Calculating Your Carbon Footprint

OBJECTIVES

This course will enable you to recognise the impact of carbon emissions and the importance of consistently reporting them. You'll grasp the terminology, key concepts, and issues to the extent that you can begin to allocate the necessary resources to address and improve your carbon footprint calculation approach.

By attending this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand what carbon/GHG emissions are and recognise their impact.
• Identify the specific greenhouse gases and adhere to internationally accepted standards (ISO 14064-1 and WBCSD/WRI Organisational GHG Protocol).
• Identify those aspects of their organisation's activities that contribute to carbon emissions.
• Know how to use standardised approaches, emission factors, and calculate scope 1 and scope 2 emissions.
• Consider data management and quality issues, reporting, and understand the importance of third-party verification.

WHO THE COURSE IS FOR?

Operational, engineering, environmental (EHS/SHE/QHSE), energy, and/or sustainability managers at the plant/site/asset or company level and those from their teams from organisations of any size.