Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Carbon Footprinting

Course objectives

• Set organisational and operational boundaries and a consolidation approach
• Collect activity data for direct and energy indirect emissions
• Select emission factors and document their source and uncertainty
• Estimate value chain emissions and state their reliability
• Set a base year, recalculate and establish targets
• Prepare an inventory for external assurance
• Plan reductions and avoid claims that cannot be substantiated

Who should attend

• Environmental and sustainability practitioners
• Energy managers and engineers
• Finance and reporting staff preparing disclosures
• Auditors providing assurance over emissions data
• Executives accountable for climate commitments

Course outline

1. 01Numbers subject to assurance and challenge
2. 02Organisational and operational boundaries
3. 03Consolidation approaches
4. 04Direct and energy indirect emissions
5. 05Activity data and its collection
6. 06Emission factors, vintage and uncertainty
7. 07Value chain emissions and their reliability
8. 08Base years, targets, assurance and substantiated claims

Scheduled sessions