Carbon Management and Decarbonisation Strategy Training Course

Participants can design an inventory architecture covering material emissions sources and reporting boundaries.

• Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions classified correctly
• Operational-control boundaries applied to owned, leased and managed assets
• Base-year selection documented for acquisitions, disposals and structural changes
• Inventory source register linking activities, data owners, factors and evidence
• Materiality assessment distinguishing significant sources from immaterial estimation categories
• Consolidation decisions reconciled with financial reporting and operational accountability

Participants can calculate and document direct emissions and purchased-energy emissions using appropriate activity data.

• Activity data converted using documented emission factors and unit conversions
• Stationary combustion calculated from fuel quantities, calorific values and oxidation factors
• Mobile combustion separated by vehicle type, fuel and distance records
• Refrigerant fugitive emissions estimated from charge, leakage and recovery data
• Purchased electricity reported under location-based and market-based Scope 2 methods
• Quality-control checks reconcile invoices, meters, fleet records and calculated totals

Participants can establish a controlled process for collecting, validating and retaining emissions data.

• Data-flow mapping from source systems through calculations to published disclosures
• Control matrix defining data owners, reviewers, evidence and approval thresholds
• Meter hierarchies distinguish landlord, tenant, shared-service and estimated consumption
• Estimation protocols document proxies, assumptions, uncertainty ranges and replacement plans
• Data-quality scoring assesses completeness, timeliness, accuracy, consistency and traceability
• Audit trails retain invoices, calculation files, emission factors and management approvals

Participants can screen Scope 3 categories and identify priority value-chain emissions for further analysis.

• GHG Protocol Scope 3 categories mapped to organisational purchasing and sales flows
• Spend-based screening estimates purchased-goods emissions using economic input-output factors
• Hybrid methods combine supplier data, physical quantities and secondary datasets
• Category relevance assessed through magnitude, influence, risk, stakeholder interest and outsourcing
• Upstream and downstream boundaries documented for products, services and financed activities
• Screening results prioritise categories requiring primary data and reduction interventions

Participants can develop a supplier-engagement approach for improving Scope 3 data and emissions performance.

• Supplier segmentation combines spend, emissions intensity, strategic importance and data maturity
• Request templates collect product footprints, energy data, targets and verification evidence
• Procurement specifications incorporate emissions criteria, reporting clauses and improvement milestones
• Supplier scorecards compare disclosure quality, target progress and carbon-intensity trends
• Contract incentives link commercial reviews to verified emissions and reduction commitments
• Escalation pathways address non-responsive suppliers, weak evidence and persistent underperformance

Participants can establish a defensible baseline and forecast emissions under defined operational assumptions.

• Base-year inventory recalculated after acquisitions, divestments, methodology changes and errors
• Emission-intensity metrics selected for revenue, production, floor area and service delivery
• Business-as-usual forecast incorporates growth, utilisation, demand and energy-price assumptions
• Driver-based models separate structural emissions changes from operational efficiency effects
• Scenario assumptions document expected asset changes, technology adoption and supplier performance
• Forecast variance analysis compares planned, actual and revised emissions trajectories

Participants can formulate targets and claims that align with recognised target-setting principles.

• Science Based Targets initiative criteria distinguish near-term targets from net-zero commitments
• Absolute-contraction and sectoral-decarbonisation approaches selected using organisational circumstances
• Scope coverage thresholds tested against inventory completeness and materiality assessments
• Target boundaries specify gases, scopes, base year, target year and recalculation policy
• Residual emissions distinguished from avoided emissions, offsets and carbon removals
• Public claim wording tested against evidence, progress data and stated limitations

Participants can evaluate and rank emissions-reduction initiatives using cost, impact and delivery criteria.

• Abatement initiatives defined with baseline, technical measure, emissions effect and implementation scope
• Marginal abatement cost calculated from capital cost, operating savings and lifetime reductions
• MACC ordering distinguishes negative-cost measures from capital-intensive strategic projects
• Dependencies identify enabling infrastructure, shutdown windows, approvals and supplier capability
• Feasibility scoring tests technical maturity, operational disruption, funding and stakeholder acceptance
• Portfolio sequencing balances quick wins, long-lead investments and target-year requirements

Participants can identify and structure operational energy and fuel reduction measures.

• ISO 50001 energy-management principles connect consumption baselines, objectives and corrective actions
• Energy conservation measures assess controls, maintenance, equipment upgrades and behavioural practices
• Energy performance indicators normalise consumption for weather, occupancy, output and operating hours
• Retrofit business cases compare capital expenditure, savings, maintenance and carbon reductions
• Electrification options assess heating, process loads, fleet use and grid emissions
• Measurement and verification plans distinguish projected savings from achieved savings

Participants can assess renewable-electricity procurement options and their emissions-accounting implications.

• Renewable procurement options compare onsite generation, power purchase agreements and certificates
• Scope 2 quality criteria assess contractual instruments, geography, vintage and exclusivity
• Load profiles determine renewable matching, storage needs and residual grid exposure
• Power purchase agreement risks include volume commitments, price structures and counterparty exposure
• Onsite solar cases assess site suitability, generation yield, interconnection and maintenance
• Procurement decisions reconcile emissions claims, energy costs, resilience and accounting treatment

Participants can incorporate carbon criteria into product, asset and circular-economy decisions.

