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Three practical training programmes on our Rohekool e-learning platform — ISO 59000 circular economy, VSME for accountants and Level(s) for the construction sector.

ISO 59000

ISO 59000 standards — your path to becoming a circular economy expert

The aim of the training is to give participants the knowledge and skills to apply circular-economy principles in accordance with the standards. The training helps a company prepare to issue a digital product passport. Participants gain an overview of how to steer product development to take circularity requirements into account.

Audience
The training is aimed at employees who work with sustainability topics in companies. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced specialists who wish to acquire or deepen their knowledge of implementing the ISO 59000 family of standards.
Learning outcomes
  • Understands the requirements of the ISO 59000 series of circular-economy standards and can interpret them in both product-development and organisational contexts.
  • Can plan and implement circular-economy principles in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 59000 standards.
  • Can measure circularity and prepare a product circularity data sheet in accordance with EVS-ISO 59040:2025.
  • Applies circular-economy principles in sustainability reporting.
Curriculum
  • Overview and principles of the ISO 59000 standards
  • Planning and implementing resource circularity
  • Assessing circularity impacts in the company and supply chain
  • Preparing a product circularity data sheet (PCDS)
  • Planning and disclosing circularity KPIs in reporting
ScopeTotal study volume: 8 academic hours
FormatClassroom or online, on request; the Rohekool e-learning platform.
VSME / ESRS

Sustainability reporting training for small businesses

The aim of the training is to give participants practical knowledge and skills for applying the voluntary sustainability reporting standard (VSME) in their work. The training is built in the language of accountants and based on the chart of accounts, drawing on data that already exists.

Audience
The training is aimed at accountants and finance professionals who wish to deepen their knowledge of sustainability reporting and learn to apply the voluntary sustainability reporting standard (VSME) in their own company or for their clients. No prior experience in sustainability reporting is required.
Learning outcomes
  • Understands the logic of the VSME standard and its connection to accounting.
  • Can collect, analyse and present ESG data from existing systems.
  • Knows how to connect costs, quantities and personnel with sustainability reporting.
  • Applies existing data in VSME reports and supplements it each year systematically and efficiently.
Curriculum
  • The nature and audience of the VSME standard
  • The role of accounting in sustainability reporting
  • Data collection and categorisation
  • Processing environmental data
  • Social and governance data
  • Preparing a sustainability report under the VSME standard
ScopeTotal study volume: 8 academic hours
FormatClassroom training with feedback; the Rohekool platform.
Level(s) / Taxonomy

Calculating environmental impacts and circularity in construction

At the request of financiers, the construction and real-estate sector must disclose data demonstrating a building’s sustainability. The assessment methodology is based on the Level(s) framework. The Environmental Act adds a requirement to also take resource-efficiency and material-circulation indicators into account.

Audience
The training is aimed at architects, designers, and companies in the construction and real-estate sector. It is suitable for both beginners and experienced specialists who wish to acquire or deepen their knowledge of assessing the environmental impacts and sustainability of organisations and buildings.
Learning outcomes
  • Understands sustainability reporting requirements and can interpret them in both product-development and organisational contexts.
  • Can plan and implement the measurement of life-cycle environmental impact.
  • Can use the Level(s) framework.
  • Applies the Level(s) framework in sustainability reporting.
Curriculum
  • Life-cycle and systems-thinking principles
  • The Level(s) framework
  • Bill of Quantities of materials and service lives (UM3 indicator 2.1)
  • Calculating the carbon footprint of a building and organisation
  • Circularity indicators in construction
ScopeTotal study volume: 60 academic hours
FormatOnline mentored learning and independent e-learning; over 500 pages of materials.

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