Measuring and managing your carbon performance

Overview

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.  

The 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 carbondioxide 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.

Key information

• learn at your own pace
• help meet your annual CPD requirements
• exclusive member benefit – 10% discount
• iPad/Android compatible.

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Disclaimer: This course and outline is provided by a third-party course provider. All course bookings are subject to the terms and conditions set by the course provider. Please see individual supplier pages for full terms and conditions. ACCA takes no liability for bookings made with third-party suppliers.