic Environmental Plan for the period 1999-2001 - a system for environmental training of managers and employees in Telenor is being prepared. Several business areas have already commenced work on establishing an environmental management system in accordance with ISO 14001. A requirement for establishing such a system is that all employees complete a training programme in the field of the external environment and sustainability.
Work is in progress to develop a system for the environmental training, and a number of conditions have been specified for how the training shall be carried out.
Because Telenor has a large number of employees and the group has a well developed system of communications, the environmental training is to be arranged in the form of a network-based training system. This will be done in accordance with the guidelines which the Telenor Group has adopted for the establishment of electronic training systems and the Learning Management System (LMS) which has been selected for Telenor.
The structure of the environmental training is shown in the diagram.
The following structure is planned:
- An introductory section which will motivate the employees to take the course.
- A section of fundamental environmental know-how which will form the background for more practically orientated information later.
- A section of information on the environmental work in progress in Telenor, for example objectives, plans of action, initiatives, results, lines of responsibility, expectations of the employees, etc.
At the end of each section a test will be arranged to allow the individual employee to test his or her ability.
The training in connection with the first three sections will in principle be the same for all employees.
The fourth section will consist of tailor-made programmes for different types of personnel in the Group. A secretary will have different requirements for environmental training from an installation engineer. Different modules or courses will therefore be developed to suit the individual. According to the plan, the training system will be in operation during 2002.