• Life-cycle stages identify embedded carbon, use-phase emissions and end-of-life impacts
• Product carbon footprints distinguish cradle-to-gate, cradle-to-grave and use-phase boundaries
• Design specifications reduce material intensity, energy demand, waste and maintenance requirements
• Circularity measures assess reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycled content and product life
• Asset replacement decisions compare operational savings against embodied-carbon payback periods
• Avoided-emissions claims separated from inventory reductions and product-footprint reporting

Participants can integrate carbon costs and transition priorities into financial decision-making.

• Internal carbon prices model shadow pricing, internal fees and investment hurdle adjustments
• Capital appraisal includes carbon costs, energy savings, maintenance and asset-life assumptions
• Sensitivity analysis tests electricity prices, carbon prices, demand and project delays
• Transition capital expenditure distinguished from routine maintenance and business expansion spending
• Funding cases connect emissions reductions with financial returns, resilience and compliance requirements
• Portfolio governance assigns investment authority, benefit ownership and post-investment review

Participants can connect emissions reduction plans with climate risks, opportunities and strategic decisions.

• Transition risks assess policy, market, technology, reputation and legal exposure
• Physical climate hazards affect assets, supply routes, workforce safety and service continuity
• Scenario analysis tests strategic resilience under defined temperature and policy assumptions
• Transition-plan elements connect targets, actions, finance, governance and stakeholder engagement
• Climate opportunities assess low-carbon products, efficiency gains, financing and market access
• Risk registers assign indicators, owners, treatment actions and escalation thresholds

Participants can prepare structured emissions and climate disclosures supported by appropriate evidence.

• IFRS S2 disclosure structure links governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets
• GHG inventory disclosures explain boundaries, methodologies, emission factors and base-year policies
• Material climate information connects financial effects with operational emissions and transition actions
• Narrative claims reconciled with targets, performance data, investment plans and uncertainties
• Disclosure calendars coordinate sustainability reporting, annual reports and investor communications
• Cross-functional review identifies inconsistencies between financial, operational and ESG statements

Participants can prepare emissions information, evidence and controls for internal or external assurance.

• ISO 14064-1 requirements guide organisational greenhouse-gas quantification and reporting documentation
• Assurance scopes define reporting periods, facilities, sources, criteria and materiality thresholds
• Evidence packs organise source records, calculations, controls, estimates and management reviews
• Sampling approaches test high-risk sites, material categories, estimates and unusual variances
• Control deficiencies classify root causes, corrective actions, owners and due dates
• Management representations confirm completeness, assumptions, responsibilities and disclosure approval

Participants can establish governance arrangements that hold teams accountable for decarbonisation delivery.

• Board oversight defines climate responsibilities, information needs and challenge mechanisms
• Executive steering groups resolve investment trade-offs, delivery barriers and cross-functional dependencies
• RACI matrices assign accountability for data, projects, reporting and target performance
• Carbon key performance indicators link operational measures with executive scorecards
• Incentive design considers emissions targets, data quality, project delivery and conduct risks
• Management reviews examine progress, exceptions, corrective actions and resource requirements

Participants can identify regulatory, legal and reputational risks associated with carbon decisions and claims.

• Carbon regulations mapped to reporting obligations, energy requirements and emissions-pricing exposure
• Green claims reviewed for specificity, evidence, boundary clarity and omitted limitations
• Offset procurement policies define quality criteria, retirement records and claim restrictions
• Carbon-credit risks include additionality, permanence, double counting and verification concerns
• Regulatory horizon scanning identifies proposed rules, consultation dates and implementation responsibilities
• Legal review triggers cover public claims, contractual commitments, targets and disclosed assumptions

Participants can convert an abatement portfolio into a managed implementation roadmap.

• Roadmap sequencing aligns initiatives with target pathways, budgets and operational constraints
• Workstream charters specify scope, owners, benefits, dependencies and decision gates
• Milestone plans identify design, approval, procurement, delivery and verification stages
• Stakeholder mapping addresses operational sponsors, finance reviewers, suppliers and affected employees
• Change-impact assessments identify process changes, capability gaps and communication needs
• Issue-management routines track delays, cost overruns, data gaps and unresolved decisions

Participants can monitor decarbonisation performance and revise plans using evidence from implementation.

• Monthly dashboards compare actual emissions, intensity metrics and reduction-plan milestones
• Variance investigation separates data errors, operational changes and delayed abatement delivery
• Forecast updates revise emissions pathways using current activity and project-performance data
• Corrective-action logs record root causes, owners, deadlines and closure evidence
• Lessons-learned reviews improve project assumptions, procurement specifications and data controls
• Annual management review refreshes targets, risks, investment priorities and disclosure plans

Participants can build, review and present a complete carbon-management and decarbonisation strategy with inventory, targets, abatement portfolio, roadmap and reporting controls.

• Inventory summary presents boundaries, material sources, data quality and baseline emissions
• Hotspot analysis identifies priority facilities, categories, suppliers and operational drivers
• Target pathway translates reduction commitments into annual emissions and intensity milestones
• Abatement portfolio ranks initiatives by cost, impact, feasibility and delivery timing
• Transition roadmap assigns governance, funding, dependencies, milestones and performance indicators
• Executive presentation defends assumptions, trade-offs, risks, claims and recommended decisions