Many companies and other organizations are taking action to manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are a cause of climate change. Starting with an inventory of their sources and emissions (e.g., carbon footprint) is an essential first step to assessing risks, reducing emissions, and tracking performance.

This training course will cover the basics of GHG accounting for organizations. The course materials are based on the WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, while referring to the ISO 14064:Part 1 international standard for GHG inventories. The material taught in this course serves as the basis for almost all of the entity-level GHG reporting programs in the world, such as:
• Carbon Disclosure Project
• U.S. EPA Climate Leaders
• U.S. DOE/EIA 1605(b) program
• The Climate Registry
• The California Climate Action Registry
• The Chicago Climate Exchange
• Mexico GHG Program
• Philippine GHG Accounting & Reporting Program

The course includes quizzes and exercises to help you learn to apply key lessons.
A Certificate of Participation is included as part of the course. A Certificate of Proficiency is available for an additional fee and requires the passing of an exam after completion of the course.
Key concepts covered include:
• GHG accounting principles
• Defining applications for GHG inventories
• Designing and development of GHG inventories,
• Establishing GHG boundaries for an organization,
• Identifying emission sources,
• Tracking emissions over time, recalculations, and establishing a base year,
• Setting GHG reduction targets,
• Inventory quality management,
• Preparing a GHG inventory report, and
• Preparing for verification.

Who should attend:
Anyone with an interest in GHG management and in particular GHG inventory managers, corporate environmental and sustainability managers, investors, and auditors. For example, a client says he wants his company to be “carbon neutral” and you are asked to help them understand their carbon footprint. This course will enable you to intelligently address the issues necessary assess this organization’s GHG emissions.

Approximate number of working hours to complete: 10 to 16

Many companies are taking action to manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are a cause of climate change. Establishing a GHG Information Management System is a critical and valuable step towards reducing staff burdens associated with carbon footprinting, institutionalizing processes, enhancing data quality, streamlining reporting, and increasing analytical robustness.

The training course for setting up a GHG Information Management System includes:
• A step-by-step process to outline key requirements for data collection, data quality, analysis, and reporting.
• Details on how to best utilize existing data systems.
• Outlines steps towards successful integration of data.
• Provides numerous case studies from existing systems for key challenges such as data collection, quality assurance, and creating corporate transparency.

The material in this course builds on the WRI-WBCSD GHG Corporate Protocol and related guidance.
A Certificate of Participation is included in course. A Certificate of Proficiency is available for additional fee and requires the passing of an exam.
Key concepts covered include:
• Linking data management to corporate ghg inventory accounting
• Defining data system requirements, including data collection, quality assurance, analysis, and reporting
• Identifying opportunities to connect data systems
• Addressing uncertainties associated with estimating techniques or data gaps

Who should attend:
Anyone with an interest in GHG management and in particular GHG inventory managers, corporate environmental and sustainability managers, investors, auditors.

Approximate number of working hours to complete: 10 to 16

Many companies are doing special projects or developing new technologies to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that cause climate change. These GHG projects are a way to reduce the overall emissions of a company or to create tradable credits that other companies can buy to offset emissions in order to become carbon neutral.

Training courses for GHG projects:
• the training materials present fundamental knowledge, interpretation and practice for the application of standards, protocols and other tools to quantify and manage GHG projects.
• the materials are based on the ISO 14064-2 International Standard for GHG Projects and WRI-WBCSD GHG Project Protocol, which are the generally accepted GHG accounting rules for voluntary markets.
• the materials describe major GHG project programs, including policies, eligibility criteria and major issues.
• includes worked examples, quizzes, and case studies
• Certificate of participation is included in course
• Certificate of proficiency is available for additional fee and requires the passing of an exam

Key concepts covered include:
• identifying relevant GHG sources and primary GHG affects for quantification and monitoring,
• techniques for identifying and selecting the baseline scenario,
• quantifying emissions and emission reductions,
• developing the procedures,
• documentation and management system to support the project and prepare for validation and verification.

Who should attend:
Anyone with an interest in GHG management and in particular GHG project developers, corporate environmental and sustainability managers, investors, auditors.

Approximate number of working hours to complete: 16 to 20