Measuring and Managing Your Carbon Performance

by Ross Maynard

Consumers, employees and major investors are increasingly choosing climate friendly brands. This course explains how a rigorous approach to carbon performance management will enable you to measure your organisation's carbon emissions and understand how to manage and reduce your carbon footprint.

price €85+vat
cpd hours 4 CPD hours
access 120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Understand the international standards designed to combat climate change, that organisations need to comply with
  • Identify the impact of the main greenhouse gases and define the three Scopes of measurement for carbon emissions
  • Manage carbon emissions and learn how to measure them using carbon dioxide equivalents
  • Define the differences between Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and how they are measured
  • Calculate your organisation’s carbon performance through the six steps of carbon performance management
  • Develop a process to manage your organisation’s carbon performance and reduce its carbon footprint

About the course

Organisations in all sectors are facing increasing pressure to improve their carbon performance. Consumers are choosing brands that are climate friendly, employees are becoming selective about who they want to work for, and major investors are diverting huge funds towards those companies that can prove they are managing their carbon footprint effectively.

Improve your understanding of carbon performance through this course with modules on the current international standards, the impact of greenhouse gases and the three different Scopes of measurement. You will learn how to measure your organisation's carbon emissions and understand how to manage and reduce your carbon footprint.

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Contents

  • International standards
    • Climate change
    • The Greenhouse Gas Protocol
    • Why is the GGP important?
    • ISO 14064
    • PAS 2060 and ISO 14607
    • New reporting rules
  • Greenhouse gas emissions
    • What are greenhouse gases?
    • Greenhouse gases: the facts
    • The three Scopes
    • Categories of measurement
    • A reporting overview
  • Measuring carbon emissions
    • Why measure emissions?
    • Converting consumption to a common unit
    • Conversion tables: a tour
    • Tools for calculating carbon emissions
  • Scope 3 emissions
    • A complex calculation
    • Scope 3 emissions
    • Starting to measure
    • Reducing Scope 3 emissions
  • Calculating climate impact
    • Six steps of carbon performance management
    • A development opportunity
    • The role of the accountant
  • Managing carbon performance
    • Why act now?
    • Managing your carbon performance
    • Carbon footprint: top tips
    • Carbon offsetting
    • Reducing your climate impact
    • Lessons learnt

How it works

Author

Ross Maynard

Ross has worked as a consultant and trainer for over 20 years, specialising in finance processes, management information and performance measurement. He supports organisations to understand their processes; facilitates improvement teams; and supports staff to work together as a team to deliver tangible and sustainable improvements.

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Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
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Course

Need just a few unitshourshours?

Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours4 unitshourshours
Access period120 days
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs

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All you need for this year's CPD.

Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours21 units20 hours21 hours
Access period120 days
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs
Learn more

Team

Keep your whole team up to date.

Access to this course
Total CPD unitshourshours800+ unitshourshours
Access period12+ months
Audit-proof CPD completion certificate
Immediate access to our entire CPD catalogue
Exclusive news and CPD every week plus monthly webinars, all year round
Account manager on hand to support your team's needs
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