Certified GHG Professional Training Course

Organisations worldwide are taking steps to manage their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, arising from their direct operations and value chains, in order to mitigate their environmental impact. It is widely recognised that organisations proficient in measuring and managing their GHG footprints are better equipped to navigate stakeholder expectations and emerging regulations, such as: compliance with customer requirements, carbon emission regulations, climate reporting standards; embarking on decarbonisation initiatives; improvement in ESG ratings; fulfilling policy commitments; enhancing brand reputation; and contributing to sustainable development.

This Certified GHG Professional Training Course is tailored to equip participants with the necessary skills to measure, monitor, manage, verify, and report GHG emissions across an organisation’s operations and its value chain. The course offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to calculating, verifying, and reporting Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 GHG emissions, in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. It also incorporates references to pertinent ISO Standards (ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14064-3).

Developed and delivered by experts in GHG measurement, reporting, verification, and validation, the course integrates learning through real-life case studies and practical examples.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The learning objectives include the following:

• Understand the types of GHG emissions and GHG Standards
• Learn about global standards for measuring and reporting GHG emissions: GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, and relevant ISO Standards (ISO 14064-1 and ISO 14064-3).
• Gain knowledge on mechanisms for collecting GHG activity data and on designing suitable tools for implementing this data collection.
• Apply GHG Protocol Standards to calculate an organisation’s carbon footprint comprising Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.
• Learn to prepare Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 GHG emissions report in accordance with the GHG Protocol.
• Apply ISO 14064-3 Standard for validation and verification of GHG emissions.
• Develop emissions reduction strategies for carbon neutrality and Net Zero.
• Develop competencies for individual certification as a “Certified GHG Professional”.

Module A
Measuring Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG Emissions (2 Half-Days)

• Understand the sources and types of GHG emissions.
• Understand global GHG Standards (GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and ISO 14064 Standards).
• Establish organisational and operational boundaries for GHG accounting.
• Understand key principles and methodologies for emissions calculations in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and ISO 14064-1 Standard.
• Identify sources of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
• Design GHG activity data collection mechanism and tools.
• Learn a step-by-step approach to calculate Scope 1 GHG emissions and Scope 2 GHG emissions.
• Learn how to report GHG Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol/ISO 14064-1.
• Develop Scope 1 and Scope 2 emission reduction targets and strategies.

Module B
Measuring Scope 3 GHG Emissions (3 Half-Days)

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Scope 3 emissions across value chain.
• Learn the key requirements of Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
• Analyse and identify Scope 3 emissions categories and their relevance.
• Learn how to collect activity data to calculate scope 3 emission categories.
• Calculate Scope 3 emissions for various categories.
• Learn how to report Scope 3 emissions.
• Develop Scope 3 emission reduction targets and strategies with stakeholders.

Module C
GHG Verification and Validation (3 Half-Days)

• Gain knowledge about GHG verification and validation standards.
• Understand the concept and principles of audit, validation and verification.
• Learn the ISO 14064-3 Standard requirements for GHG validation and verification.
• Understand the types of GHG verification/validation.
• Prepare a GHG verification/validation plan.
• Perform GHG verification/validation by applying the ISO 14064-3 Standard.
• Prepare a GHG verification/validation report and opinion.